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.
The team
A small crew that obsesses over the details.
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.
Priya Iyer
Co-founder, CTO
Former staff engineer at Stripe. Cares deeply about boring infrastructure done extremely well so operators can sleep at night.
Theo Lambert
Head of Engineering
Built reservation systems for two of the largest cruise lines. Spends weekends sea-kayaking the Channel Islands.
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.
Ready when you are
Stop juggling tools.
Start running tours.
Fourteen days free. No credit card. Your weekend back by Saturday.