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Rylan Hamilton

CEO and co-founder of Blue Water Autonomy (2024). Previously co-founded 6 River Systems, an autonomous mobile robot company acquired by Shopify in 2019 for $450M. Former engineer at Amazon Robotics and iRobot. Leads Blue Water's mission to build long-range autonomous unmanned surface vessels for open-ocean operations.

American · 1 current role · 2 foundings


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  • Founder

    American [Collaborative](/companies/collaborative-robotics)-AMR maker founded in 2015 and based in Waltham, Massachusetts, known for its Chuck person-to-goods p

    Acquisition (Shopify) · $450M3 verified deployments · Chuck at Waltham1 model
  • Founder

    Early-stage US autonomous-ship startup (Boston/Cambridge MA; founded 2024; founders ex-Navy/Amazon Robotics/[Irobot](/companies/irobot)) building a full-size lo

    Series A · $50M1 model

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Sources (2)

  1. https://fortune.com/2025/08/26/exclusive-blue-water-autonomy-raises-gv-led-50-million-series-a-to-build-unmanned-ships/
  2. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/blue-water-autonomy-announces-50-million-series-a-led-by-gv-to-strengthen-us-maritime-power-with-autonomous-unmanned-ships-302538277.html

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