Launch HN: Greywing (YC W21) – Automated ship operations focused on crew
Hey HN! We're Nick & Hrishi, founders of Greywing ( https://grey-wing.com ). Greywing is software that optimizes operating a vessel in the high seas, focused on seafarers and crew changes. We take the information you (a ship manager) have about a vessel (route, plans, crew composition), plus information externally available (piracy, flights, fuel costs), and tell you where to route your vessel and what the best choices are for the crew, and the purchases you're making. Maritime is a surprisingly decentralized industry, even in 2021. Large vessels (container ships, gas tankers) are complex entities, with a single vessel operated simultaneously by multiple companies (ship managers, charterers, technical managers, crew managers) domiciled in different countries. These companies manage flights, fuel purchases and consumption, cargo and charters, crew welfare, and a hu
Why it failed
Hey HN! We're Nick & Hrishi, founders of Greywing ( https://grey-wing.com ). Greywing is software that optimizes operating a vessel in the high seas, focused on seafarers and crew changes. We take the information you (a ship manager) have about a vessel (route,
- Kind
- startup
- Status
- Shut down
- Inventor
- hrishi
- Ended
- 2021
- Source
- hackernews