For the average shark enthusiast watching Shark Week from their couch, the is little more than a myth—a tantalizing rumor of what high-end marine tech looks like when money and secrecy are no object.
Dr. Helena Voss, a bioacoustics professor at the University of Cape Town, states: “We have a dozen great white sharks washing up on beaches with signs of orca predation. The Spartan software can predict orca-white shark conflict zones with 80% accuracy. But because I’m not part of the ‘exclusive’ club, I have to watch the data roll in three months late. That is not science; that is gatekeeping.” white shark spartan software exclusive