Space defense

Theseus

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Founded 2024Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

Theseus builds visual navigation software for GPS-denied drone operations. Using onboard cameras, inertial sensors, and satellite reference imagery, our system computes position fixes entirely passively. The system is entirely self contained, can't be jammed and has no RF signature.

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08
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Product & workflow

Cyclops is software-only visual positioning built to integrate fast, hold up across terrain and lighting, and deploy at scale.

Source-reported As recorded 2026-10-14

Founders & team

Sacha Lévy

Founder

Sacha Lévy is Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Theseus Technology Corporation, where he develops visual navigation systems that enable drones to operate autonomously without GPS. Before founding Theseus, he was a PhD student in Computer Science at Yale University, where his research applied large language models to biological data and was published in top machine learning conferences. He holds a B.Eng. in Computer Engineering from McGill University.

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Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
7team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-15

Founded 2024 · Source

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Y Combinator

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Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedSan Francisco, CA, USA
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Maturity: Not assessed · 3 of 6 areas documented

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