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David Lane and the trouble with a perfect demonstration
Before he co-founded SeeByte, David Lane worked as a North Sea diver. His career in underwater robots, company building and public research has kept returning to one awkward question: what happens when a clever machine meets the real world?
Oliver Gunasekara and the rocks he wants to leave behind
After a career helping chips reach phones and video reach screens, Oliver Gunasekara turned to the ocean floor. His next business depended on teaching a robot which rocks to pick up - and which to leave alone.
Grace Chia and the trouble with the boat
She spent years selling underwater robots, then built a company to rethink the machinery around them. For the BeeX co-founder, cutting the tether also meant learning to change her own mind.
Charles Chiau and the Art of Building Where Pressure Wins
He learned engineering in places where a loose screw can cost a day and the ocean punishes wishful thinking. Now the Bedrock co-founder is turning two decades of vehicle-building into a fleet designed to make the seafloor legible.