The company's mineral processing team was spun out into Viridian Biometals; Impossible Metals retained a minority holding.
SourceUnderwater robotic vehicles that collect battery metals responsibly
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Impossible Metals is a YC W22 public benefit corporation building AI-driven autonomous underwater robotic systems to selectively harvest polymetallic nodules from the seabed with low habitat disturbance.
Primary product
Eureka Collection System (AI-driven autonomous underwater robotic collection platform)
Founded
2020
Headquarters
2400 S. Cimarron Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89117, USA
Team size
20-30 employees
Work style
Flexible
Industry
Climate Technology Product Manufacturing
Sub-industry
Deep-sea mining robotics / marine robotics / critical minerals
Offices
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Business model
Leadership
Chief Executive Officer
Steve Curnutte
Executive Chairman
Chief Growth Officer
Chief Development Officer
Chief Commercial Officer
Chief Operating Officer / Chief Technology Officer / Co-Founder
Chief Science Officer / Co-Founder
Chairperson / Non-Executive Director
Founders
Founder / former CEO
Investors
Mission-driven and sustainability-focused, with a builder culture centered on engineers, scientists, and entrepreneurs. Public materials emphasize fast-moving execution, ownership, flexibility, and a 'planet comes first' ethos.
Work style
Flexible
Compensation
Public recruiting materials advertise meaningful equity and competitive startup salary, but no public salary bands were found.
Benefits
Pricing
Not publicly disclosed; appears to be a B2B partnership/offtake model with negotiated project and supply contracts.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
USD 1M–10M
Estimated monthly visits
7.7K
Traffic estimate as of Apr 2025
Robotics Business News · Jul 2026
The company announced a Pittsburgh hub for roboticists, autonomy engineers, and marine systems specialists, with plans to create more than a dozen engineering and science jobs.
Official blog / GlobeNewswire source repost · Jul 2026
Impossible Metals announced a non-binding MOU with Deep Sea Minerals Corp. to evaluate autonomous robotic nodule collection technology in prospective exploration areas, including test mining, environmental monitoring, pilot production planning, and downstream supply-chain options.
Business Wire · May 2026
The company named Granger Whitelaw CEO, with founder Oliver Gunasekara transitioning out of the CEO role as the business enters its next phase.
Reuters · Sep 2025
Reuters reported Bahrain sponsored Impossible Metals' permit application to the International Seabed Authority for part of the Clarion-Clipperton Zone.
Reuters · Apr 2025
Reuters reported the company requested a leasing process for exploration and potential mining of critical minerals in U.S. federal waters off American Samoa.