Splash Inc. GTM brain

Splash develops autonomous surface vessels for maritime security, infrastructure monitoring and other maritime missions.

category

Autonomous maritime vessels

market profile

  • text: Uncrewed vessels address maritime monitoring and security missions where persistent coverage and operating cost matter.
  • text: The market includes both defense-focused vessels and platforms used for ocean mapping and maritime awareness.

personas

  • title: Port or terminal security director
    pains:
    • Maintaining coverage around large maritime facilities
    • Protecting valuable infrastructure with limited patrol resources
  • title: Maritime agency procurement leader
    pains:
    • Assessing autonomy, reliability and support before committing to new vessels
    • Budgeting for sustained maritime monitoring

icp

  • text: Government maritime organizations evaluating unmanned vessels for patrol and monitoring.
  • text: Operators of oil and gas infrastructure, refineries and shipping terminals with maritime security needs.

message pillars

  • text: Apply autonomy to maritime missions.
  • text: Build vessels at scale with cost in mind.
  • text: Serve multiple maritime applications.

objections

  • objection: Can the vessels perform reliably in our operating environment?
    response: Review independent trial results, operational limits and maintenance arrangements for the intended deployment.
  • objection: How will the system fit existing operations?
    response: Evaluate integration, support and approval requirements during a bounded operational assessment.

competitors

  • name: Saronic
    website: https://www.saronic.com/vessels
    why: Supplies autonomous surface vessels for maritime operations.
  • name: Saildrone
    website: https://www.saildrone.com/about
    why: Offers autonomous vessels for maritime awareness and ocean mapping.
  • name: Seasats
    why: Provides autonomous marine drones for maritime monitoring.

keywords

  • autonomous surface vessel
  • uncrewed maritime patrol
  • port security vessel
  • maritime infrastructure monitoring
  • autonomous ocean mapping

voice

  • confident
  • technical
  • mission-oriented

signals

  • text: A port or offshore operator is reviewing how to monitor a large maritime site.
  • text: A maritime organization is evaluating uncrewed platforms for monitoring or mapping.

pricing

model: unknown

motion

sales_led

channels

  • YC directory

confidence

medium

Founders

  • name: Ivan Avanesov
    title: Founder/CEO
    role: CEO
    bio: Co-Founded Splash with the mission of building the Navy of the future after working on marine robotics research projects for the past 8 years. Previously founded Vosentech and grew it to become the largest supplier of mini smoke machines in the world. Designed, manufactured and sold 10,000+ generators to companies such as SpaceX and Apple as well as to many military customers and agencies such as NASA and Los Alamos to check airflow movements in complicated systems.
  • name: Marcell Veszpremi
    title: Founder/CTO
    role: CTO
    bio: Co-Founded Splash Inc. with the mission of building the Navy of the future, leveraging 6+ years in robotics, embedded systems, and IoT. At UCLA’s RoMeLa, I worked on Artemis-the award-winning humanoid champion of RoboCup 2024. Previously at Verkada, I engineered embedded software and battery management for enterprise security alarms. My work at the Ozcan Research Lab, highlighted in multiple publications, has driven breakthroughs in low-cost, point-of-care medical devices.

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