atdepth MRV
atdepth MRV is a Boston-based marine technology company providing GPU-accelerated digital twin monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) services for marine carbon dioxide removal projects, serving ocean-based CDR developers globally.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2021
- HeadquartersBoston, United States
- Headcount1–10
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingSoftware
What atdepth MRV does
atdepth MRV is a Boston-based marine technology company founded in 2020-2021 that provides measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) services for marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) projects. The company targets ocean-based carbon removal developers — including macroalgae (kelp) cultivators, ocean alkalinity enhancement operators, and other mCDR project sponsors — that need credible quantification of removed carbon to monetize verified credits. Its customer base includes named engagements with Kelp Blue and Vycarb, with active work spanning more than 10 projects across three continents.
The company's core technology is ODT Ari, a GPU-accelerated Ocean Digital Twin platform built on Oceananigans.jl, a specialized open-source ocean simulation framework. ODT Ari ingests site-specific oceanographic data and produces high-resolution simulations of carbon transport, sequestration, and permanence that can be used to verify removal claims. The company has extended its offering with the Standard Monitoring Unit (SMU), a hardware-software stack for in-situ ocean data collection, and is developing a proprietary Kelp-Based Carbon Removal Quantification Methodology intended to serve as a recognized protocol for kelp-driven CDR verification. The team of approximately 13 specialists is led by CEO Dr. Carlos Muñoz-Royo and CTO Dr. Raphael Ouillon, with Prof. Thomas Peacock serving as a senior advisor.
Revenue mechanics are not publicly disclosed. Based on the early capital base ($150,000 MassCEC grant in July 2024), lean team size, and pilot-stage nature of disclosed engagements, revenue appears to be generated primarily through project-based MRV service contracts and grant-funded research rather than a recurring SaaS or per-credit fee model, though the digital twin platform's architecture is compatible with scaled verification pricing as the mCDR market matures.
atdepth MRV firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- atdepth MRV
- Legal name
- atdepth
- Website
- https://atdepth.org
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2021
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 1–10 employees
- Short description
- atdepth MRV is a Boston-based marine technology company providing GPU-accelerated digital twin monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) services for marine carbon dioxide removal projects, serving ocean-based CDR developers globally.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
atdepth MRV industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Marine Modeling and Monitoring Software
- NAICS
- Environmental Consulting Services (54162), Environmental Consulting Services (541620), Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services (54136)
- SIC
- Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731), Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Laboratory Analytical Instruments (3826)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Carbon Removal Measurement, Monitoring & Verification (Removal MRV & Durability) (EUABAFAK)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- IoT/Edge Sensor MRV (Continuous Monitoring, Metering, CEMS) (EUABACAG), Data Assurance, Audit & Attestation (ISAE 3000/3410, SOC, Chain-of-Custody) (EUABACAJ), Satellite/Aerial/Remote Sensing MRV (Methane plumes, land-use change) (EUAHADAL)
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Where atdepth MRV is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Boston
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Offices2 records
Markets served
atdepth MRV business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Software
- Cost components
- Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales
Revenue model
- Modeling-as-a-Service: Project-based engagement model delivering Ocean Digital Twin assessments, modeling services, and operational verification for academic research and private sector clients. Likely structured as paid engagements or recurring service contracts tied to active projects.
- ODT Ari Product (Ocean Digital Twin Platform): Cloud-based Ocean Digital Twin product (ODT Ari) sold to ocean industry operators, with cloud-agnostic and hybrid cloud/on-premise deployment options indicating software/platform licensing or subscription arrangements.
- Monitoring Hardware (Standard Monitoring Unit): Deployment of proprietary monitoring units integrated with the ODT for marine carbon dioxide removal verification and broader ocean operations. Hardware component bundled within project engagements.
- MRV Services for Marine Carbon Removal: Measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) services purpose-built for the scaling mCDR industry; supports carbon credit verification with continuous model validation against real-world sensor data.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Other | — | Engagement-based pricing via direct contact |
Go-to-market motion3 records
Distribution channels3 records
Marketing channels6 records
atdepth MRV product offering
Product offeringCore offering
atdepth builds and operates ODT Ari, an Ocean Digital Twin platform powered by GPU-accelerated Oceananigans.jl modeling, that delivers operational assessment, hyperlocal forecasting, and Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) for ocean industries. The platform is complemented by a purpose-built Standard Monitoring Unit (SMU) sensor platform and a first-of-its-kind kelp-based carbon removal quantification methodology, enabling targeted monitoring, intervention-ocean coupling, and continuous validation against real-world data for marine carbon dioxide removal, aquaculture, coastal restoration, and blue carbon projects.
