What is Louisiana?

Saronic's Louisiana shipyard plans to produce 20 Marauder vessels per year, yielding 320 VLS tubes annually vs. roughly 15 tubes per year from one Navy destroyer program.

“We're going to be building 20 Marauders per year at our shipyard in Louisiana. Right? So now you can field we can carry the equivalent of 16 VLS tubes on the back of that 180 ft fully autonomous ship. So now you can field 320 VLS tubes per year as opposed to 15.”

Louisiana is the only US state whose reading and math scores have returned to pre-COVID levels, as of mid-2025.

“I'm going to go to Louisiana at the end of September because it's the only state whose reading and math scores have gone up to pre-COVID level to find out what they're doing.”

Louisiana's K-12 education system is worth watching as the only state to restore reading and math scores to pre-COVID levels, signaling a replicable policy model.

“I'm going to go to Louisiana at the end of September because it's the only state whose reading and math scores have gone up to pre-COVID level to find out what they're doing.”

Louisiana being late to the data center buildout worked in its favor, not against it, allowing it to negotiate better terms and learn from early movers.

“Louisiana was a little bit late to the data center game, which has actually worked remarkably well to our benefit.”