Ulysses

Ulysses

San Francisco, CA, USA
36 employees
Aerospace
Series A · $46M

About Ulysses

Ulysses (legal name: Ulysses Ecosystem Engineering Incorporated) builds autonomous surface and subsea vehicles to steward the ocean for ecological restoration, infrastructure defense, and surveillance. Its vertically integrated hardware and software platform includes the Mako AUV, the Leviathan USV, and the Kraken autonomous launch/recovery/recharge system, targeting customers in ocean conservation, offshore energy, and maritime security. Founded in 2023, the company aims to replace legacy survey and monitoring tools with low-cost, persistent, networked fleets of maritime robots.

Company details

Team Size36
LocationSan Francisco, CA, USA
IndustryAerospace

Funding

Total raised

$46M

Last stage

Series A

Investors

a16z
Lowercarbon Capital
PPebblebed
BBooz Allen Ventures
RReGen Ventures

Founders

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Akhil Voorakkara

Co-founder of Ulysses, an Irish-founded company developing autonomous maritime vehicles for ocean tasks including habitat restoration.

Colm O'Brien

Colm O'Brien

Co-founder of Ulysses, established the company in 2023 to build drones for automating ocean habitat restoration like seagrass planting.

LinkedIn
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Will O'Brien

Co-Founder of Ulysses Ecosystem Engineering, listed on Crunchbase as a founder alongside Colm O'Brien, Jamie Wedderburn, and Akhil Voorakkara.

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Jamie Wedderburn

Co-Founder of Ulysses Ecosystem Engineering, listed on Crunchbase as a founder.

What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.