Blue Water Autonomy

Austin Gray started his career as a U.S. Navy intelligence officer, helping modernize classified Navy technology in Washington, D.C. — including bringing the first interactive tablets into the Pentagon — and later leading intelligence watch teams on aircraft carrier strike groups, where his team built and maintained the fleet's top-secret battle map in support of combat, diplomatic, and intelligence operations. After the Navy he helped launch defense-tech initiatives at MIT and spent time working in a Ukrainian drone factory, an experience that sharpened his conviction about attritable autonomous systems. In 2024 he co-founded Blue Water Autonomy with Rylan Hamilton and Scott Miller. As Chief Strategy Officer he drives the company's positioning with the Navy and defense customers as it builds full-size autonomous ships for the open ocean, helping take the company from stealth through its GV-led Series A.

Scott Miller spent his early career at iRobot, where he was an early engineer and later Vice President of Engineering, helping take the Roomba and Scooba from prototype to more than four million units shipped and playing a key role in the company's IPO. His career has centered on turning advanced robotics research into reliable, mass-produced products. In 2024 he co-founded Blue Water Autonomy with Rylan Hamilton and Austin Gray. As Chief Technology Officer he leads engineering of the company's autonomous unmanned surface vessels — ships designed to operate for months on the open ocean without a crew, targeted first at the U.S. Navy and then at commercial maritime applications.