AUTONOMOUS EYES

AI that learns from every frame of the past to see, understand, and act in real time beneath the waves.

Transform how Operators detect and respond to subsea anomalies.

Are you a start-up ready to teach AI how to see beneath the surface?

Across the subsea sector, inspection still relies on people manually reviewing endless hours of video footage – slow, costly, and limited by human attention.

Operators have defined a challenge: they need AI that can learn from years of archived footage, detect anomalies automatically, and act in real time.

Autonomous Eyes calls for innovators who can develop vision systems capable of turning inspection from a reactive task into continuous, automated awareness.

This is one of the most ambitious challenges in subsea AI and the one that could reshape asset integrity forever.

What needs solved?

Operators have vast archives of inspection footage capturing defects, corrosion, and anomalies across decades of subsea activity, but most of it remains untouched. The goal is to unlock that data and train AI to interpret it, then deploy those models to act autonomously in live operations.

We’re looking for start-ups who can:

Gather key data and insights from historical inspection media
Detect, classify, and respond to anomalies in real time
Identify subtle defects across varying subsea conditions and asset types
Operate effectively in bandwidth-limited offshore environments
Integrate detection, reporting, and learning into one workflow
Connect with existing or emerging ROV/AUV control systems and data pipelines

Solutions should combine computer vision, deep learning, and real-world usability, capable of scaling from lab to live deployment.

You’ll gain access to:

Large volumes of archived inspection media from real subsea campaigns
Validation and guidance from subject matter experts and Operators

Why it matters.

Autonomous Eyes challenges start-ups to create systems that learn from the past and act in the moment - detecting, classifying, and reacting to anomalies as they appear.

Current subsea inspection is slow and reactive, human inspectors reviewing hours of footage after the mission ends. AI has the power to change that, moving from retrospective analysis to real-time intelligence.

Your solution could help Operators:

Dramatically reduce manual review time
Improve detection accuracy and consistency
Enable real-time alerting for offshore teams
Deliver proven performance in live operational conditions

Where AI fits.

Your technology could enable one or more of these critical capabilities:

Learning at Depth

AI that detects and classifies anomalies in archived inspection footage.

Automatic Anomaly Recognition

Real-time models that identify and correlate anomalies as they appear.

Automated Planning

Systems that support autonomous mission planning, adaptive execution, and data acquisition.

Together, these innovations could form a living, self-learning inspection network – one that sees, understands, and acts beneath the waves.

JOIN THE

programme

If you’re a start-up and can build computer vision that learns from the past and performs in the field, join the Tide Breaker programme and prove your AI skills in live subsea operations.