Series A
$38M
Andreessen Horowitz · LeadLowercarbon CapitalHarpoon VenturesGenius VenturesBooz Allen VenturesReGen VenturesSuperorganism
Open roles0
Total raised$38M
Team size1-10
Founded · Stage2023 · Series A
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About the company
What they build and who they serve.
Ulysses is a San Francisco-based technology company building The Ocean Company — networked fleets of low-cost, autonomous surface and underwater vehicles engineered for persistent operation in harsh maritime environments. The platform spans mine countermeasures and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance for contested waters, protection of subsea critical infrastructure, offshore inspection, and ocean-conservation work such as seagrass restoration; flagship products include MAKO, a small autonomous underwater vehicle positioned as the "Model T for the ocean", and Leviathan, an autonomous surface mothership and maritime domain awareness platform. Founded in Dublin in 2023 by Akhil Voorakkara, Will OBrien, Jamie Wedderburn and Colm OBrien, the company now operates from 1640 17th Street, San Francisco, and counts the US Navy among its active customers.
Why it matters
Signals from funding, traction, and product direction.
- Round is the Series A leg of a combined $46M capital announcement — a $38M Series A led by a16zs American Dynamism fund, alongside a simultaneously disclosed $8M seed led by Pebblebed that had not been announced previously.
- Irish-founded in Dublin in 2023 by Akhil Voorakkara (CEO), Will OBrien (president), Jamie Wedderburn (CTO) and Colm OBrien (COO); now operates from 1640 17th Street, San Francisco.
- Booz Allen Ventures joined as part of the Series A — a rare direct equity check from the federal-services primes venture arm, positioning Ulysses inside the Pentagon mine-countermeasures pipeline.
- Existing investors Lowercarbon Capital, ReGen Ventures and Superorganism followed on with further investment in the combined announcement — a climate+ocean-conservation cap table that survives the pivot into explicit defense revenue.
- US Navy has already come calling as a customer; product line now anchored by MAKO autonomous underwater vehicle and Leviathan autonomous surface mothership with maritime domain awareness.
Funding history
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Investors
Andreessen HorowitzLowercarbon CapitalHarpoon VenturesGenius VenturesBooz Allen VenturesReGen VenturesSuperorganism
Focus areas
Series AAutonomous VehiclesDefenseMaritime & Shipping
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