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Windward

Maritime artificial intelligence platform for early threat detection

Israel
201-500

Vitality Radar

72
Current
6M History
Industry
Updated 5 days ago

Pillar Analysis

Presence
Digital footprint, brand visibility, and online reach across channels
78
Business
Revenue signals, funding status, partnerships, and market traction
72
Innovation
R&D activity, patents, product launches, and technology adoption
70
Pulse
Recent momentum — hiring trends, news mentions, and social engagement
68
Capacity
Team strength, leadership depth, and organizational scale
74

Strategic Assessment

Strategic Vector

Windward is consolidating its position as a leading maritime AI and domain awareness provider, deepening integrations with major data and alerting platforms while transitioning under new private equity ownership for expansion into enterprise, government, and sanctions-compliance markets.

Efficiency Ratio

Given its mid-sized team and steady cadence of strategic partnerships, board-level hires, and platform integrations, Windward appears to convert limited headcount and capital into a relatively high level of go-to-market and product output.

Evidence Signals

Funding HIGH IMPACT HIGH CONF 7 Apr 2025

Windward announced a Series C funding round of approximately 16.5 million dollars led by XL Innovate, bringing its total funding to about 38.9 million dollars and adding Tom Hutton as a board director.

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Acquisition HIGH IMPACT HIGH CONF 19 Sep 2025

Windward agreed to a takeover by FTV Capital via Octopus UK Bidco in a cash acquisition valuing the company at approximately 216 million pounds, representing a premium of around 47 percent over its recent share price.

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Partnership MEDIUM IMPACT HIGH CONF 16 Dec 2024

Windward announced a partnership with Dataminr to integrate Dataminr’s real time AI risk discovery and alerting into Windward’s maritime AI platform to enable rapid response in the maritime domain.

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Partnership MEDIUM IMPACT HIGH CONF 19 Dec 2024

Windward entered into a data sharing agreement with S&P Global Market Intelligence securing long term AIS data feeds through 2030 to support its maritime AI services.

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Partnership MEDIUM IMPACT HIGH CONF 5 Jul 2023

LSEG announced a partnership to deploy Windward’s artificial intelligence capabilities to combat sanctions busting in global shipping, integrating Windward’s maritime AI into LSEG’s offerings to manage shipping sanctions risk in real time.

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Partnership MEDIUM IMPACT HIGH CONF 15 Apr 2026

Windward and Vantor announced a strategic partnership to integrate Vantor’s space based Sentry persistent monitoring system into Windward’s maritime AI platform to enhance continuous vessel tracking and spatial intelligence.

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Leadership Hire MEDIUM IMPACT HIGH CONF 23 Feb 2026

Windward appointed Stuart Strachan as chairman of the board to help scale its maritime AI business for enterprise and government organizations worldwide.

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Leadership Hire MEDIUM IMPACT HIGH CONF 4 Jun 2026

Windward appointed retired U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Robert Bob Sharp as chief maritime intelligence officer to guide its intelligence strategy and expand engagement with global government, defense, national security, and commercial clients.

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About
Windward develops an AI-driven maritime intelligence platform that fuses multi-sensor data (EO, SAR, RF) with behavioral models. It enables defense agencies to identify vessel anomalies, track hidden networks, and maintain real-time situational awareness to counter maritime threats and sanctions evasion.
Relevancy
Provides AI-driven maritime domain awareness platform fusing EO, SAR, and RF satellite intelligence with vessel behavioral models. Supports defense and intelligence agencies in identifying suspicious vessel behavior, exposing hidden shipping networks, and countering sanctions evasion, smuggling, and maritime threats at fleet and theater scale.
Tags
#maritimeintelligence #ai #vesseltracking #sanctions #domainawareness #eo #sar #rf

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