Sea Machines Robotics

Autonomous control and perception for the maritime industry

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21-100 employees
  • B2B
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Enterprise
  • Manufacturing
  • Deep Tech
  • Robotics
  • Computer Vision
  • Machine Learning
Jeffries Point, Boston, MA

Company mission

Revolutionise marine navigation with data-driven intelligence, autonomy, and connectivity.

Top investors

9% employee growth in 12 months

Our take

Allied Research predicts the autonomous maritime industry could be worth $130 billion within a decade. Funding is pouring into the industry with more evidence coming in that autonomous ships both reduce emissions and promise fewer accidents.

Sea Machines manufactures a number of vessel intelligence systems that provide “operator-in-the loop” autonomous command and control. The approach pushes the edge of autonomy while guaranteeing safety for clients’ precious human and economic capital.

Already being used in a variety of use-cases from large cargo vessels to oil-spill response, the startup is determined to only drive more applications of its autonomous steering software as well as introduce new robotics and object-recognition products for the industry.

While giants like IBM and Rolls-Royce can weather the sometimes drawn-out gaps between capital investments and revenues, Sea Machines is a significantly smaller enterprise. However, despite its relative ‘youth’, the startup has demonstrated product-market fit better than most, and its leadership hopes that it will continue to time the introduction of its cutting-edge services perfectly. 2024 funding is being used to hone its technology and expand its market share.

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Benefits

  • 401(k)
  • Dental insurance
  • Disability insurance
  • Flexible spending account
  • Health insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Parental leave
  • Vision insurance

Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)

Feb 2024

$12m

LATE VC

Jul 2020

$15m

SERIES B

Total funding: $39.4m

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Leadership

Michael Johnson

(Founder, President & CTO)

Founded Sea Machines while working on an oil-spill response team for Titan Salvage in the Arctic. Worked in the Maritime and Offshore industries for over two decades.