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Odys Aviation (YC S21) — Vertical takeoff and landing aircraft for major airlines

Odys Aviation (formerly Craft Aero) builds vertical take-off and landing aircraft for major airlines. We cut travel time in half on the world’s busiest routes by using city helipads and local airports.

Odys Aviation is a Y Combinator company in the Summer 2021 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Vertical takeoff and landing aircraft for major airlines. The founders listed are James Dorris (Founder), Axel Radermacher (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, August 21, 2021).

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Odys Aviation

New accelerator entry · 2021-08-21 · the record

Summer 2021
batch
11
people
Early
stage
United States of America
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What the record says

BatchSummer 2021
Announced2021-08-21
StageEarly
StatusActive
Team size11
IndustryIndustrials
Sub-industryIndustrials -> Aviation and Space
SectorsHard Tech, Airplanes, Climate
RegionsUnited States of America, America / Canada, Remote, Partly Remote
BasedLos Angeles, CA, USA
HiringYes
Sitehttps://www.odysaviation.com/
Founded2019
YC group partnerDiana Hu
Previously known asCraft Aerospace

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Odys Aviation (formerly Craft Aero) builds vertical take-off and landing aircraft for major airlines. We cut travel time in half on the world’s busiest routes by using city helipads and local airports. The company founders are electric propulsion and automotive manufacturing experts who have spent their careers electrifying transportation systems at Virgin Hyperloop, GoogleX, Volvo, and Fisker Automotive. We’ve won two USAF Agility Prime contracts, have pre-orders and options for more than 1,000 aircraft.

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