Navigating the Past into the Future

Industrial Intelligence from Sea to Shore

MarAthena is building the Industrial Intelligence Platform that connects people, AI, and autonomous systems into one continuously learning operating system for essential industries.

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The Challenge

Labor shortages make maritime and industrial operations expensive, dangerous, and hard to scale

~39,100
Global officer shortfall in 2026
BIMCO-ICS Seafarer Workforce Report
200–250k
Additional skilled workers needed in U.S. shipyards this decade
1.9M
Unfilled manufacturing jobs projected by 2033
As commercial fleets and Navy unmanned programs scale, the binding constraint is experienced people who can maintain, inspect, and safely operate them in harsh environments.

Industrial modernization will not be solved by hiring alone.
It will be solved by human–AI teams.

MarAthena’s platform captures operational knowledge from the field, turns it into guidance that makes skilled workers more productive, and enables safer collaboration with autonomous systems — continuously improving with every interaction.

Platform Approach

One continuously learning operating system

We connect people, AI, and autonomous systems so that every deployment makes the next one smarter.

01

Intelligence Layer

Continuously builds and applies industrial operational knowledge drawn from real environments, procedures, and field experience.

02

Human Guidance

Contextual support that amplifies experienced workers — chief engineers, technicians, and frontline teams — where it matters most.

03

Physical AI Teaming

Autonomous systems that work alongside skilled people in real industrial and marine environments, with human-in-the-loop safety and clear interfaces as first principles.

Why MarAthena

Built for the realities of industrial operations

Maritime DNA

Built by people who have lived shipyard, shipboard, and industrial reality — the language and constraints of the environment are native, not theoretical.

Integrated Approach

Human expertise, AI intelligence, and physical autonomy designed to work as one system rather than isolated tools.

Knowledge That Compounds

Every worker interaction and field deployment strengthens the platform for future sites and future teams.

Production Mindset

Modular, testable architectures engineered for the physical and procedural realities of working yards and vessels: offline resilience where needed, rigorous safety interlocks, and human oversight as a non-negotiable.

Beachhead → Expand

Shipyards first

Highest urgency and clearest measurable value. From this foundation the platform expands naturally.

Shipyards Ports Maritime Operators Energy Manufacturing Defense
Leadership

Maritime operational DNA + commercial execution

Melodie Howse

CEO & Co-Founder

Maritime, oil & gas, and offshore commercial leadership. Deep experience across shipyard, vessel, and industrial environments.

Brandon Howse

COO & Co-Founder

USCG Unlimited Chief Engineer with extensive shipyard and defense commercial execution experience. Bridges operational reality with scalable technology businesses.

Supporting advisors bring aerospace, unmanned systems, and industrial depth.
Investors back a team that knows the industrial floor.

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Let’s build the industrial workforce platform together

Excited to partner with organizations that share the vision of transforming maritime and industrial operations through AI-powered human–robot teaming.

Next steps: conversation, site visits, and pilot scoping.

MarAthena.Founders@outlook.com
Houston, Texas
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