A Different, Better Firm
As Ultranauts, we believe our differences make us better together. The diversity of human minds can be a powerful asset in any industry, and our differences can propel us forward to better ideas, better teams, better organizations, and a better world.
– Ultranauts Co-founders
Company
Founded in 2013 by two MIT engineers, Ultranauts Inc. is on a mission to demonstrate that neurodiversity is a competitive advantage for business. To achieve our mission, we’re building a world-class engineering firm that delivers superior value for our customers, and designing a Universal Workplace that serves as a replicable blueprint for other employers.
Today, we have colleagues working in over 20 U.S. states and several Canadian provinces. The majority of Ultranauts are neurodivergent (ND), and 100% of of us believe our differences make us better together. Named a Fast Company World Changing Idea and MIT Solve Challenge Winner, Ultranauts has been reimagining the workplace and redesigning work systems to empower our cognitively diverse teams to perform at their best.
Our specialization in AI Readiness & Governance, AI Engineering & Guardrails and Human-AI Collaboration emerged from over a decade of focused work helping companies build quality systems, from software applications and data products to business processes and organizational practices. Unlike the one-size-fits-all approach of many large consultancies that comes with exorbitant price tags, or the ready-fire-aim approach of typical engineering specialists that leaves a mess behind, Ultranauts helps our clients demonstrate the value of AI quickly, without risking customer confidence, employee adoption, or regulatory approval.
Majority ND
team with a wide range of
processing models and
problem solving styles.
We believe
our differences as individuals
make us better together
Universal Workplace
Traditional management practices and tools tend to take a one-size-fits-all approach or focus on the needs of some groups but not others. Our team represents a wide range of information processing models, learning styles, problem solving approaches, communication preferences, lived experiences, strengths, and challenges, so our needs couldn’t be met through generic best practices, group-centric initiatives or individual accommodations.
Out of necessity, we reimagined the workplace, redesigned work systems and experimented with new ways of working so our team members could use their unique strengths and do great work together. Those learnings led to the development of the Universal Workplace framework and the launch of the Team-X AI Collaborative Intelligence system.
Team-X AI
Team-X AI is informed by the unique characteristics of each team, helping teammates surface hidden tensions that undermine collaboration and leverage their unique strengths to fast track performance.
Majority ND
team with a wide range of
processing models and
problem solving styles
A Different, Better Firm
As Ultranauts, we believe our differences make us better together. The diversity of human minds can be a powerful asset in any industry, and our differences can propel us forward to better ideas, better teams, better organizations, and a better world.
– Ultranauts Co-founders
100% believe
our differences as individuals
make us better together
Company
Founded in 2013 by two MIT engineers, Ultranauts Inc. is on a mission to demonstrate that neurodiversity is a competitive advantage for business. To achieve our mission, we’re building a world-class engineering firm that delivers superior value for our customers, and designing a Universal Workplace that serves as a replicable blueprint for other employers.
Today, we have colleagues working in over 20 U.S. states and several Canadian provinces. The majority of Ultranauts are neurodivergent (ND), and 100% of of us believe our differences make us better together. Named a Fast Company World Changing Idea and MIT Solve Challenge Winner, Ultranauts has been reimagining the workplace and redesigning work systems to empower our cognitively diverse teams to perform at their best.
Our specialization in AI Readiness & Governance, AI Engineering & Guardrails and Human-AI Collaboration emerged from over a decade of focused work helping companies build quality systems, from software applications and data products to business processes and organizational practices. Unlike the one-size-fits-all approach of many large consultancies that comes with exorbitant price tags, or the ready-fire-aim approach of typical engineering specialists that leaves a mess behind, Ultranauts helps our clients demonstrate the value of AI quickly, without risking customer confidence, employee adoption, or regulatory approval.
Team-X AI
Team-X AI is informed by the unique characteristics of each team, helping teammates surface hidden tensions that undermine collaboration and leverage their unique strengths to fast track performance.
Universal Workplace
Traditional management practices and tools tend to take a one-size-fits-all approach or focus on the needs of some groups but not others. Our team represents a wide range of information processing models, learning styles, problem solving approaches, communication preferences, lived experiences, strengths, and challenges, so our needs couldn’t be met through generic best practices, group-centric initiatives or individual accommodations.
Out of necessity, we reimagined the workplace, redesigned work systems and experimented with new ways of working so our team members could use their unique strengths and do great work together. Those learnings led to the development of the Universal Workplace framework and the launch of the Team-X AI Collaborative Intelligence system.
Ultranauts Board & Advisors
Board
Art Shectman
CEO Elephant Ventures
Eric Chapman
Managing Principal, SustainVC
Rafi Musher
Chairman Stax
Rajesh Anandan
CEO Ultranauts
Advisors
Allison Sagraves
Board Advisor, Adjunct Faculty Carnegie Mellon
Brian Jacobs
Founder Moai Capital and Emergence Capital
Cara Dailey
Chief Data Officer T. Rowe Price
Christian Chabot
Chairman and Co-founder Tableau
Lisa Yang
Philanthropist and advocate
Matthew Marolda
Chief Innovation Officer, Acrisure
Russ Hagey
Partner and Chief Talent Officer, Bain & Company
Sumeet Bhatia
Head of Data Strategy & Governance, Sun Life
