San Francisco (US) / Bremen (Germany), October 08, 2025

Bedrock Ocean Exploration and PlanBlue today announced a new strategic partnership that combines Bedrock’s advanced autonomous survey technology with PlanBlue’s AI-driven seafloor intelligence. By aligning their complementary capabilities, the two companies will deliver a new generation of decision-ready ocean data to accelerate infrastructure development, support maritime security, strengthen coastal resilience, and support environmental stewardship.

Bedrock operates a fleet of compact, fully electric autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) that capture high-resolution bathymetry with minimal environmental footprint. Through its Mosaic platform, Bedrock provides direct access to survey data with real-time quality control and rapid cloud delivery.

PlanBlue’s underwater hyperspectral imaging, enhanced by AI, transforms seafloor imagery into actionable intelligence. The technology delivers dual-use capabilities in a single mission: precise assessments of ecosystem health, biodiversity, carbon stocks, and habitat classification, alongside advanced material detection that supports both infrastructure assessments and maritime security. This integration unlocks unprecedented time and cost efficiency for environmental monitoring and beyond.

The integration of Bedrock’s survey capacity with PlanBlue’s analytics will significantly shorten the path from data acquisition to actionable insight.

This collaboration enables clients in offshore wind, subsea cable and pipeline routing, port development, coastal protection and maritime security to access critical environmental and operational information faster and more efficiently than ever before. Both companies emphasize that the partnership reflects a shared commitment to lowering the ecological footprint of marine development while supporting global goals such as the UN Decade of Ocean Science.

“This partnership is an important milestone in our mission to deliver scalable, high-fidelity ocean intelligence, and stress test our rapid ability to field new payloads and capabilities with our platforms,” said Charles, CEO, Bedrock. “By embedding PlanBlue’s payload and analytics into our survey ecosystem, we can provide clients with not just data, but insight, faster, cleaner, and with lower risk to marine ecosystems.”

“We are excited to partner with Bedrock to bring seafloor intelligence to the forefront of sustainable marine development,” added Dr. Hannah Brocke, Co-founder & CSO, PlanBlue. “Harnessing Bedrock’s agile platform together with PlanBlue’s underwater hyperspectral imaging and its automated analytics will help clients make better decisions, reduce environmental impacts, and drive progress toward healthier oceans.”

Bedrock is pioneering a vertically integrated ocean survey platform, combining compact, fully electric AUVs with a cloud-based data delivery system (Mosaic). Its design emphasizes rapid mobilization, minimized permitting hurdles, and reduced environmental disturbance. Bedrock provides services across energy & infrastructure (pre-construction, operations, decommissioning), marine research, coastal resilience, and maritime security. Bedrock Ocean Exploration

PlanBlue is a deep tech company delivering fully automated seafloor intelligence. From a single survey, its AI-powered software infers ecosystem health, biodiversity, carbon stock, habitat classification, and identifies anomalies such as plastics, corrosion, or seabed hazards. PlanBlue’s insights support smart development, conservation, and monitoring in marine and coastal environments. PlanBlue

Media Contacts:

Bedrock: Vanlu Madarame

PlanBlue: Pascal Seul

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