Albacore Inc.

Drone submarines

Y CombinatorSummer 2025ActiveIndustrialsDefenseDronesMaritime

What they do

Problem

Military operators need scalable long-range autonomous underwater systems to operate across oceans in modern autonomous warfare.

Solution

It builds mass-producible long-range drone submarines for autonomous underwater missions.

Who it's for

Military operators and defense organizations needing deployable underwater autonomous systems at scale.

Founders

John Huddleston

Founder

I'm a New York City native who graduated from Brown University with a degree in mechanical engineering. I spent 3 years advising Fortune 500 aerospace and defense companies and senior Navy leadership on autonomous systems before founding Albacore.

Dante Vaisbort

Founder

UChicago Classics major turned repeat defense tech startup founder from Los Angeles. Previous company developed autonomous system-focused power technologies for the DoD, now building the world's best underwater drones.