// 2025

Dec 16, 2025
MarineSitu and Blue Robotics Collaboration
The C3-BR stereo camera — calibrated for underwater use, rated to 1000m, designed for quick mounting on the BlueROV2 — is now available on Blue Robotics' The Reef.

Oct 6, 2025
MarineSitu Wins Growth Stage Funds at Bend Venture Conference
MarineSitu competed against four finalists at the Bend Venture Conference, taking home fourth place and $32,500 in investment funds supporting growth-stage development.

Oct 1, 2025
MarineSitu Joins Ocean Enterprise Accelerator Stage 1
Selected by VentureWell's NOAA-supported Ocean Enterprise Accelerator Program to join the Stage 1 cohort — $15,000 in non-dilutive TDC funding and access to a network of ocean business mentors.

May 28, 2025
MarineSitu Wins Fan Favorite Award at Flywheel Investment Conference
A finalist against five other startups, MarineSitu was awarded $5,000 by audience vote at the Flywheel Investment Conference.

Jan 16, 2025
MarineSitu Tests Novel Underwater Monitoring Tool Suite
MarineSitu's integrated sonar and stereo camera array with real-time AI demonstrated at PNNL — designed for around-the-clock environmental monitoring in high-energy tidal environments.
// 2024

Dec 9, 2024
MarineSitu Joins the Gulf Blue Navigator Second Cohort
Selected for this four-month accelerator hosted by the University of Southern Mississippi — $25,000 in program support for late-stage startups in marine aquaculture, fisheries, and coastal restoration.

Oct 9, 2024
The Marine Tech Startup Taking a Dive Into Aquaculture
MarineSitu joins the Hatch Blue accelerator to apply long-term underwater monitoring hardware and machine learning to aquaculture — drawing on experience with harsh conditions and complex ML pipelines.

Aug 26, 2024
DOE SBIR Phase IIb Award: $1.15M for Marine Energy Monitoring
The U.S. Department of Energy Small Business Innovation Research Phase IIb award supports continued development and commercialization of our marine energy monitoring suite.

Aug 1, 2024
NOAA SBIR Award: Rapid Coastal Survey Automation
NOAA's effort to advance coastal surveying awarded MarineSitu a Small Business Innovation Research grant for an affordable, AI-supported low-cost ROV monitoring system.
// 2023

Sep 13, 2023
DOE Award: Automated Optical Tracking in Fish Passages
Over $800,000 awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy as part of investment in environmentally sustainable hydropower and fish passage protection technologies.

Aug 23, 2023
MarineSitu Presents at the DOD Operational Energy and Logistics Summit
As project pitch finalists, co-founder Mitchell Scott presented MarineSitu at the Department of Defense Operational Energy and Logistics Summit in Honolulu, HI.

Jul 28, 2023
AI-Assisted Marine Monitoring System Provides Long-Term Deep Dive
Feature coverage of MarineSitu's AI-assisted approach to underwater environmental monitoring — advanced cameras, edge AI, and long-term deployment in demanding marine environments.

Mar 5, 2023
MarineSitu Provides Custom Long-Term Underwater Monitoring for the Blue Economy
An in-depth interview on how MarineSitu delivers tailor-made, long-term underwater monitoring solutions to the growing blue economy using advanced hardware and industry knowledge.

Jan 23, 2023
Vision AI Goes Underwater
The Maritime Executive covers the growing role of vision-based AI in underwater settings, featuring MarineSitu's work enabling autonomous inspection and environmental monitoring.

Jan 4, 2023
Plainsight and MarineSitu Collaborate to Propel a Sustainable Blue Economy
Plainsight and MarineSitu announce a collaboration combining computer vision AI with long-term marine monitoring hardware to advance the prospects of a sustainable blue economy.
// 2015 – 2017

Jul 26, 2017
Amping Up Underwater Environmental Monitoring
UW Mechanical Engineering covers MarineSitu's first AMP site deployment — the origin of the company's long-term monitoring technology.

Mar 6, 2015
First Launch of MarineSitu at the Environmental Innovation Challenge
MarineSitu's public debut at the UW Environmental Innovation Challenge — the founding moment of a company that has since grown into a full marine AI platform.
