The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Oshen: 1 model, 2 deployments across 2 regions, $6.0M raised. 2 sources back the record.
CategoryMaritime
Overview
Oshen builds fleets of autonomous wind- and solar-powered ocean robots called C-Stars that collect persistent wide-area ocean intelligence. The 1-metre hand-deployable USVs operate individually or in constellations, transmitting real-time met-ocean data via satellite. Founded in 2022 in Plymouth, UK, Oshen's C-Stars became the first uncrewed surface vehicles to collect data from inside a Category 5 hurricane, and have logged 200+ continuous days at sea across 2,000+ nautical miles. The company holds contracts with NOAA, the UK Ministry of Defence, Met Office, Météo-France, and the US Navy.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 2 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
HQ
Founded
CEO
CTO
Product
First
Endurance
Customers
C-Star ocean robots
Robot data service
Data & sources
Web sources
2
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Models (1)
View all models →Oshen on the deployment map
View the global map2 verified deployments across 2 regions, newest verified Sep 2025. Explore where Oshen's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Oshen deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Anahita Laverack Co-founder & CEOSEC-verified
- Ciaran Dowds Co-founder & CTOSEC-verified
Founders (2)
- Anahita Laverackcofounder
- Ciaran Dowdscofounder
Safety record
No incidents on record for Oshen.
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 →
Operator customers (1)
- Oshen2 deployments
Recent coverage
Oshen in third-party press
Peer companies
- Saildrone4 models
- Saronic Technologies4 models
- BAE Systems3 models
- Kongsberg Maritime3 models
- Rekise Marine3 models
- L3Harris2 models
Financial state
- Total funding
- $6.0M
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- unknown
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.
Funding rounds (3)
Oshen’s 3 disclosed rounds, $6M in total, oldest to newest.
- Funding
$2M(reported)
- Funding
$2M(reported)
- Funding
$2M(reported)
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdAug 18, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedSep 1, 2025
C-Star at Iceland
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedAug 31, 2025
C-Star at U.S. Virgin Islands, USA
Sources (2)
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-09-29
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-09-29
Sources by quality tier
- 2
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The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Oshen.Peer companies
- Saildrone4 models
- Saronic Technologies4 models
- BAE Systems3 models
- Kongsberg Maritime3 models
- Rekise Marine3 models
- L3Harris2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Oshen from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
World’s first Acoustic Picket Line at REPMUS26
Oshen, the Plymouth-based maritime sensing and data company, is demonstrating a world-first ‘acoustic picket line’ capability at REPMUS26, the largest maritime robotics exercise.…
UK firm tests robot sailboats to track hidden submarines
Oshen, a UK maritime technology company based in Plymouth, is testing what it calls the first “acoustic picket line” built from small robotic sailboats at REPMUS26, a monthlong…
UK maritime drone launches smaller drones at sea
British company ZeroUSV said it has demonstrated the autonomous deployment of two smaller surface drones from its Oceanus12 uncrewed surface vessel, during trials conducted in…
Oshen raises $5M to scale autonomous ocean robots for defence missions
Plymouth-based robotics company Oshen has raised $5 million to ramp up production of its autonomous ocean robots as demand grows from defence and weather agencies. The round was…
UK Startup Oshen Raises $5M in Funding for Data Collecting Autonomous Ocean Robotics
Insider Brief Oshen has raised $5 million in a funding round led by Lunar Ventures to expand production of its small autonomous ocean robots, which are designed to collect…
Oshen built the first ocean robot to collect data in a Category 5 hurricane
Small boats for UK protection
The Telegraph reports on Royal Navy plans for picket lines of 1,000 wind and solar powered Oshen C-Stars to support submarine-hunting frigates between Iceland, Greenland and…
Robot boats used in 'hurricane alley'
BBC News coverage of Oshen C-Stars deployed in the Atlantic's hurricane alley for NOAA's 2025 monitoring programme, gathering live data from Hurricane Gabrielle.
NOAA and partners deploy mini ocean robots to collect hurricane data
NOAA, with University of Southern Mississippi and Oshen, launched five C-Star USVs off the U.S. Virgin Islands to collect hurricane data. The 4-foot wind-propelled robots transmit…
Could robot boats transform ocean science?
The Guardian profile of Oshen founders Anahita Laverack and Ciaran Dowds, tracing their journey from testing robot boats off Wales to building autonomous ocean monitoring…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/oshen.md
- RSS feed: /companies/oshen/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/2fdb169b-d983-48c6-9bdb-4ae837c9aae6
- Revision history: /companies/oshen/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Saildrone4 models
- Saronic Technologies4 models
- BAE Systems3 models
- Kongsberg Maritime3 models
- Rekise Marine3 models
- L3Harris2 models
Video
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Heat Index
Category contender75/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Oshen draws attention at the 38th percentile but verifies reality at the 66th percentile among maritime_surface robots. Hype Gap -27.9, 19th widest among maritime_surface robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 2 verified deployments. Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
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: Oct 4, 2026