The verified answer
As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies Eelume: 1 model. 1 source back the record.
CategoryMaritime
Overview
Eelume is a Norwegian subsea robotics company developing snake-shaped underwater robots for Inspection and intervention on subsea infrastructure, designed to live permanently on the seabed.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
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Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
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Every company Eelume has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Maritime Robotics1× joint3 total
Most recent
- Eelume x Maritime Robotics2025-01-01with Maritime Roboticsoperating
Eelume on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Pal Liljeback Co-Founder & CTOsince 2015-01-01secondary-verified
- Kristin Ytterstad Pettersen Co-Foundersince 2015-01-01secondary-verified
Founders (2)
- Pal Liljebackcofounderfounded 2015-01-01
- Kristin Ytterstad Pettersencofounderfounded 2015-01-01
Safety record
No incidents on record for Eelume.
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 →
Recent coverage
Eelume in third-party press
Norway built a 6-meter drone snake that undulates like an eel into gaps no rigid machine can reach, then straightens into a torpedo to cover distance, living on the seabed six months straight. The snake that checks a pipeline for rust also checks whether some - Autonocion.com
Norway’s Eelume WP960 USV Debuts as AI-Enabled Mine Countermeasures “Mothership” - Inside Unmanned Systems
Eelume advances autonomous mine warfare - Digital Ship
Peers
34 peers across 1 segment. Every Eelume competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
marine(34)
29 companies in this segment · highly_concentrated (HHI 5727.802012906746) · leader Anduril Industries at 7141%
- Anduril Industriesdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Bedrock Oceandirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Blue Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Blue Water Autonomydirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Deep Trekkerdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- ECA Groupdirect competitor(inferred)strong
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- 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 Eelume has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- Eelume x Maritime Robotics2025-01-01with Maritime Roboticsoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Maritime Robotics1× joint3 total
Timeline
Every recorded move in Eelume’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
PartnershipEelume x Maritime Robotics
2025-01-01Eelume and Maritime Robotics, two Norwegian autonomous-systems companies, entered a strategic partnership to combine Eelume's all-terrain AUVs with Maritime Robotics' uncrewed surface vehicles for cost-efficient and sustainable ocean exploration, monitoring, and security operations.
Key hirePal Liljeback joins as Co-Founder & CTO
2015-01-01Pal Liljeback appointed Co-Founder & CTO (current)
Key hireKristin Ytterstad Pettersen joins as Co-Founder
2015-01-01Kristin Ytterstad Pettersen appointed Co-Founder (current)
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 24, 2026
Added to the verified registry
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 Eelume.Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- BAE Systems3 models
- Blueye Robotics3 models
- Cellula Robotics3 models
- Kongsberg Maritime3 models
- Rekise Marine3 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Eelume from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Norway built a 6-meter drone snake that undulates like an eel into gaps no rigid machine can reach, then straightens into a torpedo to cover distance, living on the seabed six months straight. The snake that checks a pipeline for rust also checks whether some - Autonocion.com
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Norway’s Eelume WP960 USV Debuts as AI-Enabled Mine Countermeasures “Mothership” - Inside Unmanned Systems
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Eelume advances autonomous mine warfare - Digital Ship
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Collaboration To Deliver New Unmanned Surface Vessel For Mine Countermeasures - Ocean News & Technology
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Maritime Robotics And Eelume Partner To Advance Ocean Surveillance And Security - Ocean News & Technology
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Petronas targets sustainable underwater operations via partnership with Norwegians - Offshore Energy
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Autonomous Underwater Robot Eelume Flaunts Its Acting Skills, Stars in Disaster Movie - autoevolution
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Autonomous Snake-Like Robot Eelume Is an Underwater Torpedo, It Landed Its First Contract - autoevolution
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"Snake Robot" Eelume to Enter Into Service - The Maritime Executive
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News Content Hub - Order for autonomous ‘snake robot’ signals ‘major shift’ in subsea - rivieramm.com
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Equinor Ventures has acquired a minority share in Eelume AS - Equinor
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Argeo Chooses Eelume Underwater Inspection Solution - hydro-international.com
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/eelume.md
- RSS feed: /companies/eelume/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/950488ec-1acc-4a86-8c1e-9271014dd2a3
- Revision history: /companies/eelume/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- BAE Systems3 models
- Blueye Robotics3 models
- Cellula Robotics3 models
- Kongsberg Maritime3 models
- Rekise Marine3 models
Reality vs attention
Eelume draws attention at the 5th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among underwater robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
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: Aug 29, 2026