Ulysses has raised $46M led by a16z American Dynamism. We are building The Ocean Company. The ocean is 71% of the planet. But it is less explored than Mars, and full of secrets, waiting to be told. It is the backbone of global defense. Home to the critical infrastructure that powers our world. And the key to the health of our planet. This frontier needs technology to protect and steward it. We are building it. And we need more builders Join us and explore the Great Blue Frontier: theoceancompany.com/careers

To all my enemies and anyone who ever doubted me Doubt me now

this would fix me

This man is going to grow up to be the Messiah of the Irish people and lead us to the Promised Land, as written in the Prophecy Li-Seán O’Gaib

Buying a ton of these and putting them on every Volkswagen and Porsche in San Francisco

school tours are absolutely wasted on children. literally a total waste of time. they have tiny brains. let me and my huge-brained friends tour the local hydro-electric dam and appreciate it in all its glory. these small-brained children cannot give it the respect it deserves.

This is what the vault inside the Irish Federal Reserve looks like

Software creates soft men Soft men create hard times Hard times create hard men Hard men create hardware Hardware creates good times Good times creates software

My sister really understands my work

How life feels after you get invited to the Kerrygold farm

Men literally want one thing (a 1:1 replica of a cosy Irish pub installed in their home)

Kerrygold-diggers in my DMs Mom, I’ve made it

We used to be a country

Lmao so rich coming from the guy who speaks to founders like this

I am delighted to announce that Ulysses Ecosystem Engineering Incorporated has procured several gallons of the forbidden McMaster Gatorade. It tastes great. Productivity is through the roof.

Barely reviewable

This is all a woman really wants

YC is like USAID but for SF

One thing I notice in SF is the blurred lines between work and play time e.g. people performative coding at bars / parties signaling “hustle”. This is extremely peasant-coded and not conducive to great work imo. History’s elites and greats kept strict borders and took leisure very seriously. It was viewed as a strict requirement to enable great work. Leonardo painted by day and staged court masquerades by night. Churchill drafted war speeches after champagne lunches and silk‑robed baths. Greek philosophers held week‑long wine‑soaked symposia that forged politics. Steve Jobs took long, device‑free walks in the hills that seeded the iPhone. Work ferociously, build something magical, then close the lid; feast, dance, and wander. Live at the extremes. If you can’t stay off your laptop, skip the party.

the right needs to learn to have some class and decorum they are literally speed running the woke left playbook and if they continue on this arc they will hand the 2028 election to the Democrats, by burning bridges with middle-of-the-road voters the adage “with great power, comes great responsibility” is true now more than ever this kind of stuff is cringe and does more harm than good

IF EVERYONE ORDERS A WAYMO TO THE BEACH IT WILL SAVE SAN FRANCISCO WAYMO WALL NOW

Tech finance is embarrassingly vanilla. The greats of Wall Street were true innovators. Kravis gave us LBOs. Milken gave us junk bonds. Jim Simons gave us quant-driven algo trading. Silicon Valley gives us… a YC SAFE notes with … a discount? BORING. Wake me up when I can buy defense tech junk bonds collateralized by Anduril secondaries. I want to see Stripe employee option pools securitized and sold with triple-leveraged exotic swaps. I want to trade OpenAI RSUs using delta-gamma derivatives priced with Greek letters I didn’t even know existed.

Venture funds that choose to back “slop startups” like this and other startups with questionable morals (Cluely, gambling apps, goonbots etc.) should know that mission-driven founders take note of this and seriously discount that firms reputation. There is something deeply nihilistic about slop startups. The founders and investors that back them are implicitly saying “Nothing really matters. We should just try to make money even if it means producing complete slop or encouraging sin.” This infuriates mission-driven founders and causes a profound sense of disgust that’s hard to get past when we consider who we want to work with.

We call this one the ITAR-garita

My local newspaper has written a story about butter-gate Next stop - Netflix docuseries Willing to sell my story for a price Send bids in DM

the tours should be correlated with brain size the kids can have stop signs, sidewalks, other boring stuff teenagers can be shown a medium-sized wastewater treatment plant keep the hydroelectric dams, nuclear plants and others for us huge-brained adults

Now that I have established my dominance in the butter content creation sphere I have to tell you the truth There is only one good way to store butter — room temperature in a butter tray Do not freeze or refrigerate it, this is sacrilegious

Insane story coming out of the Dublin Marathon today. 19 y/o Ava Crean from Limerick won the women's race in 2:34:12, 6th overall. The first Irish woman to win the race since 2013. She trained for only FOUR months and had never run competitively before the Manchester Marathon in April. Crazy stuff.

