Windward announced on November 3, 2026 that it had acquired Azimut.ai, adding camera-based vessel identification to its Maritime AI platform. Chief executive and co-founder Ami Daniel called the purchase “our first step in building a proprietary visual intelligence layer” intended to expand visibility at sea. The acquisition adds an optical sensing layer for ports and maritime chokepoints, designed to identify and fingerprint vessels in real time, including ships that stop transmitting to evade…