# Oshen: maritime robotics company

Canonical ID: `2fdb169b-d983-48c6-9bdb-4ae837c9aae6`

## Key facts

- **HQ:** Plymouth, United Kingdom
- **Founded:** April 2022
- **CEO:** [Anahita Laverack](/people/anahita-laverack.md) (co-founder)
- **CTO:** [Ciaran Dowds](/people/ciaran-dowds.md) (co-founder)
- **Funding:** [£2M ARIA award (2025); no VC raised yet](/investors.md) ([see investors](/investors.md))
- **Product:** [C-Star](/models/oshen-c-star.md) autonomous surface vehicle
- **First:** Only USV to collect data inside a Category 5 hurricane (Hurricane Humberto, 2025)
- **Endurance:** 100+ days continuous mission, 2000+ nm navigated
- **Customers:** NOAA, UK MoD/Royal Navy, Met Office, Météo-France, US Navy, ARIA

- **Slug:** oshen
- **Founded:** 2022
- **HQ:** Plymouth, United Kingdom
- **Category:** [Maritime](/maritime)

## Models

- [C-Star](/models/oshen-c-star.md) (maritime_surface) (id: `24454296-959f-4f33-b28f-270e60e35c70`)

## Current leadership (4)

- [Anahita Laverack](/people/anahita-laverack.md) Co-founder & CEO (SEC-verified)
- [Anahita Laverack](/people/anahita-laverack.md) Co-founder & CEO (SEC-verified)
- [Ciaran Dowds](/people/ciaran-dowds.md) Co-founder & CTO (SEC-verified)
- [Ciaran Dowds](/people/ciaran-dowds.md) Co-founder & CTO (SEC-verified)

## Founders (2)

- [Anahita Laverack](/people/anahita-laverack.md) (cofounder)
- [Ciaran Dowds](/people/ciaran-dowds.md) (cofounder)

## Supplies to

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company's outbound edges._

_Outbound supply edges. Each appears when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## Common questions

### What is Oshen?

[Oshen](/companies/oshen) builds fleets of autonomous wind- and solar-powered ocean robots called [C-Stars](/models/oshen-c-star) 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.

### What does Oshen make?

Oshen has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: C-Star (Oshen builds physical robots).

### Where is Oshen headquartered?

Oshen is headquartered in Plymouth, United Kingdom.

### Where does Oshen operate robots?

Oshen 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 Oshen a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Oshen ranks in roughly the top 40% of companies tracked by the registry.

### When was Oshen founded?

Oshen was founded in 2022.


## The verified answers

- [Which companies have the most robots deployed](/which-companies-have-the-most-robots-deployed.md)
- [Which operators run the most robots](/which-operators-run-the-most-robots.md)
- [Which robot operators cover the most countries](/which-robot-operators-cover-the-most-countries.md)

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