Albacore Inc. builds mass-producible long-range drone submarines. In the era of autonomous warfare, we support military operators with underwater systems that can traverse oceans and be deployed at scale.
Albacore Inc. is a Y Combinator company in the Summer 2025 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Drone submarines. The founders listed are Dante Vaisbort (Founder/CEO), John Huddleston (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, July 29, 2025).
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Albacore Inc. builds mass-producible long-range drone submarines. In the era of autonomous warfare, we support military operators with underwater systems that can traverse oceans and be deployed at scale.
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Albacore builds mass-produced long-range drone submarines for undersea dominance at scale.
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Dante Vaisbort
Founder/CEO
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.
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.
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