Fishing automation for sustainability and deliciousness at scale.
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Shinkei adds sockeye to high-end Seremoni seafood offerings Read more from Cliff White https://lnkd.in/g6EXZG3m Shinkei Seremoni Santa Monica Seafood Wegmans Food Markets FreshDirect Erewhon Saif Khawaja Reed Ginsberg
Meet PSDN-S, Shinkei's newest harvesting robot, created to bring Seremoni Grade™ handling to Alaska’s wild salmon industry. PSDN-S was created to make our harvesting technology more practical for the smaller boats used throughout Alaska’s salmon fisheries. By adapting the system to the realities of fishermen on the water, we can expand access to Seremoni Grade™ handling and bring wild sockeye salmon to more tables. Thank you Fast Company and Clint Rainey for sharing this next chapter for Shinkei and Seremoni!
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Founders Fund co-led a $22M round on a company building robots that kill fish. Delian Asparouhov put it bluntly: "There's essentially nobody else on Earth who wants to spend their life on robots that kill fish." So they invested. The company is Shinkei. The co-founders are Saif Khawaja, a Wharton grad who read an essay in college called "If Fish Could Scream," couldn't shake it, and dropped out of his physics master's at Penn to do something about it. And Reed Ginsberg, a former SpaceX engineer who led Starship Avionics before leaving to build fish robots. Fish can't vocalize pain, so their suffering is easy to overlook. Most fish caught commercially suffocate over a few minutes to an hour. The stress floods their bodies with hormones and acid. Destroys the flavor. Cuts shelf life in half. Two-thirds of all fish caught never make it to a plate. They built a robot called Poseidon. Refrigerator-sized. Sits on fishing boats. Uses computer vision to identify each fish, locate the brain, and perform an automated ike jime harvest within seconds. An ancient Japanese technique high-end sushi chefs have used for centuries. Fish that normally lasts 5 to 7 days now lasts 12 to 14. Their team has cooked fish three weeks after catch with no issues. The business model is the real story. Shinkei gives these machines to fishermen for free. Pays them a premium for the catch. Many fishermen report their take-home pay doubling. In exchange, Shinkei takes full possession of the fish. They don't sell hardware. They own the supply chain. The fish goes to their plant in Tacoma, then sells under their brand Seremoni at Erewhon and restaurants with 50 Michelin stars combined. 90% of American seafood is imported. Half of that actually started in U.S. waters, got frozen, shipped to China for processing, then shipped back to be sold here. Shinkei wants to do it all domestically. They're now exporting American-caught fish into Japan, a market that has historically refused to touch it. The best opportunities are often the ones nobody else wants to touch.
Our Co-founder and CTO Reed Ginsberg sat down with the Puget Sound Business Journal to discuss Shinkei's recent acquisition of the 16,000 sq. ft. processing plant that allows us to own our supply chain from boat to plate. Thank you Rick Morgan for this feature on why we chose Washington State, how we work with local fishermen, and the ways we plan to scale while continuing to provide Michelin-quality fish for all. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/eZuydDmv
Shinkei is on a mission to reshore American seafood while delivering on the quality customers deserve through Seremoni Grade fish. Thank you Connie Loizos and TechCrunch for inviting us to share our story at StrictlyVC LA and to our partner Delian Asparouhov at Founders Fund for supporting us from the earliest days. https://lnkd.in/du5GSPaA
Our Cofounder & CTO Reed Ginsberg will present at AUTONOMOUS: The Future of Robotics & Physical AI. We are excited to talk all about the technical problems and business case!
Two thirds of all fish harvested never make it to a plate. Fishermen worldwide lose out on billions in wasted product. Shinkei Systems built a robot for that very market. We're pleased to introduce Reed Ginsberg as a key speaker at AUTONOMOUS. He's Co-founder and CTO of Shinkei Systems, It's a sharp example of physical AI applied to a high-skill manual task that has resisted automation for centuries. Around the robot, the company has built a vertically integrated supply chain: traceable sourcing from independent fishermen, cold-storage practices and its own Seremoni Grade processing. → Shinkei raised a $22M Series A co-led by Founders Fund and Interlagos, taking total funding to around $30M; earlier backers include Cantos, 8VC and Humba Ventures → Japanese logistics giant Yamato Corporation is both an investor and a supply-chain partner, supporting cold-chain distribution → Reed frames the work as a roboticist's dream: clean-sheet hardware, precise motion control and autonomy converging on a real industry AUTONOMOUS is the premier physical AI & robotics event coming to San Francisco, July 16th. Built for founders, VCs, engineers and researchers to come together in a dedicated room. Advanced tickets are available → autonomousfuture.co #PhysicalAI #fisheries #automation #robotics #AIevent #AUTONOMOUS
Our Cofounder Saif Khawaja will speak at StrictlyVC Los Angeles on June 18th, discussing the rise of physical AI and “how developments in robotics, automation, and artificial intelligence are creating new opportunities to transform the physical world.” Read the article from TechCrunch here! https://lnkd.in/e5WFrWih
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An incredible summer opportunity to work directly with Shinkei's cutting-edge robotics at sea for six weeks aboard a commercial fishing vessel in beautiful Alaska this summer https://lnkd.in/gUMdfHuD