Launch

We’re thrilled to announce that our brand-new website is now live! The next step in Ocean Builders’ journey to revolutionize how we live, work, and thrive on the water.More than just a digital refresh, our new online home is your gateway to the floating lifestyle movement, a vision that’s gaining momentum across the globe. Featuring […]

At the intersection of innovation and human determination lies a man whose name now resonates across the media – Rüdiger Koch, President and Co-Founder of Ocean Builders. With an unwavering commitment to redefining modern living, Koch has shattered the Guinness World Record for the longest time spent underwater in a fixed habitat—120 days. This historic […]

Ocean Builders is on the cusp of making history as Rüdiger Koch, co-founder and aerospace engineer, embarks on a groundbreaking attempt to set a new Guinness World Record for the longest continuous stay below the water in an underwater room. This bold endeavor will take place inside the underwater room of the Deepwater SeaPod, an […]

We are pioneering a revolutionary way of living that transcends both water and land. Imagine a home elevated 3 to 4 meters above the ground or water, surrounded by panoramic windows that offer stunning 360-degree views of your surroundings. This is the experience our EcoPods provide, an unparalleled connection to your surroundings, whether it’s the […]

Five years ago, Ocean Builders launched an early SeaPod prototype in Thailand which was codenamed ‘XLII’. Today we are commemorating this first major milestone and exploring the meaningful concepts behind the name.The adventure began in 2017 with a vision that materialized into the XLII octagonal prototype. A few years later, we unveiled the Flagship model […]

On Saturday February 3rd, you are all invited to our live streaming event straight from the Seapod in Panama. Our CEO, Grant Romundt, will be on the SeaPod to reveal our latest video. It’s not just any footage; it captures the true essence of the SeaPod lifestyle we’ve always envisioned. But that’s not all. Grant […]

The big day is VERY quickly approaching. We have about four or five days left until the event and it is crunch time here at the factory. We have brought in some reinforcements from the local community to help get everything ready for the launch, it really is all hands on deck! The factory is […]

Something is missing from our factory today. But what could it be? “The Pod”, yes indeed! We moved it out to the open and we now have a big empty space ready for the grand opening. Well, “empty & ready” aren’t entirely true for the time being. It was an impressive operation to transport the […]

Ocean Builder’s CEO Grant Romundt on the stage of Toy O No Toy for the Panamanian version of Shark Tank The momentum keeps progressing very well for Ocean Builders following the SeaPod’s inaugural launch as Grant, our CEO, has been invited on the set of Panama TV’s most exciting show “Toy O No Toy”. Toy […]

A few days ago, it was “Party Time” for the Ocean Builders’ team as we were celebrating the launch of the SeaPod. I tell you what, it was needed and well deserved! We have been working so hard in the last few years, and very, very intensively in the past weeks, that we had to […]

Picture this, you and your team of hard-working people united by their passion for a shared vision organize a million-dollar grand opening event. A two-day event, ripe with sciences, engineering, and lots of technology. Day One — a smashing success — we hosted over 300 people from all over the world, in the renowned Panama […]

The big day is finally here! It’s time to launch the floating TriPod base into the water. This is quite a complex task but we have a great team and a great lift operator to make it all happen.We started out by finishing up the last small details and getting the base strapped into the […]