NeuWave

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Meet the founders

• Cofounder and CEO, Jana Stella: PhD Environmental Engineering Candidate, Machine Learning and AI specialist

• Cofounder and Lead Data Engineer, Chris Wright: PhD Computer Science Candidate, Quantum Computing Specialist

The Market

• Offshore operations rely on weather and sea surface models to protect their vessels and other coastal infrastructure

• False or inaccurate predictions have a huge cost:

  • Incorrect predictions cost from £30K-700K per boat each day

  • Installing wind farms and other large assets have average construction delays of 2-4 years totalling up to £1.2B

This startup is solving two key problems:

• Poor data models: NeuWave’s local models reflect the actual sea surface conditions. Their models are able to see weather windows and sheltering zones which other models cannot

• Inflexible Scheduling: NeuWave’s flexible scheduling leverages AI and their bespoke data model to be 20x more accurate then the industry standard, which could save key projects up to £100m annually

NeuWave is transforming vessel navigation and scheduling, making offshore operations made visible, accessible, actionable;

→ Local data models for accurate weather and sea-surfacing reporting

→ Automated tools to plan routes and redirection

→ Live dashboards to track changes offshore

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Quickfire

Traction Metrics: 

• Secured 4 customers who are waiting to use the product as soon as it goes live (later this month).

• Trial booked with the National Grid.

• Demos and proposals ongoing with several wind farms

Competition

• StormGeo, Met Office, and Global Maritime provide limited support to help offshore operations:

  • Neither StormGeo nor Global Maritime provide wave specific regional data. They also do not run daily sensitivity tests.

  • The Met Office does provide regional data and sensitivity tests but it doesn’t provide data in an accessible format and it doesn’t provide historical data.

  • Overall, NeuWave’s data has been shown to be 20x more accurate.

Our take

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Let the people decide

Last feature’s results

• The people have spoken: Our readers are SPLIT on JOBBA, with 50% believing it will be a success. Vote in the poll above to see how your decision stacks up against thousands of founders, investors and operators.

• Here’s what you guys had to say: “Low margin recruitment is either all or nothing, 58k for 1 year is not a strong signal. My last one we launched did £1m in 12 months. With no digital platform. Great concept though”