Orca AI Timeline

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… - source: orca-ai.io
• 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. - source: orca-ai.io
• 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… - source: orca-ai.io
• 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… - source: orca-ai.io
• 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. - source: orca-ai.io
• 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. - source: orca-ai.io
• 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. - source: orca-ai.io
• 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. - source: orca-ai.io