the authorities don’t want you to know this BUT fume extractors for soldering also enable a care-free smoking at the desk experience. this is revolutionary dual-use technology

This guy is not a serious person Zero serious action on disclosure for Epstein, “See you in Valhalla”, and now a Liverpool tie in a testimony on Capitol Hill Get rid of him please

I am the Nate Silver of talking to girls. And by this I mean that I will go out and run 80,000 Monte Carlo simulations in my head without producing anything of substance (speaking to a girl)

I will ask them if I can name a cow after you

There is something truly divine about dolphins. I believe they (and whales) exist in nearly an entirely different class of animals to the rest. They are hyper-intelligent and frequently show incredible levels of “knowingness”. It would not surprise me if they know exactly what is going on in this situation.

Men literally want one thing (to retire to Mill Valley with a beautiful wife and kids and own a vintage Porsche 911)

Pope Leo XIV, a scholar of mathematics, is going to publish an encyclical on AI and the Catholic Church is going to leapfrog billions of investment into “AI safety” research non-profits and become one of the authoritative voices on dealing with the results of AGI and the global shift it brings with it. He will do it in a far less insane and more philosophically rich way than the utilitarian slop of “maybe we should just bomb the data centres”.

Taking a break from Jewish chicks. Calling it a shabbatical

I actually don’t care about people like this anymore. I don’t waste my energy on them. The solutionists & innovators will solve climate change without them & this lot will be forgotten to the history books. All they do is talk. All we do is build. We will win.

Stop chewing mastic gum and burn your books about stoicism Drink a Diet Coke, smoke a cigarette and find God Life is for LIVING

There’s so much opportunity in ocean technology right now that literally nobody is talking about. It’s probably the most underrated startup vertical. The ocean economy is MASSIVE - over $2 trillion. Covers 70% of the planet. 3 billion rely on it as their primary source of food. 1 billion as their primary source of income. And while we have robots on mars, low-cost high performance drones & supersonic/VTOL planes taking over our skies, the technology in our oceans PALES in comparison to these domains. The main players in nearly every ocean value driver (transport, fisheries, defense, energy, oil & gas, biodiversity etc.) are large, stale incumbents offering solutions that run on ancient software and hardware stacks with very little R&D spend. These companies are STATIC and the space is primed for disruption. Macro trends are driving the need for better solutions in the ocean. Our climate is changing and the ocean is suffering. Fisheries are on track to collapse. Law enforcement want tighter borders to prevent illegal drugs and migrants entering. The US Navy is preparing for a potential conflict in the South China Sea. Energy demands are rising and eyes are turning to the ocean. More subsea cables are being laid (cf. FB announcement) but there are concerns over security (cf. Nordstream). Offshore wind and deep sea mining continue to grow. The list goes on. In a similar way to how there has been a flurry of “New Space” companies breaking out in recent years, we are going to see a similar cohort of “New Ocean” companies breaking out in the next few years. Many of these will be vertically-integrated hardware companies that start off by tackling a “hair on fire” customer need and leveraging it to build a broader platform of solutions. Engineering for the ocean is HARD - comms, material selection, cost, power supply and biofouling are TOUGH problems to solve BUT not impossible. I think we are on the verge of a real breakout moment for oceans. There is going to be some really big businesses made in new boats (Arc, Navier), ships, autonomous systems (Ulysses), seaplanes (Poseidon), subsea data centers (NetworkOcean) and big companies will be built in aquaculture (Macro Oceans), fishing (Shinkei), defense (Saronic, VATN), energy, carbon removal (Equatic, Captura, Ebb), deep sea mining etc. It’s the ocean’s time to shine.

Spotted in the window of WeWork Dublin @naval

The Catholic Church is uniquely positioned to marshal a large, disciplined corps of thinkers on any emerging issue; AGI included. No other institution can so quickly convene hundreds of philosophically trained, (in this instance, celibate) individuals who already study, teach, and publish on metaphysics, ethics, and human destiny. Because the Church’s hierarchy is centralized, a single papal encyclical can instantly set a global intellectual agenda: dioceses, seminaries, universities, and think-tanks would redirect attention overnight. In effect, the Vatican commands a standing “idea fleet” with centuries-deep scholarly foundations and a proven track record of generating coherent frameworks on everything from bioethics to economics. When it decides to engage, it moves fast, producing deeply reasoned positions while most organizations are still forming committees. For rapid, rigorous reflection on the societal implications of AGI, there is simply no comparable structure in the modern world.

