Orpheus Ocean is revolutionizing how humanity explores Earth’s final frontier.
We believe that the deep ocean no longer needs to be a mystery. We’re building the tools to enable routine access to the most unexplored places on the planet, to increase our understanding and enable informed decision-making, conservation, and resource management. We take our name from the legend of Orpheus, a poet who ventured beyond the boundaries of the known mortal world into the depths of Hades. Though he tragically failed to rescue his lover Eurydice, he brought back secrets from the underworld, rendered in story and song, for the enlightenment of mankind. In this vein, we provide the ability to journey anywhere in the ocean, including the “Hadal” zone below 6,000 meters, and illuminate these depths for the benefit of all.
Our Team
Jake Russell, Ph.D.
Co-founder & CEO
Scientist turned entrepreneur, Jake was an Operating Partner with ocean investor Propeller VC, and previously developed multimillion dollar programs at the Department of Energy’s moonshot tech agency ARPA-E.
Casey Machado
Co-founder & CTO
Lifelong inventor and ocean explorer, Casey piloted and designed ROVs and AUVs to explore Earth’s most hard-to-reach places during an 18 year career at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Francesca Daszak
Founding Robotics Engineer
Francesca is an early career roboticist passionate about democratizing access to deep ocean environments, having cut her teeth on autonomous vehicles at Woods Hole and the University of Rochester.
Shreya Parjan
Lead Autonomy Engineer
Shreya brings autonomy expertise from NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where she was a member of the Artificial Intelligence Group and managed task automation for the Mars rover Perseverance.
Our team is built on decades of experience at some of the world’s leading institutions of exploration and technology. If you feel the call of the deep, get in touch.
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