PartnershipApp/Partnership/companies/HyperKelp_Inc.json

{
  "company_name": "HyperKelp, Inc.",
  "website": "https://hyperkelp.com/",
  "description": {
    "brief": "HyperKelp, Inc. designs and builds modular, sensor-agnostic smart buoys with onboard AI for real-time ocean data collection, serving defense, environmental, and research markets.",
    "detailed": "Founded in 2021, HyperKelp, Inc. specializes in the Kelp Smart Buoy (KSB), a hosted payload platform for persistent ocean presence. The buoys feature an edge compute module for onboard AI processing and are both sensor and communication agnostic, allowing for high flexibility. Key applications include ocean surveillance and counter-hypersonic detection for defense clients like the U.S. Navy and Air Force, as well as environmental monitoring for organizations such as the Port of San Diego."
  },
  "location": {
    "headquarters": {
      "city": "San Clemente",
      "state": "California",
      "country": "USA"
    },
    "operations": []
  },
  "offerings": {
    "products": [
      "Kelp Smart Buoy (KSB) Platform"
    ],
    "services": [
      "Real-time Ocean Data Collection and Analysis",
      "Hosted Payload Services",
      "Environmental Monitoring",
      "Ocean Surveillance"
    ],
    "solutions": []
  },
  "technology_stack": {
    "software": [
      "Onboard AI/Neural Network Processing Software",
      "Real-time Data Dashboard",
      "Custom Sensor Drivers"
    ],
    "hardware": [
      "Modular Buoy Platform",
      "Edge Compute Module"
    ],
    "sensors": [
      "Hydrophones (underwater acoustics)",
      "Atmospheric CO2 sensors",
      "Water quality sensors (Chlorophyll A, pH, conductivity)",
      "Radar",
      "Echosounders",
      "Photographic and video sensors",
      "GPS"
    ],
    "materials": [],
    "algorithms": [
      "Sensor fusion algorithms"
    ],
    "platforms": [
      "Sensor-agnostic Hosted Payload Platform"
    ]
  },
  "target_markets": {
    "sectors": [
      "Defense",
      "Environmental Monitoring",
      "Oceanography",
      "Maritime",
      "Climate Technology"
    ],
    "end_users": [
      "U.S. Navy",
      "U.S. Air Force",
      "Port Authorities",
      "Scientific Research Organizations",
      "National Science Foundation (NSF)"
    ],
    "business_model": "Technology hardware provider and data-as-a-service for government and commercial customers."
  },
  "certifications_compliance": {
    "certifications": [],
    "security_clearances": [],
    "compliance_standards": [],
    "registrations": []
  },
  "maturity_indicators": {
    "trl_levels": {},
    "company_stage": "Startup / Early Stage",
    "years_in_operation": 4
  },
  "awards_contracts": {
    "sbir_sttr": [
      {
        "agency": "DOD - Navy",
        "phase": "Phase II",
        "topic": "Buoy Based Distant Early Warning for Hypersonics",
        "amount": 998321
      },
      {
        "agency": "NSF",
        "phase": "Phase I",
        "topic": "Feasibility of an L5 GPS-Based Tsunami Detection and Alerting System",
        "amount": 274694
      },
      {
        "agency": "DOD - Navy",
        "phase": "Phase I",
        "topic": "Tip-Off Optical Reconnaissance-Sensor for Counter Hypersonics (TORCH)"
      }
    ],
    "government_contracts": [
        "Direct To Phase II contract from the U.S. Air Force for $1.8 million to advance Kelp Smart Buoy (KSB) technology."
    ],
    "gsa_schedules": [],
    "other_awards": []
  },
  "resources": {
    "press_releases": [],
    "case_studies": [],
    "whitepapers": [],
    "patents": []
  },
  "team": {
    "key_personnel": [
        {"name": "Graeme Rae", "title": "CEO"},
        {"name": "Costas Soler", "title": "CTO"},
        {"name": "Lisa Rae", "title": "Operations Manager"},
        {"name": "Rob Weinberg", "title": "Marketing Director"}
    ],
    "expertise_areas": [
        "Oceanographic Engineering",
        "Edge Computing",
        "Artificial Intelligence",
        "Sensor Integration",
        "Naval Technology"
    ],
    "total_employees": null
  },
  "capability_map": {
    "core_technical_keywords": [
      "Smart Buoy",
      "Edge Computing",
      "AI/ML",
      "Sensor Fusion",
      "Ocean Data",
      "Real-time Monitoring",
      "Unmanned Maritime Systems",
      "Hydroacoustics",
      "Persistent Surveillance"
    ],
    "application_domains": [
      "Ocean Surveillance",
      "Counter-Hypersonics",
      "Environmental Monitoring",
      "Tsunami Detection",
      "Maritime Domain Awareness",
      "Climate Science"
    ],
    "naics_codes": [
      "334511",
      "336612"
    ],
    "synonyms_related_terms": {
        "Smart Buoy": "Data Buoy, Oceanographic Buoy",
        "UUV": "Unmanned Underwater Vehicle"
    },
    "deployment_environments": [
      "Marine",
      "Coastal",
      "Deep Ocean"
    ],
    "standards_protocols": []
  },
  "transferable_capabilities": {
    "current_to_adjacent": {
        "Defense-focused sensor platform": "Commercial applications in offshore aquaculture, offshore energy (wind farms), and climate change research."
    },
    "potential_applications": [
        "Fisheries management",
        "Shipping lane monitoring",
        "Scientific research platform-as-a-service"
    ],
    "crossover_domains": [
        "Aquaculture",
        "Offshore Energy",
        "Logistics",
        "Climate Tech"
    ]
  },
  "metadata": {
    "profile_completeness": 0.9,
    "confidence_score": 0.95,
    "last_updated": "2025-10-17",
    "data_sources": [
      "https://hyperkelp.com/",
      "https://www.sbir.gov/",
      "https://www.portofsandiego.org/"
    ],
    "verification_status": "Verified from public sources"
  }
}