Accessing Our Oceans
with Innovation

Low-cost, versatile autonomous vessels for ocean data, awareness, and carbon removal.

Our mission

We are a startup in San Francisco CONNECTING TO OUR oceans with LOW-COST AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS

Low Cost Ocean Sensing: Leverage cutting-edge monitoring technology for a wide variety of automated payload applications from security, weather, ecosystems, and energy.

Unlock the Ocean Farming Economy: Develop scalable seaweed farming solutions that promote ocean revitalization, empower local coastal communities, and drive sustainable economic growth.

Our mission

VERSATILE OCEAN SYSTEMS for
DIVERSE maritime applications

Our technology provides real-time data above and below the waterline, enabling targeted action. Our low data cost facilitates a greater number of vessels on the water and more data that can be collected in harsh conditions, reducing human risk. By combining science and sustainability, Phykos vessels can be used as the "tractors" of the sea for a new means of cultivation.

Autonomous Ocean Vessels

Low cost, solar powered, autonomous vessels controlled by advanced navigation algorithms in the cloud

Ocean Sensing & Awareness

Real-time data to understand the oceans and what they hold

Carbon Removal

The natural power of seaweed to capture and store carbon from the atmosphere

Team

Technical cofounders with diverse hardtech backgrounds met at Google X

Founder
Nico Julian

Nico is a mechanical engineer with experience in marine satellite communications, solar startups, and moonshot origination at Google X.

Founder
Jeff Zerger

Jeff has a background in computer science, programming, clean tech, organic farming, aerospace operations, and most recently at Google X on Project Loon.

Partners

Working with world class partners