Proteus Ocean Group

Proteus Ocean Group (POG) is a United States-based ocean technology and media company headquartered in New York. Founded by ocean explorer and aquanaut Fabien Cousteau, the grandson of Jacques-Yves Cousteau, the company is dedicated to building what it describes as a global 'smart ocean' platform. Its stated purpose is to connect and create a worldwide ecosystem of ocean data, habitats and storytelling with a wide range of commercial applications. The centerpiece of the company's vision is PROTEUS™, described by the company as the world's first modular, multipurpose undersea habitat. PROTEUS™ is conceived as a high-tech home, research and development center, and submerged laboratory where scientists, researchers, astronauts, academics, data scientists, filmmakers, aquanauts, engineers and entrepreneurs can live and work 24/7 underwater. Around this habitat, Proteus Ocean Group plans multiple subsea habitats, a large network of ocean monitoring and data-collection sites, blue carbon management tools, and a robust media business designed to amplify ocean storytelling across multiple platforms and jurisdictions. Geographically, the company has identified Curaçao as its first location and favored jurisdiction, with site mapping and a sensor network deployed there. Its operating vision spans North America, the Caribbean, South America, Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Australia, reflecting an ambition to link seas and regions through a connected ocean ecosystem. The company emphasizes public-private partnerships as critical to achieving an inclusive, sustainable and resilient future, aiming to leverage the strengths of both sectors in alignment with long-term societal goals. Proteus Ocean Group has received recognition in the context of the UN Ocean Decade, with its work endorsed by the IOC Executive Secretary. The company also reports having achieved over 17 billion media impressions, underscoring the prominence of its media and storytelling arm alongside its technology and exploration activities. Its activities span technology, media, innovation and exploration, positioning it at the intersection of ocean science, sustainable development and commercial enterprise.

Proteus Ocean Group was established by Fabien Cousteau, an ocean explorer and aquanaut who was inspired by the legacy of his grandfather, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, and by a lifetime of exploration. The company's own account traces the idea of PROTEUS™ back to Mission 31, Fabien Cousteau's earlier underwater mission, after which the concept of a permanent undersea habitat took shape. Following that, a non-profit was established, and the company subsequently set up its corporate structure. Curaçao was established as the favored jurisdiction for the project, and the founding team was assembled. The company then made a global announcement of PROTEUS™, which it says achieved over 17 billion media impressions. Site mapping was carried out in Curaçao, and a sensor network was deployed there, marking concrete early steps toward the physical build-out of the smart ocean platform. Proteus Ocean Group describes its mission as creating a connected ocean. Its environment is planned to include multiple subsea habitats — laboratories where researchers and others can live and work 24/7 underwater — along with ocean monitoring systems, blue carbon management tools, and a robust media business to amplify ocean storytelling in multiple jurisdictions. The core project, PROTEUS™, is presented as the world's first modular, multipurpose undersea habitat: a high-tech home, research and development center that the company says will revolutionize ocean science, discovery, exploration and adventure while driving global engagement and accelerating planetary solutions. The company envisions a submerged laboratory serving scientists, researchers, astronauts, academics, data scientists, filmmakers, aquanauts, engineers and entrepreneurs, supported by a multi-media plan for storytelling across a variety of platforms. Its geographic vision links North America, the Caribbean, South America, Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Australia, with Curaçao as the first location. Proteus Ocean Group emphasizes integrating public-private partnerships, arguing that collaboration builds resilience and equips communities and businesses to navigate future challenges. Its work has been endorsed by the IOC Executive Secretary as part of the UN Ocean Decade, and the company continues to develop its technology, media, innovation and exploration activities.

• Idea of PROTEUS™ born from Mission 31

• Fabien Cousteau's non-profit established

• Curaçao established as favored jurisdiction

• Founding team established

• PROTEUS™ global announcement; over 17B media impressions achieved

• Site mapping in Curaçao

• Sensor network deployed in Curaçao

Builder of a global 'smart ocean' platform combining subsea habitats, ocean monitoring, blue carbon tools and media, positioned at the intersection of ocean science, sustainability and commercial enterprise.

• PROTEUS™

  The world's first modular, multipurpose undersea habitat; a high-tech home, research and development center and submerged laboratory for scientists, researchers, astronauts, academics, data scientists, filmmakers, aquanauts, engineers and entrepreneurs.

• Ocean monitoring systems

  A large network of data-collection sites forming part of the smart ocean platform.

• Blue carbon management tools

  Tools for blue carbon management within the connected ocean ecosystem.

• Media business

  A robust media business to amplify ocean storytelling in multiple jurisdictions.

• 2021-10-27

  Vionic and Proteus Ocean Group announce ocean-awareness partnership[4]Vionic与Proteus Ocean Group宣布海洋意识合作prnewswire.com

  Reported: 2021-10-27

  Vionic announced a partnership with Proteus Ocean Group to support ocean and climate-change awareness, including co-branded beach cleanups and a consumer education campaign.

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