All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg · Wednesday, August 5, 2026
Viv Altacar explained Saronic's mission to boost US ship production by focusing on autonomous vessels. He highlighted that removing human-centric components reduces complexity and cost, enabling faster, more efficient manufacturing compared to traditional ships.
“The mission, as I understand it for the company, uh, is to greatly increase our ability in America to produce ships.”
“So even if you look at Corsair, for example, you know, if you were to buy a commercial 24-foot boat, it's unlikely to go a thousand nautical miles. Um, it's also unlikely to drive and have the control authority, um, of the boat that we've built here.”
“And again, reduce a lot of the complexity where you're removing subsystems that are meant for humans.”