What it sells
Retrofit autonomous navigation technology for boats.
Business model breakdown
Buyer: who owns the budget?
UnverifiedVessel owners/operators (e.g. ferry, tour, work-boat companies) and boat builders integrating the system.
Trigger: what makes them buy now?
UnverifiedNeed to cut captain workload and enable safe docking/undocking and navigation on small vessels, including in adverse weather.
Workflow: what inputs become what output?
Stack of AI state estimation, object recognition of other ships/obstacles, route generation encoding captain know-how, ship control, embedded and cloud monitoring for autonomous small vessels.
Economics: what it saves and how it charges
Sells the packaged AI CAPTAIN retrofit system with functions selected per use; claims automatic hull-model estimation removes towing-tank tests and weeks of expert tuning, speeding deployment.
Distribution: how it reaches customers
UnverifiedDirect project work with operators and collaboration with leading manufacturers; inbound via contact page.
Funding history and coverage
| Round date | Stage | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 | Series A | JPY 450M | Itochu-affiliated investors and others (per BRIDGE headline) | news.google.com |
Profiles summarize public reporting and company websites. Business-model notes are MaxBC's reading of that material, not confirmed facts; unknowns are left blank rather than guessed. Updated 2026-10-13.