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AI-Enabled
Maritime Platform

We turn frontline experience into structured data, verified reviews, and informed decisions for operators, providers, and professionals.

150K+
Maritime Companies
105K+
Merchant Ships Globally
4K+
Ports In Global Trade
0
Go-to platforms
The Problem
A $3 trillion industry
with no central source of information.

Provider selection, operational decisions, and market intelligence still depend on who you know.

Blind Provider Selection

  • Decisions still rely on referrals, old contacts, and informal networks
  • No single place to verify performance, coverage, or reliability
  • Poor choices mean delays, cost overruns, and operational risk

Weak Trust Signals

  • Reputation travels by word of mouth, not verified records
  • Operational experience stays locked inside teams and never surfaces
  • No objective basis to judge credibility before committing

Scattered Market Visibility

  • Market coverage is opaque — by region, by service, by scale
  • Service presence, activity, and track record are invisible until it's too late
  • Slow discovery means missed opportunities and delayed decisions

The problem is not supply. The problem is market clarity.

Scale
A global market with no information backbone.
36M+
potential
Users
150K+
maritime companies
4M+
frontline
professionals
105K+
merchant
ships
80%
of global trade moves by sea

Maritime connects every continent, every trade route, every industry. The platform that ties them all doesn't exist. Yet.

The Solution
One platform. One source. Enhanced by AI.

No more guesswork. No more delays.

Centralized Discovery

  • Every maritime provider, port, and service in one searchable place
  • Coverage, scope, and regional presence visible at a glance

Verified Reputation

  • Reviews and ratings from operational insiders, not anonymous sources
  • Credibility built on real experience, not marketing claims

Intelligent Decision

  • AI turns platform data into actionable recommendations
  • Faster, more confident decisions with less manual research

Find the right provider. Fast. Verify with real reviews. On the spot. Decide. Done. Repeat.

The Opportunity
Every maritime interaction. Billions in value.

Scattered across countless sites, tools, and back-channels. We're centralizing it.

TAM
$1B+
All maritime verticals
at full scale
SAM
$400M+
Core commercial and
recreational platform
SOM
$47M
Projected Year 2 revenue
across core streams

The market exists. The infrastructure doesn't. That's the opportunity.

Platform Architecture
From interaction to intelligence

A unified platform built on four reinforcing layers.

1

Network Layer

Professionals engaging. Companies establishing presence. Interactions begin here.

2

Data Layer

Every interaction captured — verified, structured, actionable. Sourced by people, not algorithms.

3

Trust Layer

Operational data becoming reputation — earned by performance, not self-promotion.

4

AI Layer

Proprietary data. Personalised AI. Insights, automation and decisions — on demand.

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Business Model
Revenue from multiple angles.
Network layer

Target Visibility

Positions maritime services in front of the most relevant commercial audience.

Trust layer

Reputation & Trust

Turn verified reviews, ratings, and service history into commercial advantage.

AI layer

Personalised AI

On-demand insights and analysis — tailored to each user's specific needs.

Data layer

API & Data Access

Raw verified data — structured and delivered for external systems and custom applications.

AI layer

Enterprise Intelligence

On-platform analysis tools — benchmarks, forecasting and decision support at scale.

Network layer

Talent Access

Subscription access to the most comprehensive verified maritime professional database globally.

$8.1M ARR
Company subscriptions alone
$300/mo x 1.5%
penetration
$39M+
Additional streams
By Y2 at comparable
penetration
70%+
Gross margin
No inventory. No logistics.
Pure data.

More activity. Better data. Stronger intelligence. More revenue.

Why Now?
Maritime’s turning point
MARKET

Generational
Shift

A new generation of maritime professionals expects digital infrastructure — and they're entering the workforce now.

INFRASTRUCTURE

Global Connectivity
at Sea

Ships are now connected, enabling continuous communication and data exchange.

TECHNOLOGY

AI — With Real Data Behind It

AI capability now handles the complexity of maritime data — avoiding public noise, delivering personalised insights.

CREDIBILITY

Verified Beats
Viral

As online trust collapses,
I'M SAILOR stands apart — zero synthetic content, every voice verified.

The conditions have never aligned like this. The platform has never existed. Until now.

The Team
Built by people who know the sea and the tech
Vitaly Kuryanovich

Vitaly (CEO / Founder)

A maritime career defined by milestones few achieve — Deep Sea Captain at 28, ARC7 LNG command on the Northern Sea Route, active Mooring Master, one of ~150 globally. Not building for the industry. Operating in it.

Operated across Europe, Americas and Asia — fluent in the cultures, languages and working styles of global maritime Industry relationships and 500+ direct contacts across officers, engineers, shore staff and suppliers.

Vitaly Kuryanovich CTO

David (CTO / Founding team)

8+ years building production platforms at scale — DTC e-commerce serving millions and real-time 3D for automotive brands to name a few. Architected I'M SAILOR from day one — full stack, in-house, no outsourcing.

Next.js, NestJS, Supabase, Cloudflare, GraphQL, Redis. Full ownership — frontend, backend, database, DevOps, infrastructure. Manages in-house team of 4, all with equity skin in the game.

The Vision

Connected by Experience.
Powered by Data. Driven by AI.

We're building what the maritime industry will run on.
Not an app. The Operating System.
$2.5 trillion
The world's most essential industry.
Finally getting infrastructure that matches its scale.

Phone

+1 (724) 233-4373

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Email

info@imsailor.com

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Website

www.imsailor.com

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