Vertical Oceans utilizes AI-driven autonomous systems and proprietary software to optimize shrimp farming in self-contained, movable tanks, ensuring optimal growth conditions and zero waste. This technology addresses the challenges of traditional aquaculture by providing a sustainable, antibiotic-free source of shrimp that enhances flavor and reduces environmental impact.
Funding
$4.4M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Product
Problem
Traditional shrimp farming faces challenges related to environmental impact, including waste production and reliance on antibiotics, which can affect the quality and sustainability of the shrimp supply. Existing aquaculture methods often lack the precision to optimize growth conditions, leading to inefficiencies and potential inconsistencies in product quality.
Solution
Vertical Oceans utilizes AI-driven autonomous systems and proprietary software to optimize shrimp farming within self-contained, movable tanks, ensuring optimal growth conditions and minimizing waste. The company's technology stack includes the AI-native L5 autonomous system, Tide OS, and Moana Brain, which work together to create a scalable, sustainable, and location-agnostic farming process. The Intelligent Habitat (iHAB) dynamically adjusts to changes in the ecosystem to ensure optimal growth conditions. Waste concentrate is upcycled as fertilizer for macro algae within a closed-loop, multitrophic aquaculture recirculation system (C-MARS). This system improves shrimp health and taste through controlled ecosystem dynamics, continuous metagenomics monitoring, and a proprietary inoculant.
Target Audience
Vertical Oceans targets seafood distributors, restaurants, and consumers seeking a sustainable, antibiotic-free source of high-quality shrimp.
Features
- Intelligent Habitat (iHAB): Fully autonomous, self-contained, and movable tanks that dynamically adjust to ensure optimal growth conditions.
- Tide OS: Operating system running locally on each iHAB's computing unit, implementing its autonomy and directly controlling all hardware devices through algorithms and machine learning.
- Moana Brain: Central factory software that knows the real-time status of each iHAB and implements factory-level optimization.
- AkuaTower: Automated racking and cycling system that maximizes space efficiency and enables continuous harvesting.
- Closed-Loop Multitrophic Aquaculture Recirculation System (C-MARS): Upcycles waste concentrate as fertilizer to macro algae.
- Continuous metagenomics monitoring and proprietary inoculant for controlled ecosystem dynamics.