The Sam Altman = Steve Jobs takes are wild. Steve was a once-in-a-century product visionary. Sam just hired Jony Ive. That’s not the same thing - it’s cosplay.

Few realize how important it is to simply “love the game”. When you love the game, everything becomes 10x easier, you want to win even more and you play for life. You actually have no chance at winning if you don’t love the game. You need to love the game.

In this video you see the usage of an alternative method of pulling a pint of Guinness that was unfortunately lost in the 1960s, called the “high and low” system. A thread on this lost method of pint pulling 👇🏻🍺

what happens when a Mexican and an Irish guy get into business with each other? pure innovation

So apparently my tweet was mentioned in the Kerrygold board meeting today Who wants to fund my corporate raid? Seeking partners for a leveraged buy-out

excited for when brian chesky goes on the cheeky pint podcast with the collison bros but he has to keep leaving to go to the bathroom every 10 minutes

Atheists, explain this one

I love that rich female celebrities used to get a chihuahua or adopt a child from a developing country and now they just get a working class boyfriend

I forgot the best part: he claims to have a "passion to help immigrant founders" lol what a sham

Interesting set of protestors outside the Thiel Antichrist lecture tonight lmao

I swear if another tech bro tells me that “you can just do things” I will self-immolate We get it. Congrats. You discovered human agency. Happy for you. Now shut up and do it

Sailboat Nationalism

And remember when he tried to make excuses after he got called out lol

Bro cmon You think it’s okay to let a 12 year old die because they didn’t get a vaccine like 4 years ago and the disease in question isn’t even prevalent anymore? Help me understand that

The best part is that he suspected her of being a spy when they started dating and he kept on dating her lmao

Me explaining the friends I’ve made since moving to San Francisco:

Incredible things are happening at SOD HQ today Delighted to join the team

I recently decided to stop saying “h*ll yeah” and say “amen” Words are powerful and psychically invoking h*ll on a day to day basis is probably not good

someone needs to disrupt the ironing board market. $3bn in annual sales the current design is too narrow for ironing tees and shirts, they need to be like 2x wider. this bad design adds unnecessary hassle. they’re stupidly expensive ($60-$120) for just some metal and fabric.

There’s actually too many people starting businesses There’s also too many venture funds Not enough people acknowledging this

You’re literally retarded if you download the DeepSeek mobile app I repeat, do not put the CCP spyware on your phone

>hosts antichrist event in SF >SF’s most famous twink can’t even get a ticket >total Thielian victory

Our work is so important that God gives all our engineers a halo when they’re locked in

Just saw a coffee truck on the side of the road in rural Ireland selling an açaí bowl and an oat milk flat white to a farmer Sell everything

these could be salvagable! The trees look relatively young and the break is not a complete one , it seems. Stand them up, get a splint on it and they may heal naturally. Prob best to just call a tree surgeon & have them do it.

Some random dude RSVPing to my Partiful with just “YC current batch” My brother in Christ that makes me want to invite you even less

Making a group chat for technology brothers and sisters that like to lift weights. Share goals, be held accountable, celebrate your wins and ask for advice. Who’s in?

Joe Biden mixing up the “Black and Tans” (infamous arm of the British military police that killed thousands of Irish during their occupation of Ireland) with the “All Blacks” (NZ rugby team) very normal behavior from a sitting US president seeking to run again in 2024👍🏻👍🏻

Now that @TBPN has created the ESPN for Technology It is time for someone to create the Alex Jones for Technology Schizo hour-long rants on technology industry conspiracy theories Undercover investigations to uncover forbidden truths Can someone build this?

I’m hiring for two major roles on my team at Ulysses. There has not been a better time to join Ulysses. In the last few months, revenue & pipeline have gone vertical, and we've made significant technological breakthroughs that will forever change how subsea work is done. It's been the most successful period in our company's history, and we are just getting started. We will be announcing some of these breakthroughs soon. Stay tuned. The jobs: 1. GM, Commercial: Your job is to stand up and lead our commercial business unit. Take our early contracts and scale them to build a machine that reshapes how critical telecoms and energy infrastructure is inspected and repaired. 2. Director of Marketing and Brand. Your job is to make Ulysses impossible to ignore. World-build. Make Ulysses "the Ocean Company". Take the air out of the room. High taste. No slop. Tell the world what Ulysses does. Quit your boring desk job. The ocean is calling. Full job descriptions are @ ulysses.inc/jobs

me when I pitch VCs:

Why are you, as a man, applying to “YC”

If Ulysses ever ends up like this you have permission to shoot me in the face

In 2025 we are going to witness an accelerated unraveling of the rationalist worldview. The following topics will be discussed more often and with more seriousness: - UFOs & aliens - telepathy - non-local consciousness - panpsychism - levitation Considering starting a group chat for discussing topics like these. LMK if you’d be interested.

