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Orca AI

AI-powered vessel safety and collision avoidance platform for maritime fleets and marine insurers

Underwriting & Risk Growth Series B
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Overview

Orca AI is a maritime technology solutions provider offering AI-based collision avoidance and vessel safety systems for commercial shipping fleets and marine insurers. Founded in 2018 by Navy veterans Yarden Gross (CEO) and Dor Raviv, the company applies computer vision and machine learning to automate the lookout function on ship bridges, detect navigational hazards, and reduce close-quarter situations. The platform is used by P&I clubs and fleet operators to improve safety performance and reduce insurance loss ratios.

The company offers a suite of bridge-based and fleet management products delivered as a cloud-connected SaaS platform. Its SeaPod system provides continuous automated monitoring and alerts for vessel officers, while FleetView enables shore-based operations teams to track compliance and safety KPIs across entire fleets. Co-Captain and MasterView extend real-time decision support to bridge crews. The platform also incorporates GPS spoofing detection and supports autonomous vessel perception use cases.

Orca AI has deployed across 1,500+ vessels globally and collected over 120 million nautical miles of operational data. Its systems have demonstrated a 74% reduction in close encounter events (Maran Tankers) and a 52% reduction in high-severity close encounters in a joint study with NorthStandard published in April 2026. The company raised USD 72.5M in a Series B round in May 2025 led by Brighton Park Capital, bringing total funding to USD 111M across 5 rounds from 13 investors.

Products & Services

SeaPod

Automated lookout system installed on vessel bridges that continuously monitors the surrounding environment using computer vision and alerts bridge officers to navigational hazards and close-quarter situations.

Key Features

  • Marine target detection and classification
  • Real-time bridge alert system
  • GPS spoofing detection and mitigation
  • Integration with existing bridge navigation systems

Target Users: Vessel officers, fleet operators

FleetView

Cloud-based fleet management platform for shore-side operations teams. Provides centralized monitoring of safety performance, compliance metrics, and navigational incident data across entire fleets.

Key Features

  • Fleet-wide safety KPI dashboards
  • SMS navigation policy compliance tracking
  • Incident and close encounter reporting
  • Regulatory compliance monitoring

Target Users: Fleet managers, marine insurers, P&I clubs

Co-Captain

Bridge-based operational assistance tool that provides real-time decision support to vessel crews during navigation, supplementing officer judgment with AI-generated situational awareness data.

Key Features

  • Real-time navigational decision support
  • Situational awareness enhancement
  • Integration with SeaPod sensor data

Target Users: Bridge officers, deck officers

MasterView

Command-level tool providing ship masters with comprehensive situational awareness, operational data, and safety reporting for their vessel.

Key Features

  • Master-level safety reporting
  • Comprehensive situational data view
  • Voyage and incident analytics

Target Users: Ship masters, vessel captains

At a Glance

Founded
2018
Headquarters
Tel Aviv, Israel
Employees
201-500
Funding
Series B

Category & Focus

Category
Underwriting & Risk
Subcategories
Marine safety monitoring collision avoidance fleet risk analytics
Insurance Verticals
Specialty/E&S
Target Customers
Carriers, MGAs/MGUs

Customers

  • NorthStandard (P&I club)
  • Seaspan
  • Maran Tankers Management
  • TMS Cardiff Gas Ltd
  • Sea Traders SA
  • Ionic Group
  • NYK Line (Nippon Yusen Kaisha)
  • Nippon Foundation

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Last updated: 2026-06-15