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RNS Number : 7832K  Windward Ltd.  04 November 2024

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4 November 2024

Windward Ltd.

("Windward", "the Company")

Windward Launches Advanced Intelligence

New solution provides law enforcement and intelligence agencies with an
end-to-end solution incorporating early detection, automated target
generation, and streamlined investigation workflows to enhance maritime safety
and security

 

Windward (https://windward.ai/)  (LON: WNWD), a leading Maritime AI company,
is pleased to announce the launch of Advanced Intelligence, an AI-powered
solution equipped with a comprehensive suite of features designed to empower
intelligence and security organisations to uncover and handle threats more
efficiently.

Today's launch aggregates a number of Windward's recently launched AI-powered
products into a single end-to-end solution specifically targeted for law
enforcement and intelligence agencies, providing Windward with increased
ability to target this significant market.

As the intelligence and security communities face growing maritime threats -
including rising attacks on commercial vessels, illegal fishing in exclusive
economic zones, drug smuggling, and escalating piracy - the urgent need for
advanced tools to identify and respond to emerging risks has never been more
critical.

By managing all aspects of the investigative process within one platform,
Windward believes that  Advanced Intelligence will markedly reduce time and
resources needed to conduct thorough investigations. The solution enables
actors to make informed decisions more quickly, and improves how intelligence
is gathered and analysed by centralising workflows directly on-screen.

Launched at EURONAVAL 2024, the world's leading naval defence exhibition,
Advanced Intelligence is now available to all customers via an additional SaaS
based licence fee, enabling further potential growth in ACV per customer.

Ami Daniel, Co-Founder and CEO of Windward, commented:

 

"The events of the past year have demonstrated that the protection of the
maritime domain is a top priority. We are acutely aware that unexpected 'Black
Swan' events are now commonplace, and we need to adapt accordingly.

 

Our Advanced Intelligence solution is purposefully designed to empower the
intelligence and defence community with cutting edge AI and Gen AI
technologies providing them the tools they need to stay ahead of emerging
risks and facilitate more efficient investigation cycles. With this
innovation, we aim to make the seas safer for everyone-protecting not only
national security interests but also the continuity of global trade."

 

About Advanced Intelligence:

Windward's Advanced Intelligence incorporates several existing differentiated
 capabilities, including Early Detection
(https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/WNWD/windward-launches-early-detection/16736428)
, a recently launched AI-based solution that analyses vast maritime data to
uncover irregularities, Organization Defined Risk (ODR)
(https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/WNWD/launch-of-organization-defined-risk/16491793)
and Sequence Search
(https://windward.ai/news/windward-launches-a-first-of-its-kind-sequence-search-capability-enhancing-businesses-in-a-turbulent-maritime-trade-environment/)
, which enable users to establish their own risk parameters and search for
patterns across up to six different activities in a single query.

The solution also offers users daily satellite imagery provided by Planet
Labs. This powerful combination of tools accelerates decision-making, enabling
intelligence agencies to focus their investigations with greater precision.

The solution also integrates MAI Expert™
(https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/WNWD/generative-ai-launch-mai-expert-tm/16539510)
, Windward's Gen-AI virtual analyst. MAI Expert™ serves as a maritime
specialist who provides the context of suspicious activities, such as
sanctions evasion, illegal trafficking, or fishing. By providing timely,
actionable intelligence, MAI Expert empowers users to not only identify
suspicious behaviour but also understand the broader context and take swift
and informed action. This allows analysts from non-maritime related defence or
intelligence agencies the background and knowledge to understand and deal with
complex maritime incidents.

Users can register new risk profiles and behavioural anomalies to identify
additional vessels with similar patterns. Furthermore, the platform allows for
the continuous monitoring of these behavioural profiles, integrating them into
the organisation's process to facilitate early detection in future cases.

Windward's Maritime AI technology is powered by advanced machine learning and
behavioural analytics models, utilising billions of data points to provide
valuable insights into vessel behaviours, and ownership structures, and
predict in real-time which vessels are likely to be involved in illicit
activities.

 

Windward believes its solution is the global standard in maritime domain
awareness, enabling government bodies across the globe to protect their
borders, national interests, and citizens, by bringing visibility to the
opaque maritime environment.

For more information, please contact:

 Windward                                             Via Alma
 Irit Singer, CMO

 Canaccord Genuity (Nominated Adviser & Broker)       +44(0)20 7523 8000
 Simon Bridges / Andrew Potts

 Alma Strategic Communications                        +44(0)20 3405 0205
 Caroline Forde / Kieran Breheny / Will Merison

 

About Windward

Windward (https://windward.ai/)  (LSE:WNWD), is a leading Maritime AI™
company, providing an all-in-one platform to accelerate global trade.
Windward's AI-powered decision support and exception management platform
offers a 360° view of the maritime ecosystem and enables stakeholders to make
real time, predictive intelligence-driven decisions to achieve business and
operational readiness.

Windward's Maritime AI supports companies across industries. The company's
clients range from oil supermajors, freight forwarders, and port authorities,
to banks, shippers, insurers, and governmental organizations.

For more information visit: https://windward.ai/ (https://windward.ai/) .

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