How I’ve been feeling lately:

Wow can’t believe you’d buy one of them

Just so you know. We are never going back to this. It would be nice but it’s never going to happen. The world is different today.

"The first gulp from the glass of natural sciences will turn you into an atheist, but at the bottom of the glass God is waiting for you." — Werner Heisenberg

My New Year’s Resolutions. 2025 is gonna be big. Posting here for accountability.

Ulysses is a profitable, high-growth business (rare). I will share a bit more on this without selling you a course (also rare). This is quite unusual in startups, let alone when building hardware. And we are not skimping on costs. We have a lean but sizable 16-person team. A lease on a large office / warehouse in downtown SF. Fully vertically-integrated mech and elec manufacturing (expensive machines). Engineers are not rate-limited on what they can buy etc. The biggest driver here is revenue. We are closing a lot of big deals, fast. Our year 1 revenue was probably top 5% for a pre-seed startup. And revenue is up 3x on last year. On track for 5x. Including contracts in two new verticals. I will tell you how we do this: - We have really unique vertically-integrated technology (n of 1) - As a result our margins are really good (because it’s so unique) and demand is high. - Also, we are really good at closing deals. This is a potent combination. I can see a future where we get revenue ripping to the amount that we have to raise very little VC while maintaining growth. I think we can get to this much quicker than most startups can, and faster than any hardware startup in history. Maybe competitive dynamics may change and the cost of capital will still be worth it. But let’s see how it shakes out.

Me and my boys are doing 996s you haven’t heard of in a manner you couldn’t even comprehend

The Hamilton Society is San Francisco’s premier debate society. The brilliant @yaronbrook recently challenged us to debate on the topic “Christianity will destroy the West”. The motion did not pass. But we thank Yaron for his great contributions on the night. Onwards.

We are completely locked in for our lunch tomorrow.

Man I can’t wait to have kids Can you imagine a load of little versions of you and the person you love the most running around causing havoc, eating crayons, and saying stupid shit It is literally the ultimate squad upgrade The ultimate DLC expansion pack

Babe, what’s the matter? You’ve barely touched your McMaster Catalogue Cigarette Serving Platter

Life update: I’ve moved to San Francisco. Our company, @UlyssesEcoEng, has also relocated its HQ here. 🇺🇸 I’m excited. The United States is the Land of Opportunity. For the past 200 years, Irish men and women have made the same journey for the same reason. They wanted to go to the place that best enabled their dreams to become a reality. This move is in our blood, to a degree. I’m honored to join this group of people and I’m grateful to receive an O-1 visa to do my work here in the US. 🦅 SF is undoubtedly the best place in the world to build a technology company. Making Ulysses a success is the number one priority in my life right now. This move increases our chances of success significantly. Getting access to more engineering talent was a primary reason for the move (p.s. if you want to build the autonomous robots that fix the ecological crisis happening in our oceans, hit me up). 🌊 This decision wasn’t easy. I will miss my friends and family. I love my homeland of Ireland. I want to see it prosper. It has so much potential. Leaving feels like a “cop out” of sorts. Especially given the work I’ve been doing with Éire Accelerationism over the last year. However, I’m handing over the baton on this one to my incredibly talented friend @TheOisinMoran and I’m so excited to see where he takes it. In a way, a measure of the success of something like Éire Accelerationism is if startups like ours don’t feel the need to move away. I believe we can get there some day. 🇮🇪 I’m new to SF and keen to make some new friends. If you want to hang, hmu! 🕺🏻

I’m 6 years old and I’m dropping out of Montessori to build AGI and a pillow fort with my dads iPad Follow me for more

See that small blue spec in the middle? That small island? A small country with a higher GDP per capita than the so called “centre of the universe”? Do you understand now how deep this story goes?

another brainiac comment from the dullest person in the technology industry

Rodeo & cowboy culture is such a rich aesthetic canvas. I would like to see more consumer brands work with it.

We have micronations bending at the knee Multiple armies have pledged to support our bid Do not underestimate us

Working on a fix to this. DM if you want to join us and help.

Missed opportunity to call this role “Apex Redditor”

The lion does not concern himself with “inbox zero”

The concept of “wake and bake” is insane to me Ah yes, good morning, time to make myself retarded

I am going to fight a man with a sword in Chicago on Saturday for my family’s honor

Shaking my head every time Peter Thiel says the word “antichrist” at his lectures so he knows I hate the Antichrist