Orpheus Ocean

Orpheus Ocean designs, builds and operates autonomous underwater vehicles for scalable seafloor data collection and monitoring. Its small-footprint systems target marine resources, offshore infrastructure, subsea defence and exploration into the hadal zone.

Facts

Segment: Maritime Robotics
Country: United States
Founded: 2024
Website: https://orpheusocean.com/

Market context

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Timeline

2025-12-10 - Award - Orpheus Ocean selected for NATO DIANA's 2026 programme - Orpheus Ocean was named in NATO DIANA's 2026 company cohort. The selection provides access to accelerator sites, test centres and allied defence users. The company was selected in an autonomy, maritime, sensing, communications or related dual-use challenge… - source: diana.nato.int
2024-11-11 - Capability - Orpheus Ocean publicly introduced its autonomous deep-sea robotics mission - The company described a mission to illuminate and measure the deep ocean. Its approach combines autonomous technology with mass manufacturing. Target environments include the abyssal and hadal ocean. - source: orpheusocean.com

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Team

Jake Russell - Co-founder & CEO - Co-founder & CEO
Casey Machado - Co-founder & CTO - Co-founder & CTO
Chris DeCollibus - Vice President, Development - Vice President, Development

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Relations

NATO DIANA - Programme Participant - Orpheus Ocean selected through NATO DIANA.

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