Pollentia Heads to SXSW Austin (March 12–17) to Showcase AI Co-Captain at Capital Factory House
Austin, TX — Pollentia will be in Austin for SXSW from March 12–17, based at Capital Factory House, to demo the latest build of our onboard system and share what’s coming next. This isn’t a branding trip. It’s a working week focused on product, deployment, and the partnerships needed to scale.
Pollentia is building a modern intelligence layer for boats—because most vessels still operate like a patchwork of isolated electronics. Navigation sits in one place, engine and power data sits somewhere else, and when something goes wrong, troubleshooting often becomes guesswork. We’re changing that by bringing critical vessel signals into one system that’s designed to be clear at the helm and useful in real operations.
What Pollentia is showing in Austin
At Capital Factory House, we’re showcasing AI Co-Captain, Pollentia’s onboard platform built to unify vessel awareness and simplify decision-making for operators. The focus is not on flashy screens. The focus is on what actually matters day-to-day: understanding what the boat is doing, catching problems early, and making it easier to run and maintain the vessel without relying on scattered tools and manual interpretation.
We’re also showing how our system is designed for real-world deployment, not just demos. That means talking through how it installs, how it’s configured, how it’s supported, and how the product improves over time. The goal is simple: a repeatable rollout process that works across different manufacturers and vessel classes without turning every deployment into a one-off project.
The Global Network: what happens after installation
Pollentia is not building a product that gets installed once and then stays frozen. We’re building a platform that stays alive. That’s why the Pollentia Global Network exists: it’s the layer that supports AI Co-Captain after it’s on a vessel—through updates, structured remote support, and clear access for partners and service teams.
In plain terms, the Global Network is how we make sure customers and partners can operate and support the system properly over time. It’s how software gets improved, issues get resolved faster, and service workflows become consistent instead of chaotic. It’s also how manufacturers and fleets plug in with clean boundaries—so access is controlled, support is accountable, and deployments stay scalable.
Why SXSW is a build week for Pollentia
SXSW compresses the right conversations into one week: operators, manufacturers, integrators, fleet leaders, and the people who can move decisions forward. We’re using Austin to pressure-test the product with real feedback, tighten the rollout plan, and accelerate the next development cycle with clearer priorities.
This week is also about alignment—making sure we’re building what the market will actually adopt, not what sounds good on paper. We want direct conversations about real pain points: downtime, maintenance costs, confusing diagnostics, disconnected systems, and the lack of a clean support model in marine tech. If something doesn’t land with real operators, we adjust it.
What’s next after SXSW
Coming out of Austin, Pollentia is pushing forward on two tracks: strengthening the onboard experience and expanding the support backbone behind it. On the AI Co-Captain side, the focus is reliability, a tighter helm experience, and more useful system feedback—less noise, more clarity. We’re also continuing to simplify installation and setup so deployments can scale without friction.
On the Global Network side, the focus is making support and access professional and repeatable. That means stronger remote diagnostics workflows, a stable update pipeline, and clearer partner access rules so OEMs and service teams can support deployments responsibly. This is the difference between a one-time device and a real platform that scales.
Meet Pollentia in Austin
Pollentia will be at Capital Factory House in Austin from March 12–17 during SXSW. If you’re a manufacturer, fleet operator, integrator, service group, or partner interested in modernizing vessel operations, come connect. We’ll show you what we’ve built, how it works in practice, and what the rollout path looks like from here.
Pollentia is building the intelligence layer for modern vessels—built for deployment, support, and continuous improvement. SXSW is one of the weeks we use to move that mission forward in a real way.
