Podcast: subsea robotics startup Ulysses on operating 1,500m underwater and ocean carbon
blakemenezes · x · 2026-10-16
Will O'Brien of Ulysses joins a podcast to discuss how subsea robotics is unlocking Earth's last frontier: the physical constraints of operating 1,500 meters underwater, why seagrass holds 20% of ocean carbon, regulatory friction in environmental restoration, and why hard-tech startups are verticalizing hardware manufacturing.
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