# #33: Kira Smiley (TidalX) – Seeing the Unseen: Ocean Tech, AI, and the Data-Driven Future of Aquaculture

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Podcast: [The Ocean Age](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ocean-age-5690239)
Published: 2025-08-12T04:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2350257/episodes/17652488-33-kira-smiley-tidalx-seeing-the-unseen-ocean-tech-ai-and-the-data-driven-future-of-aquaculture.mp3
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Duration seconds: 4380

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Send us Fan Mail Kira Smiley is the Global Director of Sales and Marketing at TidalX AI, a startup born from Google[x] (now X, the moonshot factory), focused on developing radical technologies to support the ocean economy while sustainably managing and protecting it. Since joining Tidal in 2020, Kira has worn several hats across business development, product, international customer operations, and program management. She served on the leadership committee for Alphabet’s Women of X organisatio...

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