# Rylan Hamilton: person

Canonical ID: `76e8eea8-c17f-477c-aad8-ddbaa29313f5`

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.

- **Nationality:** American
- **Verification posture:** verified

## Current roles (1)

- [Blue Water Autonomy](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/blue-water-autonomy.md) Co-founder and CEO since 2024-01-01 (secondary-verified)

## Foundings (2)

- [6 River Systems](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/6-river-systems.md) founded 2015-01-01 (cofounder) _no longer at company_
- [Blue Water Autonomy](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/blue-water-autonomy.md) founded 2024-01-01 (cofounder)

## Former / Previously (1)

- [6 River Systems](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/6-river-systems.md) Co-founder & co-CEO (2015-01-01 to ?) (secondary-verified)

## 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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