SeaNode

6 days ago
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Maritime operational readiness software and knowledge base; matches changing requirements to vessel context and turns them into completed, reviewable documents.

Mission

Make commercial-vessel documentation safer, easier and faster by turning maritime requirements into clear, completed and reviewable work for crew and shore teams.

Problem

The same vessel data must be turned into a different set of documents for every operation. Requirements vary by port, vessel type and operation, so crew and shore teams repeatedly search emails, PDFs, portals and forms to determine what applies and complete it.

Solution

SeaNode combines verified vessel data, changing maritime requirements and operational context in one readiness workspace. Its Apollo knowledge base uses Ontology-Augmented Generation and LLMs to structure source-linked information, match it to the vessel and help the team identify gaps, prepare documents and review the completed work.

Key features and advantages:

Vessel-specific applicability: requirements are matched to vessel, voyage, port, terminal and operation context.
Source-linked maritime knowledge: Apollo preserves the source, version and context behind each requirement.
Document preparation: recurring vessel, crew and cargo data can be reused to complete required forms and documents.
Readiness control: teams see what is ready, what is missing and what action is required before submission or inspection.
Self-serve entry: individual maritime professionals can subscribe directly, with expansion to vessel and company use.

Market Opportunity

Market size:

Approximately 112,500 commercial vessels above 100 GT were in the global fleet at the beginning of 2025. SeaNode's initial beachhead is ocean-going commercial vessels calling EU ports; the model targets 327 subscribed vessels by FY2029. Mandatory IMO Maritime Single Windows and the European Maritime Single Window Environment strengthen the shift toward digital reporting.

Sources: UNCTAD fleet data; IMO Maritime Single Window; European Maritime Single Window Environment

Target customers:

First users are captains, chief officers and other professionals responsible for vessel documentation. Company buyers are shipowners, ship managers and vessel operators; API customers are maritime software providers and operational platforms.

Go-to-Market Strategy

Start with direct self-serve Pro subscriptions for maritime professionals, then convert onboard use into per-vessel Company subscriptions through founder-led sales to owners and managers. Add distribution through maritime communities, targeted industry content, strategic partnerships and Apollo API integrations.

Exit Strategy

The primary plan is to build SeaNode into an independent maritime operational-readiness category leader. Strategic acquisition paths may emerge with ship-management suites, classification and assurance groups, regulatory-data providers, port-call platforms or maritime software companies seeking a source-linked knowledge and documentation layer. The journey is product validation, repeatable vessel adoption, company expansion, API distribution and international scale.

Traction

SeaNode is pre-revenue and in product development and customer discovery. Next financing-stage targets are 1,400 B2C Pro subscribers, at least 10 company customers and $40K in monthly recurring revenue.

Milestones achieved: founding team formed; product positioning and the initial port-call documentation workflow defined; Apollo's OAG/LLM knowledge-base architecture specified; official-source research dossiers compiled for Singapore, Rotterdam, Fujairah, Shanghai and Sikka; web-based customer-research survey developed.

Business Model

SeaNode has three recurring-revenue channels:

Pro / B2C: $25 per month for an individual maritime professional.
Company: $199 per vessel per month for shared vessel and shore workflows, controls and fleet visibility.
API: from $2,000 per month for structured Apollo requirements, applicability data and supporting metadata.

Primary spending areas are product engineering, Apollo knowledge-base development and source verification, AI and cloud infrastructure, security and integrations, customer onboarding, and go-to-market execution.

Financials

SeaNode is pre-revenue. The FY2029 planning model projects $3.52M in ending ARR, $2.66M in recognized revenue, 78% gross margin and $407K EBITDA (15.3% margin).

The same model projects 327 subscribed vessels, 71 company customers, 10 API accounts and 4,518 B2C subscribers at FY2029 year-end. These are planning assumptions, not current operating results.

Team

Eduard Agadjanyan - Founder and Chief Officer.

Eduard has 18 years in the maritime industry and first-hand responsibility for vessel operations, documentation, inspections and operational readiness. He leads product direction, the maritime requirement model, vessel workflows and sales.

LinkedIn: eduard-agadjanyan-a567338b

Sergey Kozlov - Co-founder and CTO.

Sergey has 18 years across scientific computing, startup products and production delivery, holds a PhD in Physics and is a former physics professor. He helped launch and scale DreamTeam to 11 restaurants and approximately 10K monthly users, and contributed numerical methods and research code to LOGOS Aero-Hydro. He leads Apollo architecture, backend systems, data infrastructure, integrations, testing and deployment.

Enterprise stock-incentive scheme: to be confirmed by the founders before publication.

Funding

No previous institutional funding round is documented in the materials supplied for this overview; the founders should confirm any founder, angel, grant or other prior financing before publication.

SeaNode plans to seek pre-seed investment from venture-capital, strategic maritime and selected angel investors. Funding will support product and Apollo development, expansion of verified port and regulatory coverage, initial vessel deployments, security and integrations, and go-to-market execution. Specific investment terms are intentionally omitted from this public overview.

Contact Information

Eduard Agadjanyan - ed@senode.tech;