Bedrock Ocean Exploration | Atlas · The Modern Robotics Registry

Company overview

Identity and operating footprint

Company typeRobot maker

Market segmentCorporate

StageSeries A

FoundersCharles Chiau (Co-founder, CTO), Anthony DiMare (Co-founder)

Regions servedNorth America, Europe

Countries deployedUS, GB

Service footprintHQ Brooklyn NY; AUV surveys across Gulf of Mexico, US Atlantic offshore wind zone, and UK North Sea; ACUA Ocean MOU (Feb 2026) for swarm AUV deployment; Integer Technologies partnership (Jun 2026) for US Navy/AUKUS defense applications; CEO Matthew Tirman

Last reviewed2026-07-05

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Robot models

Specifications remain vendor-claimed

Machineinspection

Bedrock AUV

Up to 12 hours operation on lithium-ion batteries
vendor-stated endurance for seafloor survey missions
Claim source
High-resolution sonar and magnetic sensor payload for seafloor mapping
vendor-stated sensor suite enabling sub-meter resolution geophysical surveys
Claim source

Deployment log

Announced and cited only

Announced	Customer	Site	Country	Count	Evidence
2026-02-04	ACUA	AUV swarm deploy-and-recover from surface vessels	Not listed	Not disclosed	Announcement
2024-07-24	Orsted	offshore wind / ocean survey AUV	Not listed	Not disclosed	Announcement
2024-07-24	Geo SubSea	marine survey / ocean AUV	US	Not disclosed	Announcement
2024-07-24	RECON Offshore	offshore inspection / ocean AUV	US	Not disclosed	Announcement
2024-05-01	Ørsted / Avangrid / Equinor (Proof of Technology Program)	offshore wind site characterization survey	US	Not disclosed	Announcement

Funding history

Publicly announced rounds

2025-06-10$25M

Series A

Autopilot, Costanoa Ventures, Eniac, Harmony Partners, Katapult, Mana Ventures, Northzone, Primary Venture Partners, Quiet Capital, R7, Valor Equity Partners

Round source

2025-06-10$25M

Series A-2

Primary, Northzone, Costanoa Ventures, Autopilot, Harmony Partners

Round source

2023-07-12$26M

Series A

Eniac Ventures, Northzone, Primary Venture Partners, Quiet Capital, R7, Valor Equity Partners

Round source

2021-03-10$8M

Seed

Eniac Ventures, Primary Venture Partners, Quiet Capital, R7

Round source

2020-03-30$4M

Form D

Investors undisclosed

Round source

Investors on recordNorthzonePrimary Venture PartnersValor Equity PartnersEniacQuiet CapitalR7AutopilotCostanoa Ventures

Hiring signal

Public job board · 2026-07-13

Open roles1

Hiring is an operating signal, not deployment evidence. Roles are refreshed from the company’s public careers system.

Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Robotics & Cloud InfrastructureSoftware Team · Remote

Company timeline

Milestones and announcements

2026-06-16Integer Technologies and Bedrock Ocean Partner to Deliver Mission-Ready Autonomous Undersea Solutions ↗GlobeNewswire

2026-04-07Appointed Matthew Tirman (ex-Satellogic) as CEO; co-founder Charles Chiau transitions from CEO to CTO to lead hardware and software innovationPR Newswire

2026-04-07Bedrock Appoints Former Satellogic Exec as CEO to Drive Growth in Autonomous Maritime Intelligence ↗PR Newswire

2026-02-04ACUA, Bedrock to Deploy and Recover Swarms of AUVs from Surface Vessels ↗Marine Technology News

2025-06-10Raised $25M Series A-2 co-led by Primary Venture Partners and Northzone; additional investors include Autopilot, Costanoa Ventures, Harmony Partners, Katapult, and Mana VenturesTechCrunch

2025-06-10Bedrock Ocean dredges up $25M to map the seafloor with robots ↗TechCrunch

2024-05-01Bedrock Ocean Exploration Reaches Major Milestone, Engages Industry Leaders to Launch Next-Generation AUVs via Proof of Technology Program ↗Bedrock Ocean Exploration

2023-07-12Raised $25.5M Series A co-led by Northzone and Primary Venture Partners to commercialize AUV for offshore wind data acquisitionTechCrunch

2021-01-01Raised $8M seed round to develop AUV fleet and Mosaic data platformTechCrunch

Source ledger

9 unique public sources

Bedrock Ocean ExplorationBedrock Ocean Exploration · retrieved 2026-07-05

Bedrock Ocean dredges up $25M to map the seafloor with robots (Series A-2 extension)TechCrunch · retrieved 2026-07-05

Bedrock's autonomous ocean-mapping ambitions score $25M as renewables riseTechCrunch · retrieved 2026-07-05

Ocean floor mapping robotics startup Bedrock announces an $8M raiseTechCrunch · retrieved 2026-07-05

SEC Form D: $4,384,997 sold of $4,499,997 offeringSEC EDGAR · retrieved 2026-07-05

Bedrock Raises $25.5M Series A for Robots for Seafloor Exploration and Offshore Wind EnergyRobotics 24/7

ACUA, Bedrock to Deploy and Recover Swarms of AUVs from Surface VesselsMarine Technology News · retrieved 2026-07-05

Bedrock Ocean Exploration Reaches Major Milestone, Engages Industry Leaders to Launch Next-Generation AUVs via Proof of Technology ProgramBedrock Ocean Exploration · retrieved 2026-07-05

Bedrock Appoints Former Satellogic Exec as CEO to Drive Growth in Autonomous Maritime IntelligencePR Newswire · retrieved 2026-07-05