Theseus

Theseus

GPS Denied Navigation for Drones

San Francisco
7 employees
Robotics
Seed · $4.8M

About Theseus

Theseus builds visual navigation software for GPS-denied drone operations. Using onboard cameras, inertial sensors, and satellite reference imagery, our system computes position fixes entirely passively. The system is entirely self contained, can't be jammed and has no RF signature.

Open positions (2)

Company details

Team Size7
LocationSan Francisco
IndustryRobotics

Funding

Total raised

$4.8M

Last stage

Seed

Investors

First Round Capital
Y Combinator
Lux Capital

Founders

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Carl Schoeller

Stanford University graduate and CEO of Theseus. Co-founded the company after building a GPS-free drone prototype at a San Francisco hackathon in February 2024.

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Ian Laffey

Ian Laffey

Co-founder and CTO of Theseus. Holds a B.Sc. in Software Engineering and Economics from McGill University. Led development of Theseus's Micro Visual Positioning System.

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Sacha Lévy

Sacha Lévy is Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Theseus Technology Corporation, where he develops visual navigation systems that enable drones to operate autonomously without GPS. Before founding Theseus, he was a PhD student in Computer Science at Yale University, where his research applied large language models to biological data and was published in top machine learning conferences. He holds a B.Eng. in Computer Engineering from McGill University.

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.