CategoryMaritime
Overview
Ulysses ("The Ocean Company") builds networked fleets of low-cost autonomous surface and underwater vehicles for persistent operation in harsh maritime environments. The San Francisco-based company, founded in 2023, combines cost-efficient hardware with advanced onboard computers for next-generation autonomy across defense (mine countermeasures, ISR), commercial (offshore survey, cable laying, wind-farm inspection), and environmental (seagrass restoration) missions.
Ulysses has field-tested five generations of underwater vehicle prototypes and generated over USD 5 million in customer revenue across government, commercial, and scientific partners including the US Navy , the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, and the Nature Conservancy
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- None on file
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Leviathan Endurance
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Models (1)
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Relationships
Current leadership (5)
- Akhil Voorakkara Co-Founder & CEOsecondary-verified
- Akhil Voorakkara Co-Foundersecondary-verified
- Will O'Brien Co-Founder & Presidentsecondary-verified
- Jamie Wedderburn Co-Foundersecondary-verified
- Colm O'Brien Co-Foundersecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Ulysses.
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Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Ulysses in third-party press
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Financial state
- Reporting period
- ? to 2026-04-16
- Reporting basis
- private_disclosed
- Revenue disclosed
- $5000000 (private_disclosed)
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- low
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Partnerships (1)
- Ulysses x Booz Allen Hamilton maritime autonomy investment with Booz Allen Venturesinvestment
Funding rounds (2)
- Series A2026-04-16
$38M(reported)
Investors: Booz Allen Ventures (strategic), Harpoon Ventures (follow), Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) (lead)
- Seed2025-01-01
$8M(reported)
Investors: Pebblebed (lead), Lowercarbon Capital (follow), Superorganism (follow), ReGen Ventures (follow), Genius Ventures (follow)
Recent activity
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- Record createdJul 31, 2026
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- Deployment recordedDec 1, 2025
Ulysses Autonomous Maritime Fleet at Offshore California, USA
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-31
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In the press
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Ulysses Joins Seabed 2030 To Scale Autonomous Mapping Fleet
Ulysses partners with the Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project to support autonomous ocean-floor mapping at scale, contributing bathymetric data to the freely available…
Irish-founded Ulysses raises 38m in Series A funding
Ulysses raises USD 46M total (USD 38M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz plus USD 8M seed led by Pebblebed) for autonomous ocean vehicles; confirms 5 generations of prototypes…
Booz Allen Invests in Maritime Autonomy
Booz Allen Ventures invests in Ulysses as part of its Series A round, expanding capabilities in mine countermeasures, seabed survey, and multi-vehicle swarming for defense…
Robotics company has its eye on US offshore industry
Ulysses targets the US offshore industry with its AUV fleet for subsea surveys and IRM; the autonomous mothership Leviathan can stay at sea over 6 months and deploy up to 4 Mako…
Ulysses is using robots to restore seagrass populations
Ulysses builds autonomous seagrass-planting underwater robots that speed up restoration 100x compared to manual planting at a fraction of the cost of other robots.
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