Benthos
A tech non-profit · Built by marine scientists

Local knowledge
is our technology.

Conversational AI and data infrastructure
for community-led ocean conservation.

How we work

Rooted in context.

We engineer data systems shaped by local coastal realities.

Data jurisdiction.

Communities determine what information leaves their territory through strict, revocable access logs.

Free for communities.

Sustained by grants and institutional partners, so communities never pay.

Selected work Everything we've built →
Benthos coastal assistant Prototype · Atcheza

Benthos coastal assistant

A WhatsApp-based assistant for environmental monitoring and local knowledge retrieval.

Roots and Algorithms Documentary series

Roots and Algorithms

A documentary series where communities tell their own stories, from the coasts and rivers of Brazil and Kenya.

Member of
KI Bundesverband
Supported by
Blue Factory by ESCP Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz Co-funded by the European Union Land Berlin Berlin Innovation Agency