The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Aquabyte: 1 model, 2 deployments across 1 region, $138.0M raised. 1 source back the record.
Overview
Aquabyte is an American aquaculture technology company founded in 2017 by Bryton Shang, using AI and computer vision to monitor fish farms. The company raised $46M total including $25M Series B from Softbank Ventures Asia, and developed underwater camera systems for fish health and growth monitoring.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 2 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
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Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company Aquabyte has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Mowi1× joint
Most recent
Aquabyte on the deployment map
View the global map2 verified deployments across 1 region, newest verified Jan 2020. Explore where Aquabyte's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Aquabyte deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Bryton Shang Founder & Executive Chairmansecondary-verified
Founders (1)
- Bryton Shangsole
Safety record
No incidents on record for Aquabyte.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- Aquabyte2 deployments
Recent coverage
Aquabyte in third-party press
Peers
75 peers across 1 segment. Every Aquabyte competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
industrial robot(75)
33 companies in this segment · moderately_concentrated (HHI 2051.61304640928) · leader Mind Robotics at 3415%
- ABB Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AMP Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- ASUSdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- ATOMSdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Acuminodirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Allonicdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Financial state
- Total funding
- $138.0M
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
1 total · 1 operating
Every company Aquabyte has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
Most-frequent partners
- 1Mowi1× joint
Funding rounds (3)
Aquabyte’s 3 disclosed rounds, $138M in total, oldest to newest.
- Series B
$46M(reported)
- Series B
$46M(reported)
- Series B
$46M(reported)
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 24, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJan 1, 2020
Aquabyte Smart Camera at Ireland
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJan 1, 2018
Aquabyte Smart Camera at Bergen, Norway
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Aquabyte.Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- DJI7 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Gobio Robot6 models
- Orbbec6 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Aquabyte from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Graphene Ventures records second exit in agritech sector with sale of majority stake in Aquabyte - jawlah.co
<a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiP0FVX3lxTE83T2NZWS14SkpQek83aWRJNkNKbUJ1QllhRXhmNFVkWFBheGZUWHI0RVFfMWMxRFRJbXA2TFE3bw?oc=5" target="_blank">Graphene Ventures…
Launches and highlights from Aqua Nor 2025
Aquabyte launched new sonar capabilities at Aqua Nor 2025, providing unique insight into fish movements, improving feeding in turbid water, and simplifying optimal camera…
Harnessing AI in aquaculture - The Fish Site
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Mowi and BIM conduct trial with Aquabyte systems in Ireland
Mowi (world's largest salmon producer) and BIM (Irish seafood development agency) conducted trials with Aquabyte's AI-based camera technology in Ireland, collecting data from fish…
Fish farmers turn to drones for health, feed monitoring - Global Seafood Alliance
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/aquabyte.md
- RSS feed: /companies/aquabyte/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/535cc84a-dbcb-4da2-b7c9-31794f057f67
- Revision history: /companies/aquabyte/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- DJI7 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Gobio Robot6 models
- Orbbec6 models
Video
Bryton Shang, Founder & CEO, Aquabyte sits down with Jeff Frick for a Digital CUBE Conversation. #CUBEConversation #theCUBE https://siliconangle.com/2020/05/2
A short video series featuring Entrepreneurship the Princeton Way, produced by the Princeton Entrepreneurship Council. How do you want to engage? Bryton Shan
Heat Index
Category contender77/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Aquabyte draws attention at the 50th percentile but verifies reality at the 35th percentile among other robots. Hype Gap +14.3, 118th widest among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 2 verified deployments. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 3, 2026