Impossible Metals
"We Selectively Collect Critical Metals. While Preserving and Protecting the Ocean."
AI-guided underwater robot startup selectively harvesting seabed battery metals via its EUREKA collection system.
Impossible Metals is a Y Combinator-backed (YC W22) startup, indicating a founding around 2022, that develops AI-driven underwater robotic systems for the selective collection of polymetallic nodules from the deep ocean floor. Its core product, the EUREKA collection system, is an autonomous underwater robotic platform that uses computer vision and AI to individually detect and identify seafloor nodules before picking them up one at a time, in contrast to conventional deep-sea mining approaches that dredge or vacuum large sections of the seabed. The company states this selective, vision-guided collection method is designed to avoid disturbing surrounding sediment and marine life, positioning the approach as a lower-impact alternative to bulk seabed mining. The nodules targeted contain critical battery and electronics metals including nickel, cobalt, copper, and manganese, which the company frames as necessary inputs for electric vehicle batteries and renewable energy infrastructure. Impossible Metals is led by co-founder and CEO Oliver Gunasekara, an entrepreneur with more than 30 years of technology industry experience, including a role at ARM starting in 1994 where he helped lead mobile business development during a period of significant market share growth. The company holds Certified B Corporation status, a third-party certification for balancing profit with social and environmental performance. Impossible Metals has publicly stated more than $500 million in off-take letters of intent for the metals it plans to recover, and has formed partnerships including a global offshore logistics company holding seabed mining exploration permits. In July 2026 the company signed a memorandum of understanding with Deep Sea Minerals Corp, and it previously partnered with Aqua Metals in September 2025, both relating to processing or offtake of recovered seabed minerals. The company also announced plans to launch an Advanced Marine Robotics Hub in Pittsburgh in July 2026 to support autonomous deep-sea mineral mining research and engineering. Impossible Metals maintains active company accounts on LinkedIn, X (Twitter), Facebook, and YouTube, and has a listed Crunchbase profile. The company's detailed headquarters street address, employee headcount, and full leadership roster beyond the CEO are not published on its public website pages accessed for this research.
Primary type & automation activities this supplier delivers:
Eureka II
- Model: Eureka II
- Launch Year: 2024
Untethered AI-guided autonomous underwater vehicle that selectively harvests deep-sea polymetallic nodules at 4,000-6,000m.
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2022
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