ST. JOHN’S, NEWFOUNDLAND – 17 APRIL 2019/GLOBE NEWSWIRE/– Kraken Robotics Inc. (TSX-V: PNG) (OTCQB: KRKNF) (“Kraken” or the “Company”), is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary, Kraken Robotic Systems Inc., has been awarded a financial contribution of $1 million from the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. The funding was awarded under the Innovation and Business Development Funding (IBDF) program and will be used for the initial phase of the OceanVision™ projectthat Kraken plans to pursue as part of the Ocean Supercluster initiative.

OceanVision™is a proposed three-year project to develop a new business model that supports Robotics as a Service (RaaS). This RaaS business model will provide an end-to-end integrated solution that offers advanced sensors, robots and data analytics as a turnkey service. The IBDF award will help fund the production of a KATFISH™ system, and Kraken’s autonomous launch and recovery system (including Kraken’s new Tentacle™ winch). The award also funds the first of three at-sea demonstration campaigns that will be completed throughout the proposed OceanVision™ project. 

Kraken’s project focuses on two primary areas of innovation, including: development of the analytics related to processing, merging and analyzing real-time data; and, development of a new data workflow, providing real-time, high-resolution intelligence of the seafloor and subsea assets. It will strengthen capabilities in emerging technologies, including digitalization, subsea tiebacks and other technologies to lower costs and improve operating performance in the offshore oil and gas industry.

Karl Kenny, Kraken’s President & CEO said, “We are very grateful for this financial contribution from the Government of Newfoundland and Labradorwhich supports the initial phase of our proposed OceanVision™ project. Robotics as a Service is a unique business model, which is a combination of sensors, underwater robots, cloud computing and artificial intelligence. With RaaS, clients do not need to purchase an integrated solution; they can, instead, lease the robotic devices to acquire and process the ultra-high resolution subsea data that they need. The data captured by robots across different locations can be stored in a cloud-based system and accessed by humans. This will ensure seamless data access without disrupting the existing workflow. Customers can leverage robots to engage their resources into more human-intensive processes such as decision-making and analytical thinking.While maritime RaaS is still in a nascent stage of development, it is already driving exciting domestic and international opportunities. With a growing focus on productivity challenges and a deep understanding of the operational environment, RaaS will accelerate innovation and disrupt antiquated business models in many industries across the ocean technology community.”

ABOUT KRAKEN ROBOTICS INC.

Kraken Robotics Inc. (TSX.V:PNG) (OTCQB: KRKNF) is a marine technology company that is dedicated to the production and sale of software-centric sensors and underwater robotic systems. The company is headquartered in St. John’s, Newfoundland with offices in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia; Toronto, Ontario; Bremen and Rostock Germany; and Boston, Massachusetts. Kraken is ranked as a Top 100 marine technology company by Marine Technology Reporter. For more information, please visit www.krakenrobotics.com, www.krakenrobotik.de, www.krakenpower.de. Find us on social media on Twitter (@krakenrobotics), Facebook (@krakenroboticsinc) and LinkedIn. 

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For further information, please contact:

Greg Reid, Chief Financial Officer

(416) 818-9822

greid@krakenrobotics.com

Sean Peasgood, Investor Relations

(647) 955-1274

sean@sophiccapital.com

Glenda Leyte, Marketing Manager

(709) 757-5757 extension 288

gleyte@krakenrobotics.com

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