Dino Mavrookas

And we had our very first prototype in the water in under six months.

And we had our very first prototype in the water in under six months.

Yeah. We actually had one. That's our first official prototype. One of the very first things our engineers did, they bought an $800 raft on Amazon. An $800 raft, they put $30,000 of cameras and sensors and batteries and a motor, and they turned this thing into an autonomous boat. We just need something, we have to start programming.

Yeah. We actually had one. That's our first official prototype. One of the very first things our engineers did, they bought an $800 raft on Amazon. An $800 raft, they put $30,000 of cameras and sensors and batteries and a motor, and they turned this thing into an autonomous boat. We just need something, we have to start programming.

Yeah. We actually had one. That's our first official prototype. One of the very first things our engineers did, they bought an $800 raft on Amazon. An $800 raft, they put $30,000 of cameras and sensors and batteries and a motor, and they turned this thing into an autonomous boat. We just need something, we have to start programming.

The hardware's gonna take six months, we're gonna start programming in the interim. Went to Amazon. That was built in like three weeks. And we're building out the software platform that's going to power all of our hardware platforms. And we had a 5,000 square foot warehouse, which was essentially just one rectangle. There was one door in the front. And we had our first visit from a congressman.

The hardware's gonna take six months, we're gonna start programming in the interim. Went to Amazon. That was built in like three weeks. And we're building out the software platform that's going to power all of our hardware platforms. And we had a 5,000 square foot warehouse, which was essentially just one rectangle. There was one door in the front. And we had our first visit from a congressman.

The hardware's gonna take six months, we're gonna start programming in the interim. Went to Amazon. That was built in like three weeks. And we're building out the software platform that's going to power all of our hardware platforms. And we had a 5,000 square foot warehouse, which was essentially just one rectangle. There was one door in the front. And we had our first visit from a congressman.

And this $800 raft is sitting on top of a, It was a dermo bin, essentially. It was a rectangular garbage can, was our stand for this boat. And it was cargo strapped on. And I'm like, what am I going to tell this congressman we're actually doing here? And he came in. I'm like, sir, this is what we're doing. Here's what we're building. Here's our first test unit.

And this $800 raft is sitting on top of a, It was a dermo bin, essentially. It was a rectangular garbage can, was our stand for this boat. And it was cargo strapped on. And I'm like, what am I going to tell this congressman we're actually doing here? And he came in. I'm like, sir, this is what we're doing. Here's what we're building. Here's our first test unit.

And this $800 raft is sitting on top of a, It was a dermo bin, essentially. It was a rectangular garbage can, was our stand for this boat. And it was cargo strapped on. And I'm like, what am I going to tell this congressman we're actually doing here? And he came in. I'm like, sir, this is what we're doing. Here's what we're building. Here's our first test unit.

We're building so fast that we can't wait for the hardware to get developed.

We're building so fast that we can't wait for the hardware to get developed.

We're building so fast that we can't wait for the hardware to get developed.

this is the speed that the united states needs to be building at and he loved it um do you have a picture of the raft i do not actually i'm sure we do somewhere i'll send you one i'd love to see it yeah i'll send you i'll send you some photos so i had that built our first prototype in six months but more importantly we we sent that right out to the navy we're like Let's go start testing it.

this is the speed that the united states needs to be building at and he loved it um do you have a picture of the raft i do not actually i'm sure we do somewhere i'll send you one i'd love to see it yeah i'll send you i'll send you some photos so i had that built our first prototype in six months but more importantly we we sent that right out to the navy we're like Let's go start testing it.

this is the speed that the united states needs to be building at and he loved it um do you have a picture of the raft i do not actually i'm sure we do somewhere i'll send you one i'd love to see it yeah i'll send you i'll send you some photos so i had that built our first prototype in six months but more importantly we we sent that right out to the navy we're like Let's go start testing it.

Let's get it in customers' hands. We started using it with the Navy. We started using it with commercial customers. We started testing it. We started putting it in environments and saying, okay, where does it work? Where does it doesn't work? What needs to be better? And then we iterated on it and we made it better and we brought it to manufacturing.

Let's get it in customers' hands. We started using it with the Navy. We started using it with commercial customers. We started testing it. We started putting it in environments and saying, okay, where does it work? Where does it doesn't work? What needs to be better? And then we iterated on it and we made it better and we brought it to manufacturing.

Let's get it in customers' hands. We started using it with the Navy. We started using it with commercial customers. We started testing it. We started putting it in environments and saying, okay, where does it work? Where does it doesn't work? What needs to be better? And then we iterated on it and we made it better and we brought it to manufacturing.