We are on a mission

We have built & operated autonomous underwater vehicles and systems for defense, commercial and academic customers. Our submarines run on hydrogen, collects microplastics and ocean health data while transporting cargo to decarbonize the transport sector.

The team

Dhruv Boruah
Founder & CEO

MBA/Engineer, ZeroTo1 Founder, IBM/Siemens, Award winning Ocean Campaigner & Sailor

Jonathan Pompa
VP – Engineering

AUV build/operations for Defense/Commercial/Science customers, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Carnegie Mellon University

Rob Damus
Advisor – Submarine Systems

Co-founder & COO Hadal, AUV & Underwater Robotics build/operations for Defense/Science/Commercial customers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Ocean Engineering, MIT AUV Lab

Suman Khatiwada PhD
Advisor – Strategy

Co-Founder & CTO at Syzygy Plasmonics, Hard-tech entrepreneur & material scientist

Hans Thomas
Advisor – Submarine & Robotics

NASA – Deputy Lead,Autonomy & Robotics Area, Flight Software Engineer at KBR, 20+yr AUV Experience (MBARI), Carnegie Mellon University

Capt. Steve Bramley
Operations & Regulations

Retired Royal Navy, Aircraft/ Surface ship Command & Submarine Experience

Our journey

2018
Paper on AUV

Led by Gabriele and Alex from MIT Media Lab, Dhruv co-authors a paper about autonomous underwater vehicles collecting plastic

2017
The Story Begins

Our founder Dhruv Boruah capsizes in the canal in Paddington, London before starts his journey on bikes cleaning the rivers