Orca AI

Orca AI

Orca AI builds computer-vision and decision-support software for maritime operations. The company raised $23 million in 2024 to expand autonomous-shipping technology, bringing total funding then to nearly $40 million.

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Website: https://www.orca-ai.io/
HQ: Tel Aviv, Israel
Segment: maritime robotics
Known funding rounds: 3

Investors

Ankona Capital - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-05-06
Brighton Park Capital - Lead - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-05-06
Hyperlink Ventures - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-05-06
MizMaa Ventures - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-05-23
OCV Partners - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-05-23

Events

2025-05-06 - Funding - Orca AI closes $72.5M Series B for autonomous shipping platform - Existing investors Ankona Capital and Hyperlink Ventures participated. The funding supported autonomous shipping capabilities and expansion into defense and security categories. The capital supports maritime autonomy, underwater robotics or marine inspection…
2025-03-24 - Deployment - Seaspan expands Orca AI adoption by 100 ships - The rollout extended Orca AI’s navigational safety platform across a major commercial fleet. The event reflected fleet-scale customer adoption rather than a one-off trial. The deployment places the technology into a named operating workflow rather than a lab-…
2024-05-23 - Funding - Orca AI raises $23M for autonomous shipping - OCV Partners and MizMaa Ventures led the financing. The round brought Orca AI total funding to nearly $40 million at the time. The capital supports maritime autonomy, underwater robotics or marine inspection workflows as Orca AI moves from product development…
2023-07-06 - Partnership - Orca AI enters distribution deal with Marubeni - Marubeni agreed to help distribute Orca AI’s platform in Japan and Southeast Asia. The partnership targeted safer, AI-assisted navigation for commercial shipping customers. The partnership connects the company to a named customer, supplier, platform or go-to-…
2022-05-12 - Deployment - Orca AI powers autonomous commercial ship voyage in congested waters - The voyage was conducted in partnership with NYK and the Nippon Foundation. The operation demonstrated AI navigation and situational awareness in a commercial maritime route context. The event adds concrete context for maritime autonomy, underwater robotics o…
2022-02-23 - Regulatory - Orca AI receives ABS design assessment for AI navigation platform - Orca AI described the certificate as a world-first PDA for an AI-based navigation safety platform. The approval supported maritime adoption of Orca AI’s situational-awareness technology. The event adds concrete context for maritime autonomy, underwater roboti…
2021-09-09 - Partnership - NYK and Orca AI collaborate on autonomous-vessel safety systems - The collaboration focused on AI-based lookout and collision-avoidance support. The work tied Orca AI’s platform to NYK’s autonomous shipping development program. The event adds concrete context for maritime autonomy, underwater robotics or marine inspection w…
2021-04-22 - Funding - Orca AI raises $13M Series A for maritime autonomy - The round brought Orca AI’s total funding to more than $15.5 million. The company positioned its platform as a retrofit path toward autonomous features on vessels already at sea. The event adds concrete context for maritime autonomy, underwater robotics or ma…

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2022-05-12 - Deployment - Orca AI powers autonomous commercial ship voyage in congested waters - The voyage was conducted in partnership with NYK and the Nippon Foundation. The operation demonstrated AI navigation and situational awareness in a commercial maritime route context. The event adds concrete context for maritime autonomy, underwater robotics o…

Team

Dor Raviv - CTO and Co-Founder - Raviv leads the technical side of Orca AI maritime autonomy, including AI decision support and automated watchkeeping systems for commercial fleets.
Yarden Gross - CEO and Co-Founder - Gross leads Orca AI as it scales maritime autonomy, automated watchkeeping, and fleet-safety analytics for shipping operators.

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Marine autonomy software layer - Stack Layer - Profile source supports this robotics context.
Maritime autonomy companies - Peer Group - Profile source supports this robotics context.
Maritime domain awareness - Workflow - Profile source supports this robotics context.

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