# Chris Power

> Chris Power is the Australian-born founder and CEO of Hadrian, a Los Angeles-area defense manufacturer building automated factories for precision parts and complete systems. After careers in Australian e-commerce, enterprise software and aerospace supply-chain investing, he founded Hadrian in 2020 around a capital-intensive conviction: America must build flexible factory capacity before customers will trust it with critical production. By August 2026, Hadrian had raised a $1.37 billion Series D at a $7.87 billion valuation and operated nearly three million square feet across four sites.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Hadrian
- **Organizations:** Hadrian, ADSC, Open Lunar Foundation, Ento, CatchOfTheDay.com.au, Retail Splash, New American Industrial Alliance
- **From:** Melbourne, Australia
- **Nationality:** Australian
- **Education:** Commerce studies in accounting and business law; did not graduate, Monash University
- **Known for:** Built Hadrian from a 20,000-square-foot R&D facility into a multi-site U.S. factory network with nearly three million square feet reported in August 2026., Raised $1.37 billion in Series D financing at a $7.87 billion valuation in August 2026., Established a factory-as-a-service collaboration with Lockheed Martin for flexible machining and inspection capacity supporting missile programs.

## Career timeline

- **2011-2013** — Worked as product manager and then general manager at Australian online retailer Retail Splash.
- **2014-2015** — Led digital partnerships at CatchOfTheDay.com.au.
- **2015-2018** — Joined workforce software company Ento as an early employee and became head of growth and chief revenue officer.
- **2018-2020** — Contributed to and advised the Open Lunar Foundation.
- **2019** — Moved from Australia to the United States, researched manufacturing bottlenecks through hundreds of cold calls and founded aerospace-and-defense acquisition fund ADSC.
- **2020** — Returned ADSC capital and founded Hadrian to pursue a software-and-automation factory model.
- **2022** — Hadrian raised $90 million and expanded from its Hawthorne R&D facility toward a 100,000-square-foot Torrance factory.
- **2024** — Raised a $117 million Series B and acquired Datum Source to extend service from scaled production toward prototype and new-product work.
- **2025** — Testified before a U.S. House subcommittee, raised a $260 million Series C, announced a Mesa factory and signed a manufacturing collaboration with Lockheed Martin.
- **2026** — Raised a $1.37 billion Series D at a $7.87 billion post-money valuation; Hadrian reported nearly three million square feet across four sites.

## Achievements

- Built Hadrian from a 20,000-square-foot R&D facility into a multi-site U.S. factory network with nearly three million square feet reported in August 2026.
- Raised $1.37 billion in Series D financing at a $7.87 billion valuation in August 2026.
- Established a factory-as-a-service collaboration with Lockheed Martin for flexible machining and inspection capacity supporting missile programs.
- Expanded Hadrian from precision parts into assemblies, complete systems, maritime manufacturing and customer-embedded factory cells.
- Developed an operating model in which one worker could supervise four to six CNC machines, compared with one expert per machine in the traditional model described by Power.
- Testified before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs in April 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Discussed Hadrian’s flexible, GPU-like factory model, building capacity ahead of contracts and the company’s execution risk in a new Relentless interview.
- **2026-08** — Hadrian raised a $1.37 billion Series D at a $7.87 billion post-money valuation; Axios reported nearly three million square feet across four sites.
- **2025-12** — Hadrian and Lockheed Martin signed an agreement to deploy a scalable machining and inspection cell at a Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control site.
- **2025-07** — Hadrian announced a $260 million Series C, a 270,000-square-foot Mesa, Arizona facility, a planned 400,000-square-foot headquarters and a maritime division.
- **2025-04** — Power testified at a U.S. House hearing on reviving American manufacturing.

## Links

- Website: https://www.hadrian.co
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/powerc
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/2112Power

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Last updated: 2026-09-28