Eight Knot News

Latest Eight Knot news, funding rounds and robotics & AI coverage. $2.9M raised. 1 article tracked by The Robotics Media.

About Eight Knot

Eight Knot Co., Ltd. is an Osaka, Japan startup founded in 2021 that develops the AI CAPTAIN autonomous navigation platform. The system covers ship handling control, self-position estimation, real-time route generation and obstacle recognition, and is designed as a retrofittable module for existing commercial vessels. Eight Knot spun out of the University of Tokyo and Osaka University maritime robotics research groups.

Key facts

• Headquarters: Osaka, Japan
• Country: Japan
• Founded: 2021
• Sectors: Autonomous Vehicles, Industrial Robotics
• Website: https://8kt.jp

Products by Eight Knot

• AI CAPTAIN (Robot, 2024) — AI CAPTAIN is Eight Knot's autonomous marine navigation platform. It combines ship handling control, self-position estimation, real-time route generation, and r...

Funding rounds

• Series A — $2.9M — 2026 — led by ITOCHU Technology Ventures

Latest Eight Knot news

• Eight Knot Closes First Tranche of ¥450M Series A for Autonomous Ships — Osaka's Eight Knot has closed the first close of a ¥450M Series A led by ITOCHU Technology Ventures and Nissei Capital to scale its AI CAPTAIN autonom...