Product overview
atdepth operates a platform-plus-modules architecture for next-generation Ocean Digital Twin (ODT) ocean intelligence. The core platform is ODT Ari, an on-demand mechanistic ocean simulation system delivering 100x faster, meter-scale resolution, GPU-accelerated physical and biogeochemical modeling with hyperlocal forecasting and cloud-agnostic deployment. The Standard Monitoring Unit (SMU) is the purpose-driven hardware monitoring module that feeds real-world sensor data (pH, pCO₂, temperature, salinity, depth, currents, turbidity, chlorophyll-a, dissolved oxygen) into ODT Ari for continuous validation and gold-standard MRV. Complementary offerings include the Kelp-Based Carbon Removal Quantification Methodology (a specialized IP/methodology module for marine CDR verification) and a Cloud-Based Reporting System add-on for near real-time operational metrics. Together, these products support atdepth's target markets: marine Carbon Dioxide Removal (mCDR), coastal restoration and conservation, nature-based and blue carbon solutions, and aquaculture.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- ODT Ari: atdepth's first Ocean Digital Twin product — a mechanistic physical and biogeochemical ocean modeling platform with GPU acceleration, multiscale nesting, intervention-ocean coupling, and hyperlocal forecasting.
Products and services
- ODT Ari (Ocean Digital Twin Platform) A cloud-agnostic Ocean Digital Twin software platform that combines GPU-accelerated Oceananigans.jl modeling with targeted monitoring to deliver operational assessment, hyperlocal forecasting, and continuous validation for marine carbon removal, aquaculture, coastal restoration, and blue carbon operators.
- Standard Monitoring Unit (SMU) Purpose-built in-house ocean monitoring hardware that integrates multiple oceanographic sensors to feed real-world data into the ODT Ari digital twin, enabling continuous validation and targeted monitoring for marine projects.
- MRV Services for Marine Carbon Removal End-to-end Measurement, Reporting and Verification services for marine carbon dioxide removal projects, combining ODT Ari modeling, SMU monitoring data, and atdepth's kelp quantification methodology to produce third-party-ready MRV outputs for carbon project developers.
- Ocean Digital Twin Modeling-as-a-Service Engagement-based modeling service in which atdepth's modeling team applies the ODT Ari platform to customer-specific ocean scenarios, delivering scenario analysis, intervention-ocean coupling studies, and operational forecasting for marine industry operators.
- Kelp-Based Carbon Removal Quantification Methodology A first-of-its-kind quantification methodology for kelp-based blue carbon removal projects, providing a third-party independent framework for measuring and verifying carbon removal in kelp aquaculture and macroalgae restoration deployments.
Quantifiable outcome
- Quantified 150 tons of atmospheric CO₂ removal at Kelp Blue's Namibian farm in 2024
- +4 more outcomes
Companies that use atdepth MRV
Customer profileNamed customers2 records
Segments4 records
Ideal customer profiles4 records
atdepth MRV technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration7 records
AI capability5 records
Feature13 records
atdepth MRV partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Ten partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.
- VycarbflagshipAnnounced new partnership between Vycarb (carbon removal startup) and atdepth (ocean monitoring) to scale Vycarb's technology from pilots to commercial deployments in 2026. Coverage in ESG Dive highlighted atdepth as a key partner providing ocean monitoring capabilities. Vycarb simultaneously partnered with industrial CO2 management company Tomco Systems. Vycarb completed a $5 million funding round in October (Twynam lead, with Shell, Hatch Blue, and Singapore government participation).
- Sofar OceancoreListed as a technology partner that made the Standard Monitoring Unit (SMU) Lake Champlain deployment possible; provides ocean sensing integration into atdepth's monitoring stack.
- BristlemouthcoreListed as a technology partner supporting atdepth's SMU Lake Champlain deployment; integration partner for ocean sensor/data infrastructure.
- RBRcoreListed as a technology partner supporting the SMU Lake Champlain deployment; ocean instrument provider integrated into atdepth's monitoring solution.
- Climate Modeling Alliance (CliMA)flagshipStewards of the Oceananigans.jl codebase that underpins atdepth's ODT Ari. atdepth provides CPU and GPU testing infrastructure (Nautilus) for the Oceananigans.jl continuous integration pipeline; every commit runs through atdepth's GPU-powered server to catch regressions before production deployments.
- Kelp Forest FoundationcoreCo-collaborator with atdepth and Kelp Blue on the first comprehensive quantification methodology for atmospheric CO₂ removal from giant kelp farming.
- NERSCcoreNational Energy Research Scientific Computing Center listed in atdepth's "Supported by" section, indicating access to high-performance computing resources for ocean simulations.
- NVIDIA Inception ProgramcoreNVIDIA's startup accelerator program listed in atdepth's "Supported by" section; aligns with atdepth's GPU-accelerated Oceananigans.jl stack.
- Google for StartupscoreGoogle's startup support program listed in atdepth's "Supported by" section, providing cloud/credit and ecosystem support for early-stage growth.
- Dalhousie UniversityminorAcademic affiliation — Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Erik Johnson is listed as "with Dalhousie University," indicating a research collaboration/host relationship.
