Launch HN: OctaPulse (YC W26) – Robotics and computer vision for fish farming
Summary
OctaPulse is developing a robotics and computer vision stack to automate fish farming, focusing on edge inference and data-driven decisions. They deploy on edge devices (Luxonis OAK, Myriad X; Jetson for heavier workloads) with TensorRT/OpenVINO/ONNX, enable offline operation via Starlink, and have built end-to-end tooling for labeling, training, and deployment to edge hardware. The project targets a large but data-challenged industry and explores integration of genetics, environmental data, and phenotypic imaging for selective breeding.