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Autonomous Maritime Vessel Developer Ulysses Announces $46 Million In Funding

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, April 16th, 2026

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Autonomous Maritime Vessel Developer Ulysses Announces $46 Million In Funding

Left to right, Akhil Voorakkara (CEO), Jamie Wedderburn (CTO), Colm O’Brien (COO), and Will O’Brien (President) Photo credit: Theo Richard

Autonomous maritime vessel developer Ulysses on Thursday said it has raised $46 million in two funding rounds, a previously undisclosed seed financing last year, and new Series A investment, to expand its team and advance work on several systems. The $38 million Series A round was led by Andreessen Horowitz. The earlier $8 million seed round was led by Pebblebed. The San Francisco-based startup said the funding will help scale production of its Mako autonomous under water vehicle, advance development…

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