Terradepth is a venture-backed maritime technology company building the Ocean Operating System™, a dual-use platform that turns fragmented subsea data into persistent, decision-ready insight for critical underwater environments. Designed for defense and commercial markets, it integrates autonomous data collection, edge-based data handling, and secure cloud access into a unified system.
At the core is Absolute Ocean®, a cloud-native platform that delivers a shared operational picture of the seafloor, enabling faster, more informed decisions across organizations and time.
Headquartered in Austin, Texas, with operations in Panama City Beach, Florida, Terradepth serves offshore energy, telecommunications, civil government, and national security markets.
Terradepth built the Ocean Operating System™ to turn fragmented subsea data into persistent, decision-ready insight and enable access to Earth’s last frontier. The company makes ocean data accessible, actionable, and scalable. Designed for defense and commercial markets, the platform integrates data collection, edge processing, and secure cloud-based access into a unified system.
Together, these capabilities provide a shared operational picture of the seafloor, accessible from anywhere, and support faster, more informed decisions across organizations and time.
Joe Wolfel is the Founder and CEO of Terradepth. Under his leadership, the company is helping organizations make ocean data more accessible and actionable across defense and commercial markets.
A former Navy SEAL, Joe brings a mission-driven approach to solving complex, real-world challenges. He has led Terradepth’s growth at the intersection of autonomous systems, cloud platforms, and subsea operations, building partnerships across offshore energy, civil government, and national security. The company is delivering a new approach to understanding and acting on the world’s most critical underwater environments.