ORCA UBOAT
About
About ORCA UBOAT
ORCA UBOAT is a Chinese developer of autonomous surface vessels and vessel-driving systems. Its portfolio includes robotic waterway-cleaning boats, aquatic-vegetation mowing vessels, maritime work platforms and autonomous leisure craft. The APAS vessel-autonomy system combines perception and navigation functions, with offerings for unmanned boats, yachts and official vessels, and commercial cargo ships.
Its cleaning-vessel range includes SMURF, MOSHARK and WasteWhale configurations for tasks such as floating-waste collection, vegetation removal, water-quality monitoring and inspection. Leisure platforms include XI, YANG and OASIS, while the company also offers custom vessel development. The technology catalogue lists marine millimetre-wave radar, dual-spectrum perception modules and navigation controllers. The vessels and subsystems are configured for different waterway-management, maritime-work and leisure applications.
Operations
Operating milestones
- Operating milestone
2026-09-23 - ORCA UBOAT reports more than 2 million kilometres of cumulative autonomous navigation. - ORCA UBOAT autonomous vessel fleet
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Deployments
- Operating use
2026-09-23 - ORCA UBOAT reports more than 1,000 unmanned vessels deployed across 13 countries. - ORCA UBOAT unmanned vessels across 13 countries
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Funding
- 2026-09-23 - Series C - ORCA UBOAT completes Series C financing
ORCA UBOAT completed a Series C financing led by Xi’an Hi-Tech Investment; financing over the past six months totals RMB300 million. - source: ad.36kr.com
Investors
- Oriza Puhua - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-09-23
- Sanyuan Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-09-23
- Xi’an Hi-Tech Investment - Lead - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-09-23
Team
- Zhu Jiannan - Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder - Leads ORCA UBOAT product development and commercial deployment.
Timeline
Events
- 2026-09-23 - Funding - ORCA UBOAT completes Series C financing
Oriza Puhua and Sanyuan Capital participated in the latest round. The company plans to expand ORCA-APAS, maritime Physical AI and vessel deployments. Its company-reported installed base exceeds 1,000 unmanned vessels across 13 countries.
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Context
Comparable profiles
- Ocean Aero
comparable profile - Autonomous Surface Vessel Builder
- Davie
comparable profile - Autonomous Surface Vessel Builder
- Oshen
comparable profile - Autonomous Surface Vessel Builder
- Oceanic Constellations
comparable profile - Autonomous Surface Vessel Builder
- Resolute Autonomy
comparable profile - Autonomous Surface Vessel Builder
Shared workflows
- XOCEAN
workflow adjacency - Autonomous Surface Vessel Operations
- Ocean Infinity
workflow adjacency - Autonomous Surface Vessel Operations
- Eight Knot
workflow adjacency - Autonomous Surface Vessel Operations
Context tags
- Maritime surface autonomy platforms - Stack Layer - https://orca-tech.cn/aboutus - exact reviewed source supports this bounded context.
- Autonomous surface vessel builder - Peer Group - https://orca-tech.cn/aboutus - exact reviewed source supports this bounded context.
- Autonomous surface vessel operations - Workflow - https://orca-tech.cn/aboutus - exact reviewed source supports this bounded context.