Maritime Defense Innovation
FATHOMWERX: Building a Maritime Innovation Collaboration Hub
Matter Labs supports FATHOMWERX as a neutral collaboration environment where startups, government, academia, and industry work on military, port, and maritime challenges.
Focus
Military, port, and maritime domains
Model
Public-private collaboration
Role
Neutral facilitation and transition support
Challenge
Promising technologies often fail to reach government users because innovators lack access to mission owners, test environments, and practical transition guidance.
Approach
Matter Labs helps convene the right participants, translate technology into mission relevance, and use FATHOMWERX as a place for demonstrations, experimentation, and stakeholder alignment.
Outcome
The ecosystem gives startups and partners a practical way to test ideas, build relationships, and move from concept toward government adoption.