Ulysses aims to become synonymous with the ocean in the way SpaceX is synonymous with space — fundamentally rethinking how humanity interacts with the sea.
The broader vision is a network of surface and undersea vehicles operating 24/7 as fixed infrastructure in the ocean, similar to satellites in space. Ulysses wants to be the company synonymous with the ocean, rethinking how humanity both uses and protects this resource. ✦ AI generated
Ulysses founder · a16z Podcast · 2026-08-05 · original ↗
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The broader vision of what we're doing is that you have a network of surface and undersea vehicles and they're operating 24/7 to solve these critical tasks all around the ocean. They become fixed infrastructure in the ocean in the same way we've just accepted that there is satellites above our heads. We like to use the moniker the ocean company sometimes because where we want to be in 5, 10 years is a company that is synonymous with the ocean in the way that SpaceX is synonymous with space. We want to be the technology company that fulfilling its vision completely rethinks how we can act with the ocean and enables humanity to get a lot more out of this resource and to give a lot more back to it.
verbatim transcript · starts at 7:20
7:20ocean in the same way we've just accepted that there is satellites above our heads. [music] And that's where we want to push the ocean towards really don't know why it is that [music] all of us are so committed to the sea except I think it's because we all came from the sea. And it is an interesting biological [music] fact that all of us have in our veins
7:50the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean. >> By and large, our ocean is still [music] a mystery. If Ulyses is successful, we explore, understand, and protect this last great frontier. >> Future of maritime is fleets. fleets that are operating everywhere all at once. [music] >> We like to use the moniker the ocean company sometimes because where we want to be in 5 10 years is a company that is
8:24synonymous with the ocean in the way that SpaceX is synonymous with space. We want to be the technology company that fulfilling its vision completely rethinks how [music] we can act with the ocean and enables humanity to get a lot more out of this resource and to give a lot more back to it. >> [music] [music] >> Heat. Heat. [music] [music] >> [music] [music]
- ·Aim: synonymous with the ocean, like SpaceX is with space
- ·Network of surface and undersea vehicles
- ·Operations run 24/7 across the ocean
- ·Vehicles become fixed ocean infrastructure, akin to satellites
- ·Rethink how humanity uses and protects the resource