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Buoyant Aero (YC S21) — Bringing back blimps

Buoyant Aero builds zero-emissions autonomous drone blimps to break free from existing advertising paradigms and reach new audiences in new places. Whether it’s on the beach, outside the convention center, or through the window of your target executive’s office, Buoyant’s blimps amplify your message to create measurable brand benefits.

Buoyant Aero is a Y Combinator company in the Summer 2021 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Bringing back blimps. The founder listed is Benjamin Claman (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, July 20, 2021).

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Buoyant Aero

New accelerator entry · 2021-07-20 · the record

Summer 2021
batch
2
people
Early
stage
United States of America
region
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BatchSummer 2021
Announced2021-07-20
StageEarly
StatusActive
Team size2
IndustryIndustrials
Sub-industryIndustrials -> Drones
SectorsRobotics, Drones, Advertising
RegionsUnited States of America, America / Canada, Remote, Partly Remote
BasedNew York City, NY, USA
HiringYes
Sitehttps://www.buoyant.aero
Founded2020
Previously known asBuoyant Technologies, Buoyant

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Buoyant Aero builds zero-emissions autonomous drone blimps to break free from existing advertising paradigms and reach new audiences in new places. Whether it’s on the beach, outside the convention center, or through the window of your target executive’s office, Buoyant’s blimps amplify your message to create measurable brand benefits.

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