10/16/2026
The Offshore Wind Innovation Hub has announced the 2026 selections for its innovator program — meet the five companies to join the fourth cohort, selected from a record 118 applications.
Bubble Robotics (California, US) - Resident fleet of autonomous underwater robots monitoring offshore infrastructure.
Hefring Marine (Iceland) - Intelligence platform combining onboard hardware with software to optimize marine operations.
SAIL GTX (New York, US) - Platform for smarter customs workflows for offshore wind components.
TMA The Hazardous Goods Companion (Germany) - RFID and AIoT inventory visibility and predictive inventory management solution.
Vital Ocean (Oregon, US) - Intelligence platform combining ocean data, marine environment, and decision interface.
The Hub is led by Urban Future Lab at NYU Tandon School of Engineering and the National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium (NOWRDC) in collaboration with New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC). The Innovator Program is also supported by Equinor, Ørsted and Vestas.
Click the link to learn more about the cohort from Doreen M. Harris, President and CEO, NYSERDA; New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) President and CEO Anthony Shorris; Linda Ng Boyle, NYU Tandon Vice Dean for Research; Lyndie Hice-Dunton, Executive Director of NOWRDC; Robert Fenton, Orsted’s Head of Americas Generation Procurement; Amy McGinty, VP Offshore Construction, Vestas; Jean Crosetti, Co-founder & CEO, Bubble Robotics; and Ali Raza, Co-Founder & CEO, SAIL.
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