2026 Innovation Pitch Shortlist

Amphitrite provides AI-powered ocean intelligence for maritime and offshore operators. Our Ocean Bulletin platform and API combine satellite observations, in-situ data and advanced forecasting models to deliver high-resolution current forecasts, route-to-site planning and voyage optimization. Many operators already use weather data, but the ocean current layer is often too coarse or unreliable for operational decisions. This creates hidden costs through extra fuel consumption, delayed arrivals, poor ETA confidence and less efficient planning around offshore or project cargo operations. Amphitrite helps teams identify favorable and adverse currents before and during a voyage, supporting better routing, lower emissions, improved schedule reliability and safer operational decision-making. The solution can be used as a lightweight web platform or integrated into existing fleet, routing and operational systems.
 

Consyn is an AI-native trade compliance platform backed by Techstars, Hivemind Capital, and the founder of Brevan Howard. Global trade compliance is a $15 billion market plagued by manual workflows, fragmented regulation, and a shortage of skilled professionals. Tariff regimes are shifting faster than teams can keep up — and the cost of getting it wrong is rising. Our platform is used by customs brokerages and logistics companies to simplify their operations, with AI agents handling classification, document processing, and day-to-day compliance work at scale. We also offer duty drawback and Trump Tariffs refund services for manufacturers looking to recover duties they've already paid. Headquartered in London, with offices in San Francisco and New York. Built by a team of customs brokers, trade compliance professionals, and AI founders.
 

Crewin is an AI-powered maritime workforce platform that digitalizes recruitment, crew matching, and future crew operations for shipping companies, crew managers, and seafarers. Maritime recruitment is still fragmented, with CVs shared through emails, WhatsApp, and agencies, making it slow and difficult for companies to identify qualified crew. Our first product, CrewinJob, is currently preparing for launch and enables companies to post jobs, receive applications, view AI Fit Scores before unlocking CVs, and directly search the seafarer database through Bullseye Search. We are currently pre-revenue, with monetization planned through CV unlock credits and Bullseye Search subscriptions. Crewin already has 15,000+ registered seafarers, 75+ companies onboarded, and 300+ job listings. We are expanding toward CrewinHub and CrewinEdu to support crew operations, compliance, and training.
 

Aware Mate is an on-board, human-in-the-loop vigilance and watchkeeping support system for commercial vessels. It addresses a growing safety gap on modern bridges: as navigation becomes more automated, screen-centric and monitoring-heavy, officers can drift from active watchkeeping through fatigue, distraction or prolonged inactivity. Aware Mate uses edge AI to detect sustained patterns consistent with reduced alertness and weak watch engagement, then provides local alerts so crews can intervene earlier, before risk escalates. It is advisory only, with no automated navigation decisions. Privacy is built in: processing happens on board by default, with no identity recognition, no emotion recognition and no ship-to-shore raw video by default. For operators, this creates a practical, retrofit-ready way to strengthen bridge safety, support professional watchkeeping and generate privacy-bounded operational insight into watchkeeping integrity across higher-risk conditions such as night sailing, pilotage and congested waters. It supports retrofit deployment and optional integration with existing bridge workflows.

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Navaris helps SME shipowners and operators understand, manage, and mitigate emissions-related financial risk across ETS, FuelEU and beyond . Combining technology with direct access to expert support. We are the financial control system for carbon costs. We translate emissions into financial impact, and give shipowners control.

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Shipsider is an AI-driven maritime operations technology platform delivering a modular Maritime ERP that integrates commercial operations, technical ship management and sustainability intelligence into a unified, data-driven system. Shipsider serves to digitize the maritime transportation which carries more than 90% of global trade and enables maritime companies to manage the full commercial fleet, cargo shipment lifecycle, from pre-fixture voyage analysis, chartering and post-fixture operations to laytime and demurrage automation while eliminating data burden and improving operational efficiency through real-time decision support. Through Shipsider’s advanced use cases, including CarbonGo for real-time emissions monitoring and EU ETS compliance for maritime companies, Shipsider embeds decarbonization directly into daily operations by integrating fuel data, noon reports and AI-driven emission models. The platform generally delivers maritime operations optimization and saving intelligence, supporting strategic planning, risk awareness and performance optimization, ultimately transforming maritime operations into a smarter, more sustainable and intelligence-led ecosystem.

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