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Joe Lonsdale

@JTLonsdale

Two US aviators went down near the Strait of Hormuz. DoW used an autonomous @Saronic Corsair to find and bring them home - the 1st drone rescue at sea in military history. This is why we build: to keep our troops safe. This was science fiction. American builders made it real 🇺🇸.

Katherine Boyle

@KTmBoyle

“The unmanned surface vessel, a Saronic Corsair, located the crew, who had spent two hours in the waters off the coast of Oman and brought them to shore.” Never been prouder of the @Saronic team. 🇺🇸💪🚀 https://t.co/aOci6sgITK

OSINTdefender

@sentdefender

According to the Washington Post’s @DanLamothe, the U.S. Navy drone that aided in the rescue of two U.S. Apache helicopter crew members was a Saronic Technologies Corsair unmanned surface vessel (USV). First deployed in the U.S. Central Command AOR in March of this year, the USV reportedly picked up the two soldiers and then took them to a secondary location where a waiting helicopter hoisted them up. Such a rescue would be the first time that such a system was used in this role.

Jawwwn

@jawwwn_

Palantir CTO @ssankar says the Pentagon has been one of the "fastest places to adopt AI in the American economy." "We're starting to see enormous success with a whole new generation of weapons systems. Look at the @Saronic kinetic strikes in Iran just a couple of days ago." "Look at the success that these new platforms are happening in conflicts in Ukraine." "If you look at the '27 budget, there's a huge amount of resource that's made available to these autonomous systems." "It's a binary win/lose. Nonetheless, they've done all of that by essentially cobbling together budgets from various line items." "2027 will be the first time they put a real stake in the ground, real capital, that's committed to accelerate the pace-setting projects that will drive us to an entire revolution in how we fight." @DeptofWar @PeteHegseth Via @business

American Optimist

@AmOptimistShow

NEW: @JTLonsdale with @kilmeade on data center pushback: "We've done a terrible job in the tech world on PR... we're creating massive numbers of jobs. We're going to bring down the cost of health care... we're going to take manufacturing back from China... It's perfectly fair to insist the data center owners pay for their own electricity, their own water, make sure they're lowering the cost of energy... But it's crazy to stop them... @Saronic hiring 10,000 people in Texas to build autonomous ships — only possible with AI." Brian Kilmeade:  Joe, you've been seeing this battle. Let's start with AI in particular. You saw the booing that happened at commencement addresses with our next generation of innovators. What's going on? Joe Lonsdale: Well, our next generation of innovators are very excited. Our next generation of activists are clearly not very excited. Listen, I think we've done a terrible job in the tech world on the PR on this.... People don't trust Big Tech for good reason, especially from the right. But I don't think we're explaining that we're actually creating massive numbers of jobs. We're going to bring down the cost of health care. We're going to cure diseases. All these good new innovations, the things that have always driven America forward, they're coming from AI and from data centers. So you can't just turn off our innovation world. That would crush the country, and our enemies would love it if we did that. Brian: And if you look at the headlines right now... China could be prepared to overtake us. What are your thoughts about that as their latest model showing that they would erase America's AI lead? Joe: I think our top labs are still 3 to 6 months ahead, but the Kimi model last week was very impressive. Listen, China is both innovating, and they're very good at copying and stealing.... We do not want to slow our slide down because then they will get ahead. And by the way, if we can stay ahead, we're going to take manufacturing back from China. We're going to train people here to be better than their best engineers... Saronic you saw last week hiring 10,000 people in Texas to build autonomous ships. Only possible with AI. We're doing a lot of things that create jobs here, but it's a big fight. We have to win. Brian: That leads me to the data center conversation. So we have all these data centers in this country, and suddenly it's a controversial move. 40% of the new construction are being protested now by various cities. The governor of New York says we're putting a moratorium. No data centers. What's the truth? Are they a danger to the environment? Joe: First of all, they're not a danger to the environment. I do think it's perfectly fair to insist the data center owners pay for their own electricity, pay for their own water, make sure they're lowering the cost of energy... You don't want them raising costs for anyone. But overall, they create jobs, and they're key to this industrial revolution for all of us... It's crazy to stop them. You know who wants us to stop them? Of course, it's the populist extreme far left. But of course, it's also China. And we are also tracking Chinese money helping NGOs to push this narrative. Brian: And you also feel like it's popping up on TikTok and other social media devices. So you've got a bunch of 18 to 25 year olds who think this is their next cause. Joe: You're being taught to hate, just like we were taught so many other things we're supposed to be worried about. And it's fake, and it's B.S., and I'm long America and building the future. Brian: All right, Joe, I always appreciate your optimism. And you're one of the most accomplished Americans we have. We count on you to lead.

OSINTtechnical

@Osinttechnical

A Saronic Corsair unmanned surface vessel rescued the Army AH-64 Apache crew after they crashed near the Strait of Hormuz in the waters of Oman yesterday, the first-ever rescue of downed aircrew by a drone boat -WSJ https://t.co/6ZYUq639YJ

Dino Mavrookas

Co-founder & CEO

Former U.S. Navy SEAL officer who leads Saronic's push to mass-produce autonomous warships.

Chief Financial Officer leading financial strategy, capital planning, FP&A and accounting at Saronic Technologies.

Jeffrey Robert

Commissioning Chief Engineer

Previously at SpaceX · Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States

Joined May 2026

Previously at Hooky Entertainment · Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

Joined May 2026

David Gornish

Senior Director, Programs

Previously at DGG Properties, LLC and The David Gornish Group, LLC · United States

Joined May 2026

Blend Shammami

Configuration Control Manager

Previously at Textron Systems · Detroit Metropolitan Area

Joined May 2026

Robin Francis

Senior Naval Architect

Previously at Boksa Marine Design Inc. · Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

Joined May 2026