Company
Exail
Exail is a French high-tech industrial company led by Chairman and CEO Raphael Gorge, specializing in cutting-edge robotics, maritime, navigation, and…
- Founded
- 2022
- HQ
- La Garde, Var, France
- Status
- private (Exail Technologies)
- Models
- 1
Verified profile
3
Sources on record
1
Tracked changes
Updated 1 month ago
Last verified change
Overview
Exail is a French high-tech industrial company led by Chairman and CEO Raphael Gorge, specializing in cutting-edge robotics, maritime, navigation, and photonics technologies. The company develops unmanned underwater vehicles (AUVs) and unmanned surface vehicles, and was selected to develop the French Navy's ultra-deepwater AUV.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
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Models (1)
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Current leadership (2)
- Fabien Baguenard ctosecondary-verified
- Jean-Michel Ghidaglia ceosince 2022-01-01secondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Exail.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Operator customers (1)
- Marine Nationale1 deployment
Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- Saildrone4 models
- Saronic Technologies4 models
- BAE Systems3 models
- Kongsberg Maritime2 models
- Saab Seaeye2 models
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_disclosed
- Revenue disclosed
- $542900000 (private_disclosed)
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
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Sources (3)
- https://www.exail.com/product-range/drix-series-uncrewed-surface-vessels
- https://nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/updates/noaa-ship-thomas-jefferson-tests-innovative-drix-autonomous-surface-vehicle/
- https://www.exail.com/news/noaa-ocean-exploration-cooperative-institute-chooses-drix-usv-help-build-next-generation-ocean
Common questions
- What is Exail?
- Exail is a French high-tech industrial company led by Chairman and CEO Raphael Gorge, specializing in cutting-edge robotics, maritime, navigation, and photonics technologies. The company develops unmanned underwater vehicles (AUVs) and unmanned surface vehicles, and was selected to develop the French Navy's ultra-deepwater AUV.
- Where is Exail based?
- Exail is based in La Garde, Var, France.
- When was Exail founded?
- Exail was founded in 2022.
- What does Exail make?
- Exail has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: DriX (Exail builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them).
- Where does Exail operate robots?
- Exail 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 Exail safe?
- Exail 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 · 3 sources (2 primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-03
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-03
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Exail.Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- Saildrone4 models
- Saronic Technologies4 models
- BAE Systems3 models
- Kongsberg Maritime2 models
- Saab Seaeye2 models
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/exail.md
- RSS feed: /companies/exail/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/5726dfb7-bbf6-4355-a461-63de461da77f
- Revision history: /companies/exail/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- Saildrone4 models
- Saronic Technologies4 models
- BAE Systems3 models
- Kongsberg Maritime2 models
- Saab Seaeye2 models
DEPLOY Intelligence Score
25.0/ 100
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
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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.
Last computed: Jul 3, 2026
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