I contributed to an article for Orpheus Ocean, a company building flexible, cost-effective access to Earth’s most extreme environments through autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) designed for seafloor data collection and monitoring.
As industries like clean energy, subsea infrastructure, critical minerals, and marine science expand, AUVs are becoming a foundational layer of how we see, understand, and operate in the deep ocean.
The article traces a century of deep-sea exploration, from the Bathysphere and the Trieste to hydrothermal vents and modern robotic systems, and asks a bigger question: How do we move from one-off expeditions to continuous, scalable access to the deep ocean?
Timeline of deep ocean exploration.
99.999% of the seafloor remains unseen.
If we can’t see the seafloor at scale, we can’t protect it, manage it, or build on it responsibly.
I have one more edition lined up for Blue Tide this year and then I’m heading to Patagonia for a hiking trip! As always, thank you for reading. I’m planning to do more interview content in 2026, so if you or someone you know would like to be featured please reach out.
🪼 Zané
