The sea is now being read by neural nets
the sea is now being read by neural nets: shihang intelligence launched a marine-embodied large model that lets underwater robots perceive and act across 12 mission types, australia’s navy turned autonomous underwater vehicles into frontline units in april, and sonar classification that needed experts now runs on trained networks.
the deep now has an operator.
Context
Shihang Intelligence (Seahi Robotics) is a Suzhou marine robotics startup founded in May 2023. DEPLOY lists its Cangqiong CEORION as the world's first marine embodied large model for autonomous underwater operation from 0 to 10,000 meters, and a Jun 29 report says it raised over 1 billion RMB in a Series A.
China Technosphere describes the model as helping robots do autonomous underwater inspection.
The marine embodied large model matches the sources. The 12 mission types, the Australian navy's April AUV change and sonar classification by trained networks were not seen in the excerpts read, so unsupported here, not refuted.
'the deep now has an operator' is the author's opinion.
Related work
- DEPLOY: Cangqiong CEORION ↗Model listing.
- China Technosphere: China brings world models to the deep sea ↗Analysis.
- Edgepedia: Shihang Intelligence ↗Company profile.
Watch next
- Find the 12 mission types in Shihang's release.
Sources
- DEPLOY, Jul 15, 2026registry.deploy.report
- China Technosphere, Sep 2, 2026chinatechnosphere.substack.com
- Edgepedia: Shihang Intelligenceedgechat.ai
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