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Ulysses

Government, Defense & Public Sector
United States United States, San Francisco, California
Founded 2023 · 1-10 employees

About Ulysses

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...

Latest Funding

Series A
$38M

Announced 2026-04-15

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Actively recruiting engineers and scientists at the San Francisco base to expand the team beyond its current roughly 34-person LinkedIn footprint.

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Hiring Signals

11 open roles · capital meeting headcount

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R&D spend backed by 7 engineering hires, product build in motion

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7
Communication
1
Operations
1
Employees
1-10
Founded
2023
HQ
San Francisco, California
Industry
Government, Defense & Public Sector
Tags
Series A Autonomous Vehicles Defense Maritime & Shipping
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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.

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