Madrid, 21st October 2026. Navantia and Multiverse Computing have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a framework for strategic collaboration on the development, validation and deployment of artificial intelligence and quantum-inspired solutions applied to naval defence.
The agreement was signed by Enrique Lizaso, co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Multiverse Computing, and by Gonzalo Mateo-Guerrero, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Navantia. The alliance combines Navantia’s experience in naval platforms, systems integration and defence products with Multiverse Computing’s capabilities in AI software and quantum-inspired optimisation.
The companies will explore new lines of work in efficient AI for embedded systems and for surface and submarine platforms; signal processing and situational awareness; mission planning and logistics optimisation; and Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence (C4I) systems. They will also assess joint proposals for European defence and innovation programmes.
Multiverse Computing will make its CompactifAI technology available to the collaboration in order to optimise AI models and facilitate their adaptation to environments constrained by computing capacity, power or connectivity. Navantia will contribute its product knowledge, naval architecture, systems integration, operational requirements and life-cycle expertise. This complementarity will make it possible to move from experimentation towards AI capabilities embedded in naval products and solutions.
For Navantia, the agreement represents a step forward in incorporating artificial intelligence into its portfolio of products and services and in consolidating in-house industrial capability in a technology area that is critical for Security and Defence. The collaboration seeks to accelerate product evolution, strengthen technological sovereignty and broaden participation in national and European initiatives.
For Multiverse Computing, the agreement strengthens its presence in the defence sector, one of the areas where the efficiency of artificial intelligence models has the most direct impact. The company, headquartered in San Sebastián, develops quantum-inspired technology aimed at reducing the size and the inference cost of AI models so that they can run in environments constrained by computing capacity, power or connectivity, including embedded systems and deployments with no dependence on external services. The collaboration with Navantia makes it possible to test that technology against real operational requirements and against the life-cycle demands of naval defence programmes.
“The agreement will make it possible to apply artificial intelligence to Navantia’s products and accelerate their evolution towards more efficient and more advanced naval solutions,” said Gonzalo Mateo-Guerrero, COO of Navantia.
“In artificial intelligence applied to defence, the difficult step is not the demonstration but the integration: moving from a model that works in the laboratory to a capability that a naval system can sustain throughout its entire life cycle. That is the ground we want to work on with Navantia,” said Enrique Lizaso, co-founder and CEO of Multiverse Computing.
About Multiverse Computing:
Multiverse Computing is a leader in sovereign and efficient AI. It develops fast, specialised models that run within the customer’s infrastructure, providing full control over data and regulatory compliance. Headquartered in Donostia-San Sebastián, it serves more than 100 customers, including Iberdrola, Bosch and the Bank of Canada. multiversecomputing.com
About Navantia:
With a history of more than 300 years linked to the construction of ships for the Navy, Navantia is a state-owned and strategic technology company for the defense of Spain. Its areas of specialization range from shipbuilding (surface and submarine), to the design and integration of systems with a high technological content and life cycle support and high value-added services. Additionally, with its brand Navantia Seanergies, it is a global supplier for the development of offshore wind energy and other green energies such as hydrogen. Navantia employs 7,000 people directly, in Spain, UK, Saudi Arabia and Australia.
Committed to building a safe and sustainable future through technological excellence and industrial collaboration, Navantia has contracts with Governments and companies around the world and ties with universities and technological and academic centers. It contributes to sustainability and innovation through its daily commitment to people and the planet, with responsible practices from the point of view of labour, the environment and economic and technological development that are viable regionally, nationally and internationally. It is owned 100% by the Sociedad Española de Participaciones Industriales (SEPI), attached to the Ministry of Finance and Public Function of Spain).