Overview
YC S24 San Francisco startup building floating solar arrays and underwater/floating ocean data centers that use seawater cooling for AI compute. Founded by Sam Mendel and Eric Kim. Company pitches faster deploy versus land-and-grid builds, lower power use, and zero freshwater consumption. YC profile says the team powered an H100 in the bay and served a customer within 60 days of a paper sketch.
Reality check
Concept (company-claimed)
Ocean data centers powered by floating solar and cooled by seawater, avoiding land and grid delays; targets 1 GW a week by 2030.
First workload (company-claimed)
Powered an H100 in San Francisco Bay and served a customer within 60 days of the first sketch.
Efficiency claim (company-claimed)
Seawater cooling cuts power use by up to 30-40% and uses no fresh water.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Founders
Data & sources
Web sources
3
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NetworkOcean on the deployment map
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Safety record
No incidents on record for NetworkOcean.
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Recent coverage
NetworkOcean in third-party press
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdSep 29, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (3)
- https://x.com/SamMendel00/status/2104964421474820352 · 2026-09-29
- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/networkocean · 2026-09-29
- https://www.networkocean.io/ · 2026-09-29
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Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-13
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-13
Sources by quality tier
- 3
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
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Methodology surface for NetworkOcean.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning NetworkOcean from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/networkocean.md
- RSS feed: /companies/networkocean/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/1949b1c0-447f-48d1-abd5-a4d2988853c8
- Revision history: /companies/networkocean/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Reality vs attention
Not enough verified signal yet to place NetworkOcean against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
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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 17, 2026