Ulysses

Ulysses (operating on theoceancompany.com as "The Ocean Company") develops autonomous maritime vehicles and supporting software intended to operate across both surface and subsea domains. The company frames its work around two applications it calls dual-domain: restoring coastal and marine ecosystems, and defending critical maritime infrastructure. It positions the ocean as the foundation for global trade, ecological resilience, energy production and digital connectivity, and cites climate disruption and geopolitical tension as the drivers of demand for persistent maritime capability.

The product line is vertically integrated across hardware and software and is intended to replace what the company describes as fragmented legacy tooling. Its stated components include Kraken, an autonomous launch, recovery and recharge system designed to allow missions to be executed remotely from start to finish without human intervention, and Mako, an autonomous underwater vehicle family aimed at long-duration missions ranging from ecological restoration to subsea surveillance. The AUV is advertised as coming in 2026, with stated specifications of 72 hours of endurance, a 200 lb maximum payload and a 5,000 ft depth rating. Vehicles are described as modular, with swappable modules and payloads, and capable of carrying robotic payloads for interventions such as infrastructure repair or seed planting.

Business model

Ulysses builds and supplies its own vertically integrated maritime hardware and software systems to organizations conducting ocean and coastal operations, spanning ecological restoration and maritime infrastructure defense.

Latest developments

Ulysses lists its autonomous underwater vehicle family as coming in 2026, with stated endurance of 72 hours, a 200 lb maximum payload and a 5,000 ft depth rating, and is recruiting for open roles.