Scale indicators8 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights5 records
atdepth MRV competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Sofar Ocean: Sofar Ocean operates a global ocean sensing and intelligence platform combining in-situ sensors (Spotter buoys), satellite data, and forecasting APIs. Directly comparable to atdepth in serving ocean industry operators with data-driven ocean intelligence, and is also an atdepth technology partner for SMU integrations.
- Bristlemouth: Bristlemouth is developing an open-standard ocean sensor interface and modular monitoring ecosystem for marine data. Directly comparable to atdepth's SMU stack on the hardware/monitoring layer and is listed as an atdepth technology partner.
- Aquatic Sensors: Aquatic Sensors manufactures oceanographic and water-quality sensors (including carbon chemistry sensors) used in marine monitoring networks. Directly comparable to atdepth at the sensor layer and is a listed atdepth technology partner contributing sensors to the SMU platform.
- RBR: RBR designs and manufactures high-precision oceanographic instruments (temperature, salinity, depth) widely used in marine research and monitoring programs. Comparable to atdepth on the ocean instrumentation layer and is a listed atdepth technology partner for the SMU.
- Turner Designs: Turner Designs manufactures fluorometers and optical sensors (chlorophyll-a, turbidity, etc.) used widely in oceanographic and water-quality monitoring. Comparable to atdepth on the ocean sensor layer and is a listed atdepth technology partner contributing instruments to the SMU.
Broad incumbents
- DHI Group: DHI is an established global engineering and modeling consultancy providing water, marine, and environmental modeling software (MIKE) and services to coastal, offshore, and ocean-industry clients. Comparable to atdepth's ocean modeling and decision-support capability, though DHI is a broad incumbent across many adjacent water markets.
- SLR Consulting: SLR is a global environmental and advisory consultancy with marine, coastal, and climate practice areas that performs environmental monitoring and assessment for industrial clients. Comparable to atdepth as an MRV/environmental monitoring service provider, though SLR is a broad incumbent across many environmental domains.
Others
- Verra: Verra operates the leading voluntary carbon credit standard (VCS) and is the registry most likely to certify atdepth's mCDR quantification methodology. Comparable as an adjacent ecosystem participant that determines whether atdepth's methodology becomes a recognized credit standard.
- BeZero Carbon: BeZero is a carbon credit ratings agency that evaluates the quality and risk of voluntary carbon credits including emerging mCDR categories. Comparable as an adjacent ecosystem player whose ratings influence buyer demand for carbon credits verified using atdepth-style methodologies.
Emerging players
- Tomco Systems: Tomco Systems is an industrial CO2 management company that partnered alongside atdepth to scale ocean monitoring for Vycarb's carbon removal technology. Comparable as an emerging player in the CO2/mCDR commercial deployment pipeline that atdepth is plugged into.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks3 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
atdepth MRV social profiles
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Valuation estimate
atdepth MRV leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles13 records
atdepth MRV funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds1 record
Investors1 record
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atdepth MRV M&A and investment
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Investments
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Frequently asked questions about atdepth MRV
What does atdepth MRV do?
atdepth builds and operates ODT Ari, an Ocean Digital Twin platform powered by GPU-accelerated Oceananigans.jl modeling, that delivers operational assessment, hyperlocal forecasting, and Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) for ocean industries. The platform is complemented by a purpose-built Standard Monitoring Unit (SMU) sensor platform and a first-of-its-kind kelp-based carbon removal quantification methodology, enabling targeted monitoring, intervention-ocean coupling, and continuous validation against real-world data for marine carbon dioxide removal, aquaculture, coastal restoration, and blue carbon projects.
Is atdepth MRV a public or private company?
atdepth MRV is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was atdepth MRV founded?
atdepth MRV was founded in 2021. It employs 1 to 10 people.
Where is atdepth MRV based?
atdepth MRV is headquartered in Boston, United States, in the North America region.
How does atdepth MRV make money?
Four revenue lines are on record. Modeling-as-a-Service is the primary driver. The others are ODT Ari Product (Ocean Digital Twin Platform), monitoring Hardware (Standard Monitoring Unit) and MRV Services for Marine Carbon Removal.
Who are atdepth MRV's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Sofar Ocean, Bristlemouth, Aquatic Sensors, RBR and Turner Designs. Broad incumbents are DHI Group and SLR Consulting. Others are Verra and BeZero Carbon. Tomco Systems is listed as an emerging player.
Does atdepth MRV have an API?
No public API is recorded for atdepth MRV.
What industry is atdepth MRV in?
atdepth MRV's product category is Marine Modeling and Monitoring Software. Its primary akta.pro industry code is EUABAFAK, Carbon Removal Measurement, Monitoring & Verification (Removal MRV & Durability), with a secondary code of EUABACAG, IoT/Edge Sensor MRV (Continuous Monitoring, Metering, CEMS). Its NAICS code is 54162 and its SIC code is 8731.