- CEO
- John Willis Gibson Jr.
- Full Time Employees
- 51
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Aerospace & Defense
- Address
- 17146 Feathercraft Lane Webster TX United States of America 77598
- IPO Date
- Aug 4, 2021
- Business
- Nauticus Robotics, Inc. Nauticus Robotics, Inc. (NASDAQ: KITT) develops autonomous ocean robots, cloud-based software platforms and related services for the offshore energy, aquaculture, defense, national security and subsea infrastructure sectors; its core offerings include the Aquanaut autonomous underwater vehicle featuring eight independent thrusters for precise propulsion, high-resolution data collection and fully electric manipulation capabilities; the ToolKITT software platform enabling environmental perception, 3D navigation, autonomous decision-making and task execution with minimal human intervention; the Olympic Arm fully electric subsea manipulator for complex interventions on work-class remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) and Aquanaut systems; Autonomous Solutions for retrofit and upgrading of legacy ROVs and third-party platforms; and Government Solutions tailored for defense applications.
Headquartered in Webster, Texas, the company was founded in 2016 and operates primarily in the United States with global customer reach across upstream, midstream and downstream oil and gas; offshore renewables; seafloor telecommunications; oceanographic research; subsea mining; and port security markets; Nauticus delivers its technologies through a Robotics-as-a-Service model that emphasizes data collection, analytics, subsea manipulation and asset maintenance while reducing operational costs, greenhouse gas emissions and offshore personnel exposure.
In March 2025, Nauticus completed the acquisition of SeaTrepid International LLC for $14.4 million in assets, integrating its ToolKITT autonomy software into SeaTrepid's ROV fleet to enable collaborative underwater operations between ROVs and Aquanaut vehicles, projecting combined revenue approximately nine times higher than Nauticus's standalone 2024 results and accelerating commercial scaling. In October 2025, the company secured a $250 million equity line of credit facility to fund strategic acquisitions and pursue entry into the deep-sea rare earth mineral exploration market; it also converted $3.7 million of debt to equity to strengthen its balance sheet and certified ToolKITT for light work-class ROVs, completing its first paid commercial operation on a retrofitted system. These initiatives support ongoing advancements in electric manipulators, ultra-deepwater testing and 2025 Gulf Coast offshore deployments.