Ulysses
Autonomous underwater drones, robotics, and AI systems for ocean conservation, offshore infrastructure, and maritime security.
Vitality Radar
Pillar Analysis
Strategic Assessment
Strategic Vector
Ulysses is positioning itself as a dual-use ocean robotics platform, using autonomous underwater drones for large-scale seagrass restoration while expanding into coastal security and maritime domain awareness.[7][8][10]
Efficiency Ratio
Early revenue, government partnerships, and funded hardware deployment indicate a relatively high output-to-capital efficiency for a seed-stage ocean robotics company.[4][8][10]
Evidence Signals
Raised a $2M pre-seed round led by Lowercarbon Capital with participation from Superorganism and ReGen Ventures and angels, following early revenue and initial deployments.
View sourceRaised a $38M Series A in April 2026 led by Andreessen Horowitz with participation from Booz Allen Ventures, Lowercarbon Capital, ReGen Ventures, Superorganism, and Harpoon Ventures to scale autonomous ocean robots and marine restoration operations.
View sourceDeveloped and deployed an autonomous underwater robot capable of planting seagrass seeds at 100x the speed of manual restoration and at lower cost than competing robotic solutions.
View sourceWorking with government agencies in the US and Australia and environmental groups such as The Nature Conservancy on large-scale seagrass restoration using autonomous underwater drones.
View sourceGenerated nearly $1M in revenue from private companies and government organizations since launch, using a project-based B2B model for restoration and carbon removal services.
View sourceActively hiring for multiple roles in ocean robotics, engineering and operations as a seed-stage company scaling its autonomous underwater drone platform.
View sourceLowercarbon Capital describes Ulysses as building a modular, low-cost ocean robotics platform for seagrass restoration, offshore wind surveys, and continuous maritime domain awareness, indicating a multi-mission design and dual-use trajectory.
View source- About
- Ulysses builds and operates networks of autonomous vehicles to keep oceans safe, healthy and prosperous — autonomous underwater drones, robotics, and AI systems for ocean conservation, offshore infrastructure, and maritime security. Seed-stage, backed by Lowercarbon Capital, Superorganism, and ReGen Ventures.
- Relevancy
- Same category as Saronic/Seasats/SubSeaSail/Terradepth (C10-01) — though primary framing leans environmental/conservation rather than defense, "maritime security" is explicitly named as a target application.
- Tags
- #AutonomousUnderwaterDrones #OceanConservation #MaritimeSecurity #SeedStage