MarineAI

MarineAI develops modular autonomy and decision-support software for crewed, uncrewed and autonomous surface and subsurface vessels. Its GuardianAI suite combines navigation, situational awareness, mission planning, vessel control and remote operations for commercial, research and defence fleets.

Facts

Segment: Maritime Robotics
Country: United Kingdom
Founded: 2019
Website: https://marineai.co.uk/

Market context

Comparable profiles and adjacent companies connected by shared workflow, capability, or stack position.

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Timeline

2026-05-19 - Partnership - MarineAI integrates Videosoft streaming into GuardianAI - The integration supports onboard, remote-operations-center and post-processing video workflows where offshore bandwidth is limited or expensive. GuardianAI Inspect combines the video feeds with computer-vision detection workflows and multi-channel… - source: marineai.co.uk
2025-05-22 - Partnership - Hefring Marine and MarineAI integrate IMAS with GuardianAI - IMAS adds real-time sea-condition insight, operational optimization and safety guidance to the GuardianAI autonomy stack. GuardianAI supports IMO Level 4+ autonomy with situational awareness, tactical route planning and vessel control. The partners planned… - source: hefringmarine.com

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Team

Brett Phaneuf - Founder - Founded MarineAI to apply AI and machine learning to marine autonomy.
Don Scott - CTO - Leads MarineAI's technical vision, strategy and engineering team.
Franck Barillaud - Chief AI Officer - Directs MarineAI's AI architecture, model strategy and implementation practices.

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Relations

Videosoft Global - Guardianai Video Streaming Integration - MarineAI integrated Videosoft Global's low-bandwidth video-streaming technology into GuardianAI Inspect for autonomous and remote vessel operations.
Hefring Marine - Guardianai Integration Partner - Hefring Marine and MarineAI partnered to integrate IMAS with the GuardianAI autonomous-vessel suite.

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