# Bubble Robotics: robotics company

Canonical ID: `778e385b-ce40-4d1a-84fa-2183c948db60`

## Key facts

- **CEO:** Jean Crosetti
- **Co-Founder:** Patricia Apostol (ex-NASA JPL, ex-ETH Zurich)
- **Form factor:** Autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) + surface docking station
- **Business model:** Robotics-as-a-Service (RaaS)
- **Product:** BubbleDock (6-month autonomous surface station) + BubbleBot (subsea robot)
- **Cost savings:** Up to 70% vs vessel-based inspection
- **Target markets:** Offshore wind, maritime security, subsea infrastructure, environmental monitoring
- **Letters of intent:** Over $4M signed
- **Partners:** Ifremer, ETH Zurich, NVIDIA, Bpifrance

- **Slug:** bubble-robotics
- **Status:** active
- **Founded:** 2025
- **HQ:** Paris, France
- **Funding total (USD):** 5000000

## Models

- [Bubble Marine Robot](/models/bubble-robotics-marine-robot.md) (maritime) (id: `3d047484-2f54-472c-82d4-7330f1f1e299`)

## Current leadership (2)

- [Jean Crosetti](/people/jean-crosetti.md) CEO & Co-Founder (SEC-verified)
- [Patricia Apostol](/people/patricia-apostol.md) Co-Founder & CTO (SEC-verified)

## Founders (2)

- [Jean Crosetti](/people/jean-crosetti.md) _no longer at company_
- [Patricia Apostol](/people/patricia-apostol.md) _no longer at company_

## Supplies to

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company's outbound edges._

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## Common questions

### What is Bubble Robotics?

Bubble Robotics is a Paris-based maritime robotics startup building persistent autonomous underwater robots for offshore energy, maritime security, and environmental monitoring. Founded in 2025 by former NASA and ETH Zurich engineers through [Entrepreneurs First](https://joinef.com), the company operates a robotics-as-a-service model with its BubbleDock surface station and BubbleBot subsea robots, aiming to replace $100k/day vessel-based inspections with continuous, resident ocean infrastructure.

### What does Bubble Robotics make?

Bubble Robotics has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Bubble Marine Robot (Bubble Robotics builds physical robots).

### Who competes with Bubble Robotics?

On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to Bubble Robotics building in the same form factors include Anduril Industries, Saildrone, Saronic Technologies, BAE Systems.

### Where is Bubble Robotics headquartered?

Bubble Robotics is headquartered in Paris, France.

### How much funding has Bubble Robotics raised?

Bubble Robotics has raised approximately $5M in disclosed funding on record in the DEPLOY registry.

### Where does Bubble Robotics operate robots?

Bubble Robotics is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.


## Sources (1)

1. **Bubble Robotics raises $5M to build the ocean's autonomous workforce** · https://www.bubble-robotics.com/blog/bubble-robotics-raises-5m-to-build-the-oceans-autonomous-workforce

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