Global Spatial Technology Solutions (GSTS)
GSTS builds OCIANA, an AI maritime domain-awareness platform delivering real-time vessel risk management and decision support for defence, security, and supply-chain users.
Background
GSTS was founded in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia by Richard Kolacz, who serves as CEO, drawing on early maritime surveillance satellite and AIS analytics expertise.
The company's origins are rooted in Canadian federal R&D ecosystems, with early support from DRDC, the Canadian Safety and Security Program, and IDEaS predictive-maintenance projects.
The core product is OCIANA, an AI maritime management platform that ingests satellite imagery, AIS data, oceanographic feeds, and sensor streams to deliver real-time risk scoring, vessel-behavior prediction, route optimization, and decision support.
OCIANA is marketed as dual-use, serving defence and security clients alongside commercial shipping and port operators.
GSTS goes to market through government program partnerships and direct commercial agreements. Public-sector channels include federal innovation funding bodies and allied defence establishments.
The company employs approximately 32–35 people, primarily AI data scientists and engineers, consistent with a late-seed-stage deep-tech firm scaling its platform toward broader NATO and Five Eyes deployment.