Company
CHASING Innovation
CHASING Innovation is a Chinese underwater drone company developing affordable ROVs for recreational diving, underwater photography, and inspection, including…
- HQ
- Shenzhen, China
- Status
- active
Models
1
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Key facts
Focus
Underwater drone manufacturer
Robot
DORY, M2, and GLADIUS Mini ROVs
Customers
Consumer and light commercial markets
CEO & Co-Founder
Johnson Zhang
Key products
CHASING DORY, CHASING M2 PRO MAX
Sales
40+ countries
Funding
>$3M
Data & sources
Web sources
1
1 source backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Safety record
No incidents on record for CHASING Innovation.
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Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- BAE Systems3 models
- Kongsberg Maritime3 models
- Rekise Marine3 models
- Forth Engineering2 models
- Saab Seaeye2 models
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
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Sources (1)
Common questions
- What is CHASING Innovation?
- CHASING Innovation is a Chinese underwater drone company developing affordable ROVs for recreational diving, underwater photography, and inspection, including the Dory, Gladius, and F1 product lines.
- What does CHASING Innovation make?
- CHASING Innovation has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: CHASING DORY (CHASING Innovation builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them).
- Who competes with CHASING Innovation?
- On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to CHASING Innovation building in the same form factors include Anduril Industries, BAE Systems, Kongsberg Maritime, Rekise Marine.
- Where is CHASING Innovation headquartered?
- CHASING Innovation is headquartered in Shenzhen, China.
- Where does CHASING Innovation operate robots?
- CHASING Innovation 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.
- Is CHASING Innovation a top robotics company?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, CHASING Innovation ranks in roughly the top 41% of companies tracked by the registry.
- Is CHASING Innovation safe?
- CHASING Innovation has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-07
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-07
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for CHASING Innovation.Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- BAE Systems3 models
- Kongsberg Maritime3 models
- Rekise Marine3 models
- Forth Engineering2 models
- Saab Seaeye2 models
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/chasing-innovation.md
- RSS feed: /companies/chasing-innovation/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/406f989a-5dac-495e-8652-c0456455c355
- Revision history: /companies/chasing-innovation/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- BAE Systems3 models
- Kongsberg Maritime3 models
- Rekise Marine3 models
- Forth Engineering2 models
- Saab Seaeye2 models
Reality vs attention
CHASING Innovation draws attention at the 6th percentile but verifies reality at the 31st percentile among underwater robots. Hype Gap -24.9, 12th widest among underwater robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to 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: Jul 14, 2026