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Volansi (YC W17) — Autonomous VTOL delivery solutions

Volansi builds and operates high-payload long-range unmanned aerial vehicles to service B2B customers with a point-to-point delivery solution that saves them millions of dollars in down-time costs. We service customers around the world with a focus on defense, commercial, and medical supply deliveries.

Volansi is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2017 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Autonomous VTOL delivery solutions. The founder listed is Hannan Parvizian (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, November 3, 2016).

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Volansi

New accelerator entry · 2016-11-03 · the record

Winter 2017
batch
85
people
Growth
stage
United States of America
region
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What the record says

BatchWinter 2017
Announced2016-11-03
StageGrowth
StatusAcquired
Team size85
IndustryIndustrials
Sub-industryIndustrials -> Drones
SectorsAutonomous Delivery, Drones
RegionsUnited States of America, America / Canada, Remote, Partly Remote
BasedSan Francisco, CA, USA
HiringNo
Sitehttps://flyvoly.com/
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Volansi builds and operates high-payload long-range unmanned aerial vehicles to service B2B customers with a point-to-point delivery solution that saves them millions of dollars in down-time costs. We service customers around the world with a focus on defense, commercial, and medical supply deliveries. Our aerial vehicles can transport loads up to 200 lbs up to 1,000 mi. Volansi was founded by Hannan Parvizian and Wesley Zheng in 2015, and is based in San Francisco.

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