Pittsburgh Coastal Energy co-founder and CEO, Priscilla Prem, was interviewed on The Pittsburgh Start-Up Podcast!

In the episode Priscilla talks about building technology that can harness under-utilized wave energy and turn it into power for underwater systems. It’s a conversation about overlooked energy sources, hard tech commercialization, and what it takes to build a coastal energy company from Pittsburgh. She speaks on her path from the Navy to PhD to founding a company, and why wave energy could become a major piece of the future ocean economy.

Listen to the full interview here: https://bit.ly/4fpTArs

Pittsburgh Coastal Energy was named Best Innovator Runner-Up at Accelerator Alley during SOF Week 2026!

SOF Week is USSOCOM's annual conference, and Accelerator Alley brings together emerging technologies with the potential to deliver mission-critical capabilities to the special operations community.

This recognition validates the potential for our onboard energy generation technology to bring meaningful operational value to U.S. Special Operations by extending endurance, preserving stealth, and reducing the logistical burden of recharging underwater vehicles and other unmanned maritime systems.

Specials thanks to the judges from BVVC, NATO DIANA, IAI Catalyst, and the former Director of Science and Technology at SOF AT&L Acquisition Executive for the engaging conversations, questions, and feedback.

More news on progress coming soon!

Pittsburgh Coastal Energy was featured by Pittsburgh Tomorrow, a local organization that showcases Pittsburgh for its creativity, innovation, and everything that makes this city a great place to live and work. We are excited to show how Pittsburgh has helped our start-up grow and thrive. Watch the interview here.

Wow! Pittsburgh Coastal Energy has won the Power at Sea DEVELOP Phase Prize from the American-Made Program!This marks the 16th (!) monetary contest that we've won and speaks to the volume of organizations supporting our vision to bring onboard power to every corner of the ocean 🌊For this contest, we submitted our design and testing plans for our onboard wave energy converter to power autonomous underwater vehicles using ocean waves. Our work included projected performance capabilities based on expected operational ocean conditions. Our submission was reviewed by subject matter experts who evaluated our plans based on our concept feasibility, technical soundness, and potential for providing operational value to our customers. We are now incorporating reviewer feedback as we continue developing our prototype to deliver value to the warfighter.Thank you to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Hydropower and Hydrokinetic Office (H2O), Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and offices within NOAA: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration for funding the prize, and to the National Laboratory of the Rockies for administering the prize!See more at HeroX: https://lnkd.in/ebTarcEY

Next week, Pittsburgh Coastal Energy will be showcasing at Accelerator Alley during SOF Week 2026 in Tampa, FL.If you're interested in onboard wave energy generation for underwater vehicles, come find me or Bobby Karnavas at Booth #5417.We’ll be there Tuesday and Wednesday on Level 2 at the Marriott Water Street. Feel free to stop by or reach out directly to set up a time to chat.More details here: https://lnkd.in/ejNauw9C

We’re heading to Start Up Grind April 28-29 in California! We are excited for this awesome 2-day event. If you are also going, send us a message so that we can connect in person. See you there!

CTO Bobby Karnavas and Director of Strategic Partnerships Steve Conover will be attending the SeaAirSpace Expo on April 19-22. Send us a message if you will also be there, let’s meet up!

Co-founders Priscilla & Bobby are featured on Pittsburgh Tomorrow’s vlog series that highlights important businesses in the city. We are excited to be part of why Pittsburgh is so great!

Watch the Vlog here!

Pittsburgh Coastal Energy has been selected to pitch at SXSW in the Student Startups category. See you there!

We are proud to announce that we have officially moved into our very own space at the XFactory in the Point Breeze neighborhood of Pittsburgh PA. After several months of planning we now have a full chemistry lab, a robotics and electrical engineering station, and office space. We are very excited to continue our journey here among many other fantastic startups.

Pittsburgh Coastal Energy is announced as one of the Top 50 Teams of the 2026 Baylor New Venture Competition! We represent 1 of 36 different universities to compete.

Pittsburgh Coastal Energy was a participant in the Operational Energy & Logistics (OEL) Summit 2025. The team pitched our novel nanogenerator technology to key leaders in the military and commercial maritime sectors as a critical tech that will transform the blue economy. This open innovation program, which is designed to accelerate transformative technologies with rapidly evolving strategic priorities for national, societal, and economic security, has been a great opportunity to connect with leaders in ocean tech!