Overview
Portland-based startup building floating AI data centers powered by wave Energy. $140M Series B (May 2026), Thiel-backed. Ocean-2 pilot deployed in Pacific. Ocean-3 pilot nodes deploying 2026, commercial fleets 2027.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Series B
Product
Pilot
HQ
Data & sources
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2
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Safety record
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Recent coverage
Panthalassa in third-party press
Why Ex-Meta CTO Mike Schroepfer Says It's A Great Time To Build A Hard Tech Company: ‘Infrastructure Is The Moat’ - Crunchbase News
US firm's floating data centers to meet power demand using wave energy - Interesting Engineering
Oregon’s physical AI ecosystem takes flight - fDi Intelligence
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- unknown
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Funding rounds (1)
- Series B2026-05-01
Investors: Lowercarbon Capital (follow), Susquehanna (follow), Sozo Ventures (follow), SciFi Ventures (follow), Peter Thiel (lead), Founders Fund (follow), Super Micro (strategic), John Doerr (follow), TIME Ventures (follow)
Timeline
Every recorded move in Panthalassa’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeries B funding round
2026-05-01Series B
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJul 22, 2026
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Sources (2)
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
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Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 2
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Methodology surface for Panthalassa.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Panthalassa from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Why Ex-Meta CTO Mike Schroepfer Says It's A Great Time To Build A Hard Tech Company: ‘Infrastructure Is The Moat’ - Crunchbase News
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US firm's floating data centers to meet power demand using wave energy - Interesting Engineering
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Oregon’s physical AI ecosystem takes flight - fDi Intelligence
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Panthalassa lands $140M from Peter Thiel to build ocean-powered AI data centers at sea - EdgeIR
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AI data centers may soon ride ocean waves - 930 WFMD Free Talk
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Can floating data centres meet AI’s huge energy demand? - New Scientist
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The Ocean Is Not A Server Rack: Panthalassa, Peter Thiel, And Wave-Powered AI Compute - CleanTechnica
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Panthalassa secures $140m for wave-powered AI systems - International Water Power
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Wave energy firm Panthalassa nets USD 140m from Peter Thiel, others - Renewables Now
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US startup Panthalassa has raised $140 million to build data centers in the ocean - logos-pres.md
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Peter Thiel Leads $140 Million Capital Raise for Panthalassa to Power AI Computing Using Ocean Waves - ESG Today
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Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel backs $140M wave-powered AI data center startup — Panthalassa aims to run offshore compute nodes using ocean energy - Yahoo Finance
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- REST API: /v1/companies/946f47b1-d016-4555-8826-b46215a8f047
- Revision history: /companies/panthalassa/history
- Data documentation: /data
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Video
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Reality vs attention
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6-month trend
Analysis
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Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
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Last computed: Aug 24, 2026