Recently, SEAHI ROBOTICS has completed two rounds of Series A+ and A++ financing worth hundreds of millions of yuan. New investors include the National Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Development Fund managed by Huaying Capital, industrial investors such as Dashu Changqing Capital, Xinding Capital and 36Kr Fund, while existing shareholders including GSR Ventures, Changshi Capital, Shengjing Jiacheng, Vertex Ventures and Anyu Capital have made additional investments.
The proceeds from this round of financing will be primarily invested in four key areas: core technology R&D, technological iteration of marine embodied products, global market expansion, and industrial chain ecosystem layout. This will further consolidate SEAHI ROBOTICS' leading position in global marine embodied robots, accelerate the transformation of marine science and technology from **technological breakthroughs** to **large-scale deployment**, and support the solid implementation of the Maritime Power Strategy.SEAHI ROBOTICS is a world-leading enterprise specializing in marine embodied robots. As an innovative technology company engaging in independent R&D, production, sales and services of general marine robots, it focuses on surface and underwater general robots. Through continuous technological innovation, the company is committed to building super marine productivity covering depths from 0 to 10,000 meters and developing a world-leading full-water-domain strategic technological force.
Since its establishment, SEAHI ROBOTICS has always adhered to the philosophy of **innovation-driven development**. With profound technological accumulation and sustained investment in innovation, it has achieved remarkable results in the field of general water robots, which have been successfully applied in multiple sectors. At present, the company has established strategic cooperation with multiple government ministries, research institutes, industry associations and maritime universities, and has led and participated in the formulation of a number of industry standards.
### The Maritime Power Strategy Powers the Trillion-Dollar Blue Ocean
With the implementation of the Maritime Power Strategy and the advancement of the 15th Five-Year Plan, the marine economy has become a major national strategic priority. In March this year, *Qiushi Journal* published an important article by General Secretary Xi Jinping titled *Promoting High-Quality Development of the Marine Economy*. The article clearly states that the development of the marine economy must be innovation-driven, accelerate breakthroughs in core key technologies, and emphasizes advancing high-quality development of the shipbuilding and marine engineering equipment industries.
Demand in scenarios including marine engineering, offshore new energy, ship operation and maintenance, and underwater security is growing rapidly. Marine embodied robots are entering a critical stage of large-scale application from scenario exploration.
Relying on long-term technological accumulation, SEAHI ROBOTICS has developed an intelligent robot matrix covering all water domains for core demand scenarios such as ship cleaning, offshore wind power, marine photovoltaic power generation, marine ranches, marine engineering, resource exploration and marine scientific research. The matrix features three core strengths: **full-stack independent R&D, scenario closed-loop operation, and universal platform architecture**.
Up to now, OceanNav Intelligent has accumulated more than 400 intellectual property rights, achieving full independent control over six core systems and building solid technological barriers. It has truly realized the independent and localized development of core technologies for marine robots, injecting strong impetus into the upgrading of the marine industry. With the mission of "building marine super productivity from 0 to 10,000 meters", the company specializes in the R&D, production and industrial solutions of marine embodied robots.
It attaches equal importance to technological barriers and commercial closed-loop systems, and defines industry standards through full-stack independent R&D.
In terms of technological innovation, OceanNav has pioneered full-stack independent R&D technologies covering six core systems including power, control, sensing, navigation, sealing and deployment worldwide. This enables robots to perform precise operations in strong current environments above 3 knots, with current resistance more than 5 times that of traditional solutions. It has also overcome the visualization challenge in high-turbidity waters, greatly improved the industry's highest cleaning efficiency while ensuring zero paint damage. This world-rare systematic innovation has set an industry benchmark for 10,000-hour reliable deep-sea operation of products.
In addition, OceanNav Intelligent has been accelerating product iteration and scenario expansion. The new-generation OrcaPro was upgraded from ship cleaning to marine photovoltaic applications in only 2 months; the adaptation period from photovoltaic to offshore wind power is merely 1 month; OrcaMini completed iteration in just 21 days, with a 60% reduction in BOM costs.
Its business layout is also expanding rapidly:
Ship cleaning scenario: A large-scale commercial closed-loop system has been established, with intelligent operation accounting for 90%. Ships can basically realize fully automatic cleaning, greatly reducing manual labor.
Marine photovoltaic scenario: OrcaPro, specially developed to address pain points such as turbid water and low visibility in tidal flat areas, features powerful autonomous capabilities including real-time precise positioning, underwater wireless charging, obstacle avoidance and turbid water identification. It has won bids for projects of CNNC and entered nuclear power plant inspection operations.
Strategic scenario reserves: Based on a flexible technical architecture, OceanNav's marine embodied robots are highly universal, scalable and rapidly adaptable. Its business has expanded to offshore wind power, subsea pipelines, port pile foundation inspection and other fields, with technical reserves completed for scenarios including deep-sea mineral exploration and subsea data center operation and maintenance.
At present, OceanNav Intelligent has established in-depth cooperation with many domestic and foreign port groups and marine scientific research institutions. Its products are sold to multiple countries and regions, and it is accelerating the construction of a global ecological system for marine embodied robots.
Looking ahead, OceanNav Intelligent stated that it will continue to deeply cultivate the field of marine embodied intelligence, break boundaries through technological innovation, create value through scenario implementation, explore the deep ocean with cutting-edge technologies, and boost the high-quality development of China's marine economy.
Ji Wei, Founding Partner of Huaying Capital, said: Building a strong maritime nation is a national strategic priority. The marine embodied robot market boasts huge potential and clear scenario demands. With the mission of exploring the deep ocean and safeguarding the blue ocean, OceanNav is backed by long-term in-depth technological research and advantages in large-scale scenario implementation, establishing insurmountable cutting-edge barriers in the industry. Founder Chen Xiaobo has 19 years of experience in marine robots, and he is exactly the comprehensive and versatile founder we have been looking for with academic achievements, product R&D capabilities and business acumen. We believe Xiaobo will always lead OceanNav to become a global pioneer in hard technology. We hold long-term optimism, stand firmly with the company, and march towards the deep blue era together.
Zhu Xiaohu, Managing Partner of GSR Ventures, said: We are delighted to witness the rapid development of OceanNav over the past year, and clearly perceive that the industry is crossing a critical inflection point. With its leading technological accumulation and engineering capabilities far ahead of peers, OceanNav has achieved rapid replication from ship cleaning to multiple high-value scenarios including photovoltaic and wind power in the harshest marine environments. This fully verifies the universal platform attributes of its underlying technologies and has begun to form a flywheel effect. We firmly believe OceanNav will become an indispensable intelligent infrastructure in the trillion-yuan blue ocean of marine economy.
Peng Zhiqiang, Founding Partner of Shengjing Jiacheng Capital, said: OceanNav Intelligent is a benchmark enterprise in marine embodied intelligence that received Shengjing Jiacheng's initial angel investment and follow-up additional investments. OceanNav has consistently practiced the AI RaaS (AI Results as a Service) model proposed by Shengjing Jiacheng, with commercial performance growing rapidly. During the 15th Five-Year Plan period, deep-sea technology has become a national strategic direction, and demands for scenarios including marine engineering, offshore new energy and ship operation and maintenance are accelerating. With its full-water operation capabilities and advantages in large-scale implementation, OceanNav Intelligent is becoming an important force in China's deep-sea technology sector. We will support the long-term growth of OceanNav into a global leader in marine robots.
