will o’brien

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

@atomictocosmic Sick

as requested @Willob

abundancemaxxing from the atomic to the cosmic

@atomictocosmic You should post your video on Twitter

We've metamorphosed... Today, ReGen Ventures becomes Onto Ventures. Onto is our quest to build the enabling technology to make abundance our reality. Why? Last year it became apparent that our name was no longer reflective of the scale of our ambition and the ambition of the founders we partner with. It was too literal and too limiting for the world we are building. A world of abundance from the atomic to the cosmic. We decided it was time to change. If we were ever going to do it, now was the moment. So here we are. Here’s hoping we got it right this time. The root of the word Onto is concerned with the nature of being, existence and reality. The process of ontogenesis is an individual organism’s development and growth from conception to maturity. We’re early in our ontogenesis. Onto is a place where ideas, talent, trust, capital, and ambition converge. Beyond a fund. Beyond a firm. A Thermal Dome. The Costa Rican thermal dome is an unsung wonder of the natural world where a convergence of conditions creates an invisible engine of life in the open ocean. Invisible to the eye, the thermal dome cultivates the conditions to generate an abundance of life. Onto was founded to cultivate the conditions for the world we want to live in. Onto is the complete expression of who we are, our ambition, and what it feels like when we all win. Our metamorphosis reflects our deep commitment to the founders we serve and the epic mission we are on. For now, the job’s not done. It may never be done. We are back to work identifying and earning the right to partner with the most consequential companies of all time. Let’s make magic! We’re all in. onto.vc

"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." @willob

Found a great American photographer. Carbon County series by John Sanderson.

@1a1n1d1y Ya. Crazy power up

@Willob i didn’t even know this part and was pretty sure alr

whenever I get worried that we are not going to make it, I remember that this is my co-founder and CTO wagmi

@danielgaw123 we are claiming cigs as well tho sorry man, cigs rock

@danielgaw123 real this guy knows

Everything can be defined as either spiritually Catholic or spiritually Protestant DC? Protestant. New York? Catholic. Burger? Catholic. Hot dog? Protestant. Subway? Catholic. Uber? Protestant. Diet Coke? Protestant. Coke? Catholic. Cigarettes? Catholic. Vape? Protestant.

@patriciaxlee @ashebytes @UlyssesInc True! It does look a bit like dublin

@ashebytes @Willob @UlyssesInc lovely color grading on your video. it actually looked so much like the colors around dublin bay this time of year that it caught my eye on the feed and made me pause to watch. great interview!

On the Frontier of Ocean Robotics in conversation with @Willob, founder of @UlyssesInc 0:00 Cold ocean dips & morning swims 01:05 Underwater robots for industry, researchers, the Navy 03:38 Growing up by the sea in Ireland 05:37 Speed-running friendships from Twitter/X 07:44 The Irish language 10:58: Will's aesthetic inspiration 13:22 Underwater autonomous vehicles 15:08 Decoding whale & dolphin acoustics with AI 17:23 Hot take: reading is overrated in SF 19:34 Faith journey: Growing up Catholic & exploring Buddhism in Nepal 23:14 UFOs & disclosure 27:01 Illegal fishing & mine detection 29:38 The frontier: autonomous subsea robotic manipulation 31:07 Scuba diving & spearfishing lionfish 34:37 @UlyssesInc is hiring!!

@petkevichdan Real

@Willob From James Watt to Montgomery Scott, a finer nation of engineers there never was.

@petkevichdan Yes

@Willob he's scottish right? you are fine.

@DavidZagaynov Replaced oxygen tank with Marlboro red vapor

@Willob 30 feet underwater diving

@BrianNorgard I can see!!

@Willob Thanks Will, we love the ocean like you.

Not a bad day on the water with my son in The Sea of Cortez. The highlight was, we fought and released a beautiful hammerhead shark in rough seas just us.

love you @Jamedderburn

unfortunately, if you’re hollow, people hear the echo when they get too close

@startingfromnix @ashebytes @UlyssesInc True !!

@ashebytes @Willob @UlyssesInc !! So great. @Willob also has niche perspectives on the color blue

@Sofi_Shvets @ashebytes @UlyssesInc thanks Sofiia!

@ashebytes @Willob @UlyssesInc Will is amazing!

@ashebytes can't confirm or deny

@Willob I heard that this wasn't AI

@minafahmi @ashebytes @UlyssesInc It truly is

@ashebytes @Willob @UlyssesInc 'Chuaigh mé ag snámh san fharraige ar maidin' sounds like a great way to start the day