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Our story

We build the software we wished we had when we ran tours.

Xploration Works started on a porch in Hanalei, after one too many helicopter manifests were juggled across three different tools at 5am. Today it's the operating system for adventure operators on six continents — built by people who've been there.

Operators first

Every roadmap call starts with a real customer in the room. We ship what helps you run your day, not what looks good in a press release.

Safety isn't optional

Calculations that affect lives — weight and balance, manifests, capacity — are audited, versioned, and tested as if a regulator is watching. Because one will be.

Beautifully boring

Software for an operator at 5am should feel calm. Big buttons, quiet copy, and never a surprise. The drama belongs out on the water.

2022
Founded in Hanalei, Kauaʻi
1,200+
Operators on the platform
6
Continents served
$84M
Processed in the last 12 months

The team

A small crew that obsesses over the details.

Portrait of co-founder Kainoa Halpern

Kainoa Halpern

Co-founder, CEO

Twelve years running helicopter tours in Hawaiʻi. Built the first version of Xploration Works because nothing on the market actually understood air ops.

Portrait of co-founder Priya Iyer

Priya Iyer

Co-founder, CTO

Former staff engineer at Stripe. Cares deeply about boring infrastructure done extremely well so operators can sleep at night.

Portrait of engineering lead Theo Lambert

Theo Lambert

Head of Engineering

Built reservation systems for two of the largest cruise lines. Spends weekends sea-kayaking the Channel Islands.

Portrait of design lead Mira Solberg

Mira Solberg

Head of Design

Designs interfaces operators love at 5am. Previously at Airbnb, Atlas Obscura, and a sailing-school cooperative in Bergen.

We're hiring careful, kind builders. Get in touch and tell us what you love to make.

Mountain landscape bathed in golden light

Ready when you are

Stop juggling tools.
Start running tours.

Fourteen days free. No credit card. Your weekend back by Saturday.