Flying Fish Technologies Pty Ltd

What Flying Fish Technologies Pty Ltd does

Flying Fish Technologies Pty Ltd (FFT) is an Australian marine technology firm headquartered in Manly, Queensland, that builds and operates high-speed underwater survey robotics paired with an AI analysis platform. Its proprietary glider surveys shallow-water marine environments at approximately 10 km/h, capturing around 50,000 geotagged images and roughly 10 hectares of coverage per hour — throughput the company positions at roughly 100x conventional diver-based survey methods. Integrated onboard sensors produce high-resolution, georeferenced imagery that feeds into the Seascape data platform, a secure repository designed for reproducible, re-runnable analysis as models improve.

The firm's AI Analysis Suite is trained on more than 6 million proprietary marine images and is deployed for live on-vessel inference as well as post-collection analysis across multiple biological targets, including coral, seagrass, fish, megafauna, and benthic invertebrates. The platform is positioned for marine asset managers worldwide, with a disclosed customer roster spanning research institutions (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Reef & Rainforest Research Centre), conservation nonprofits (Maui Nui Marine Resource Council, Malama Maunalua), and large private developers (NEOM, Red Sea Global).

The business operates as a project-based professional services provider, delivering custom survey engagements rather than a standardized subscription product. Go-to-market is sales-led and direct, with the company engaging customers through bespoke contracts tied to specific marine-monitoring scopes. The team size of 13 employees, the absence of disclosed funding rounds, and the lack of public revenue figures indicate a privately held, capital-light operating model at this stage.

Name

Flying Fish Technologies Pty Ltd

Legal name

Flying Fish Technologies Pty Ltd

Website

https://flyingfishtechnologies.com.au

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Flying Fish Technologies operates proprietary high-speed underwater survey robotics and an AI Analysis Suite trained on 6+ million marine images, delivered alongside its Seascape data platform. The firm serves marine asset managers globally, including research institutions, conservation organizations, and large coastal development projects.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Marine Survey Services

NAICS

Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (334511)

SIC

Optical Instruments & Lenses (3827)

akta.pro primary industry

Marine Sensors, Instrumentation & IoT (Condition Monitoring) (IMAJAJAI)

Keywords

• Marine survey services
• Underwater robotics
• AI image analysis
• Reef intelligence
• Marine data platform

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Marine Survey Services: The company provides high-speed marine surveying services using their proprietary underwater glider technology. Services include rapid survey deployment, real-time AI analysis, and coastline-scale data capture for marine asset managers worldwide. The model appears to be service-based with custom survey engagements tailored to customer requirements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Flying Fish Technologies (FFT) provides high-speed marine surveying services using a proprietary underwater glider equipped with an integrated sensor system to capture high-resolution geotagged images and environmental data. Captured imagery is processed by a proprietary AI analysis suite trained on over 6 million underwater images to identify coral, seagrass, fish, megafauna, and benthic invertebrates, with results delivered live on the vessel or within days of collection. Survey outputs are stored, explored, and managed through the Seascape data platform, which provides auditable, traceable, and reproducible datasets for marine asset managers.

Product overview

Flying Fish Technologies (FFT) provides a marine survey robotics and AI analysis platform consisting of a high-speed underwater glider for rapid data collection, an integrated sensor system for capturing geotagged imagery and environmental data, a proprietary AI analysis suite with models trained on 6+ million images, and the Seascape data platform for secure storage, exploration, and reproducible analysis. The system enables coastline-scale capture of millimetre-scale imagery with real-time or post-collection AI analysis.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Seascape: Data platform enabling secure storage, exploration and operation on survey data. Provides traceable and reproducible outputs with archived datasets supporting re-analysis.

