Using AI to Reduce Carbon Emissions on the High Seas | Todd Sundsted, Former CTO of Nautilus Labs

We're not building a set of blogs or something like that where the domain is well understood. We're really pushing the forefront of what people are doing with vessels and optimization.

"The effect of global shipping on the climate is hard to overstate," reports The New York Times. "Cargo shipping is responsible for nearly 3 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions — producing roughly as much carbon each year as the aviation industry does."

So... Nautilus Labs uses AI to make maritime vessels more efficient by helping giant cargo ships optimize their routes across the oceans and suggesting when they need maintenance, saving money and reducing carbon emissions in the process.

On this episode of Crafted, former CTO Todd Sundsted describes how they model ships and their routes and push the envelope with AI. He also shares his approach to organizational design and how to align teams to customer problems.

Key Moments:
00:00 - Intro
01:53 - Helping cargo ships be more efficient
04:17 - Getting the data from difficult environments
06:24 - Aha moments
07:37 - Improving Nautilus Labs’ organizational design
12:31 - Aligning teams to the impact they have
15:15 - Outro