Other investing partners include General Electric, Sumitomo Corporation of America and Tyr Energy.

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His company, TYR Sport (now a subsidiary of privately held Swimwear Anywhere), based in Huntington Beach, Calif.

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The Tyr also deploys a tethered underwater robot called Scorpion 21.

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