Products and services

• High-Speed Marine Survey Services End-to-end marine surveying service for marine asset managers, leveraging a proprietary high-speed underwater glider to achieve collection rates 100x traditional dive operations, with speeds of 10km/h, 10ha coverage per hour, and 50,000 images captured per hour. Outputs are analysed live on the boat and within days of collection, supporting coastline-scale, millimetre-resolution reef intelligence.
• Seascape Data Platform
• AI Analysis Suite

Quantifiable outcome

• 100x faster survey collection compared to traditional dive operations
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKing Abdullah University of Science and Technology is a featured partner logo on the FFT website, indicating a strategic relationship in marine research and technology development.
• Red Sea GlobalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRed Sea Global appears as a partner logo, suggesting collaboration for marine ecosystem monitoring and management in their coastal development projects.
• Maui Nui Marine Resource CouncilminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMaui Nui Marine Resource Council is featured as a partner, indicating collaboration on coral reef conservation and marine resource assessment initiatives.
• Reef & Rainforest Research CentreminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerReef & Rainforest Research Centre partnership supports marine ecosystem research and monitoring programs using FFT's survey technology.
• NEOMcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNEOM project partnership involves marine intelligence gathering for large-scale coastal development and environmental management in Saudi Arabia.
• Malama MaunaluaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMalama Maunalua partnership supports local marine conservation efforts in Hawaii through advanced reef monitoring technology.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Saildrone: Autonomous uncrewed surface vehicle company that collects ocean data at scale using wind and solar-powered sailing drones. Highly comparable to FFT in deploying autonomous marine platforms for survey and monitoring, with a similar data-as-a-service orientation, though Saildrone operates at the surface rather than underwater.
• Bedrock Ocean: Autonomous underwater survey company using AUVs to map the seafloor at high speed. Directly comparable to FFT on autonomous marine data capture, though focused on bathymetric seafloor mapping rather than benthic/ecological imaging.

Broad incumbents

• Ocean Infinity: Large-scale marine survey operator using fleets of autonomous vessels for ocean mapping and data acquisition. Comparable to FFT as a high-end marine survey provider, though Ocean Infinity operates at much larger scale and is more focused on geophysical, oil and gas, and offshore wind markets.
• Kongsberg Maritime: Major supplier of marine sensors, sonar, navigation, and subsea systems. Comparable to FFT on the marine instrumentation and sonar/sensor side, though Kongsberg is a broad incumbent serving commercial shipping, defense, and offshore energy rather than specialized ecological monitoring.
• Teledyne Marine: Manufacturer of marine imaging, sonar, and instrumentation systems used in underwater survey and ocean science. Comparable to FFT on the marine optical imaging and sensor technology underpinning the value proposition, though Teledyne operates as a broad incumbent across many marine verticals.

Emerging players

• Seasats: Maker of low-cost autonomous surface vessels for ocean monitoring and surveillance. Comparable to FFT as an emerging autonomous marine data platform, with overlap in serving ocean monitoring use cases but operating at the surface rather than underwater.
• Aquaai: Underwater fish counting and biomass monitoring using autonomous underwater vehicles with onboard cameras. Comparable to FFT on underwater vision-based marine monitoring, though focused on aquaculture and fisheries biomass rather than reef ecosystem assessment.
• Blueye Robotics: Provider of compact underwater drones/ROVs for inspection and survey. Comparable to FFT on underwater observation platform technology, though their products are typically smaller, manually-deployed ROVs rather than high-speed autonomous gliders.

Others

• Planet Labs: Earth observation satellite operator providing high-cadence geospatial imagery and analytics. Comparable to FFT through the data-platform and AI-driven geospatial analytics layer, particularly for environmental monitoring, though Planet's primary modality is satellite rather than underwater.

Regional players

• Underwater AI / Coordination (e.g., Coral Vita, Mars Coral Reef Restoration): Broader marine restoration and monitoring ecosystem that includes players using autonomous and AI-enabled platforms for reef assessment. Comparable to FFT as a participant in the marine reef intelligence market, though typically focused on restoration logistics rather than autonomous survey platforms.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/flying-fish-technologies-pty-ltd

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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