# Blue Water Autonomy

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/blue-water-autonomy/  
**Website:** https://www.blw.ai  
**APIs profiled:** 0

Blue Water Autonomy is a Boston-based defense technology company building autonomous warships for open-ocean operations, with the goal of revitalizing U.S. shipbuilding through scalable, reliable, uncrewed naval vessels. Founded in 2025 by Rylan Hamilton (ex-U.S. Navy officer and founder of 6 River Systems), Scott N. Miller (ocean engineer and early iRobot engineer), and Austin Gray (former Navy intelligence officer), the company unveiled its 190-foot Liberty Class autonomous ship platform for the U.S. Navy in February 2026. Backed by a $50M Series A led by GV, Blue Water Autonomy operates from offices in Boston MA, Washington DC, Morgan City LA, and San Diego CA. This is a company profile in the API Evangelist network; the company publishes no public API, developer portal, or SDK surface as of this enrichment pass.

## Kin Score — 10.6 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 10.6).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 50.0 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 7.1 |
| Commercial Clarity | 21.1 |
| Access Clarity | 21.1 |

## Agent readiness — 0.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## Security (1)

- **Blue Water Autonomy Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Tags

Company, Frontier Tech, Defense, Autonomous Systems, Maritime, Robotics, Shipbuilding, National Security

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/blue-water-autonomy/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.