Windward Ltd.

Windward is a leading Maritime AI™ company that provides a decision-support platform for global maritime operations. The company's mission is to digitalize the maritime industry by fusing artificial intelligence and big data, delivering mission-grade, multi-source intelligence at scale. Headquartered in London, United Kingdom, Windward aims to enable stakeholders across maritime, logistics, finance, and government sectors to improve operational readiness, anticipate threats, protect critical assets, and make informed predictive decisions at sea.

Windward's platform offers AI-powered decision support, exception management, generative AI insights, automated risk analysis, and a unified ecosystem view. Its solutions address critical areas such as sanction compliance, business intelligence, trade-based money laundering (TBML), fuel consumption optimization, ocean freight visibility, vessel estimated time of arrival (ETA), port and terminal insights, and critical maritime infrastructure protection. The company serves a diverse client base, including commercial entities like banks, commodity traders, insurers, and shipping companies, as well as government and public sector organizations involved in defense, intelligence, and law enforcement.

In March 2025, Windward was acquired by FTV Capital, a New York-based growth equity investment firm, transitioning the company from publicly traded (formerly LON:WNWD) to privately held and becoming a U.S. majority-owned entity. Following this, in April 2026, Windward acquired Prominent Edge to enhance its U.S. defense and national security capabilities. Recent leadership appointments include Vice Admiral Bob Sharp as Chief Maritime Intelligence Officer in June 2026, Ron Kraitsman as CFO, and Stuart Strachan as Chairman of the Board. The company continues to innovate, having launched a generative AI solution in collaboration with AWS and an AI solution for critical maritime infrastructure protection in early 2025.