We depend on an ocean we barely observe.
The modern world depends on the ocean.
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Ninety percent of global trade moves by sea.
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Energy pipelines and data cables run across the seabed.
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Extreme weather systems form and intensify over open water.
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Yet most of the ocean remains poorly observed, with blind spots that expose governments and economies to growing risk.
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We built the arteries of the modern world on the ocean, yet monitor it less than the surface of distant planets.
A changing world demands persistent ocean awareness.
Today's ocean observing toolkit includes:
​Crewed patrols & ASVs
Deliver high-fidelity observations for specific locations and missions.
Drifting sensors
Low-cost instruments that enable broad environmental sampling over large areas.
Satellites
Essential global coverage for some surface conditions and large-scale patterns.
Our current ocean observing systems are highly capable, but they were designed for a world where persistence at scale was not feasible.
Ocean activity, asymmetric threats, and extreme weather have all increased, while advances in autonomy and sensing have fundamentally changed what is possible.
Just as small satellites transformed space and autonomous drones transformed the air, the ocean is ready for its next sensing layer.
Oshen provides the ocean's next sensing layer.
We do this by deploying constellations of autonomous, long-endurance micro ocean platforms known as C-Stars.
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Each C-Star is navigable, persistent, and designed to operate as part of a distributed network.
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Oshen C-Stars have logged sea miles to circumnavigate the globe multiple times, are already trusted by government agencies operating in high-risk environments, and are the world's only surface robots to enter and survive a category 5 hurricane.
Trusted by governments and institutions operating in high-risk ocean environments
