About the project

Project CETI is a feature-length documentary about the non-profit Project CETI and its leader, National Geographic Explorer and marine biologist David Gruber as they coordinate a worldwide mission to use AI to communicate with sperm whales. David and CETI have been written up in The Atlantic, The New York Times, Forbes, Science and The New Yorker.

Directed by Kristina Nikolova

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We'd had, since early in the morning, been taking this two drone at 45-degree angle. We heard very few clicks. We knew that there was something unusual happening, just by their behavior, and we kinda knew to sit back and just watch.

And then we saw this first sign of blood in the water. First thought was, Oh, no, there's some attack. And then, there was this moment when this tiny little head pops up, and we all were like, Okay. We're watching a sperm whale being born.

-David Gruber, President and Founder, Project CETI