{"entity":"company","company":{"id":63214,"name":"Opteran","domain":"opteran.com","logo":"https://alion.io/storage/2026/0830/a398fa9cc2.256.webp","description":"Opteran reverse-engineers insect brains to build lightweight autonomy software that runs without cloud connectivity or large training datasets. Founded in 2020 as a University of Sheffield spin-out, its Opteran Mind provides navigation and obstacle avoidance for robots and drones. The approach needs far less compute than conventional deep learning stacks.","industry":"Artificial Intelligence","segment":"Robotics AI","size":"51-200","founded":2020,"hq":{"city":"Sheffield","country":"GB"},"links":{},"hiring_now":false,"claimed":false,"url":"https://alion.io/company/opteran","open_jobs":0},"pages":{"profile":"https://alion.io/company/opteran","jobs":"https://alion.io/company/opteran/jobs","technologies":"https://alion.io/company/opteran/technologies","salaries":"https://alion.io/company/opteran/salaries","visa":"https://alion.io/company/opteran/visa"},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":63214},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=63214"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=company%2Fopteran"},{"id":"company.list","title":"Companies by industry, country, size, technology and hiring","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per company in a list","note":"companies like this one: the same industry segments, technologies, country and size","call":{"mcp_tool":"similar_companies","arguments":{"company":63214},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/similar_companies?company=63214"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.list&for=company%2Fopteran"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":63214},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/search_jobs?company=63214"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=company%2Fopteran"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"company/opteran\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=company%2Fopteran"}],"html_url":"https://alion.io/company/opteran","json_url":"https://alion.io/company/opteran.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-20T06:34:47Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":7181,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-21T00:00:00Z"}}}