Ultranauts
Ultranauts provides onshore quality engineering and assurance services to Fortune 500 enterprises, hyper-growth startups, and top-tier digital consultancies, with a team that is 75% neurodivergent.
Services
Ultranauts provides onshore quality engineering and assurance services to a range of clients that include Fortune 500 enterprises, hyper-growth startups, and top-tier digital consultancies. Their suite of services spans data, analytics, software, and digital experiences. They offer Data Quality Services, Software Quality Services, Industry Solutions, and Universal Workplace Training. Specialized teams have expertise in API test automation and data analytics, and services are delivered either through retained quality engineering teams or turnkey projects, such as auditing enterprise data quality or launching software test automation.
Founders
Ultranauts was founded in 2013 by two MIT engineers. These founders have spearheaded the company's mission to build the world’s first fully remote workplace for cognitively diverse teams. Their leadership has earned the company recognition, such as being named a Fast Company World Changing Idea, an Interbrand Breakthrough Brand, and an MIT Solve Challenge Winner.
Inclusive Agile Methodology
Ultranauts has pioneered Inclusive Agile practices, designed to improve the well-being and productivity of cognitively diverse teams. This methodology includes tailored practices that increase participation, protect psychological safety, reduce burnout risk, and boost overall productivity. The company also provides Universal Workplace Training workshops and courses based on these practices. This innovative approach has made Ultranauts a leader in creating inclusive and effective workplace environments.
TeamX Tool
Ultranauts has developed TeamX, a tool that provides data-driven insights and recommends customized practices to decode team chemistry and unlock peak performance. TeamX is part of Ultranauts’ broader strategy to offer engagement models designed for fast onboarding and seamless integration with clients’ engineering, analytics, and business teams. This tool underscores the company’s commitment to harnessing cognitive diversity and technological expertise to enhance team performance.
Remote Workforce
Ultranauts operates with a 100% onshore team across 30 U.S. states, composed predominantly of neurodivergent members (75%). Their fully remote model leverages cognitive diversity, deep technical skills, and an aptitude for ingesting complex domain knowledge. This structure has allowed them to outperform global consulting firms like IBM and CapGemini in terms of bug detection and test coverage. Their remote workforce is uniquely equipped to handle a wide range of industry-specific challenges with high efficiency and effectiveness.