Breaking into subsea energy takes more than great technology. It takes access, collaboration, and a route to prove your ideas in real operational conditions. That’s what Tide Breaker delivers, the accelerator for subsea start-ups in energy, built to help innovators move from potential to deployment.
Start-ups rarely get the chance to work directly with Operators, to test real data, get hands-on feedback, and see how technology performs in subsea environments.
Tide Breaker changes that dynamic.
Inside the programme, you join a live ecosystem where your product is tested, validated, and refined alongside the people who will use it.
It’s a place to prove your innovation works offshore, not just in a demo.
The Elementz platform provides a secure subsea AI testing environment, complete with real datasets, APIs, and workflows. Operators are involved at every stage, collaborating, guiding, and helping you shape a solution that’s ready for deployment.
Every element of Tide Breaker has been designed to give start-ups what they need most to succeed – access, validation and visibility:
Validated datasets that reflect the complexity of subsea operations, giving your models something more meaningful than synthetic examples.
The Elementz sandbox, where you can develop and integrate your AI tools in conditions that simulate operational reality.
Continuous Operator involvement that ensures your solution is not just tested at the end, but shaped from the very beginning.
Visibility with Operators and sector leaders who influence what gets adopted across the industry.
The outcome?
Credibility, Operator trust, and a clear pathway to commercialisation, all built on real collaboration.
You’ll enter the Elementz sandbox enviroment and you’ll get access to tools, mentors, and datasets designed to help you build fast and test effectively.
Operators will give you feedback from the start, helping shape your technology for deployment. By the time you reach demo day, you’re not presenting a prototype, you’re showcasing a solution that’s already been validated by global Operators.
From breakthrough ideas in AI validation, to new ways of optimising workflows, every project is built for performance, collaboration, and scale.
We’re looking for start-ups ready to make an impact in subsea energy.
If you’re building tools that can change the way offshore operations work, this is your opportunity to prove it.
What we look for:
November 2025
Applications open
30th November 2025
Applications close
December 2025
Selection and onboarding
January – June 2026
Development and validation
May 2026
Showcase
June 2026 onwards
Commercialisation
Tide Breaker provides a transparent, supportive process that helps you build with purpose and deploy with confidence.
Tide Breaker gives start-ups the opportunity to collaborate, validate, and scale alongside Operators who understand what success looks like in the field.
If you’re ready to turn your subsea AI vision into a proven offshore solution, this is where the journey starts.
The programme is currently delivering its 2025 cohort, with selected start-ups and Operators working side by side across the programme. Applications for this intake are now closed, but we’re still open to conversations with those interested in joining the next cohort, with applications reopening in late 2026.
Complete the form below to access the full submission pack and apply today.
