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Kitty Hawk

https://kittyhawk.aero/
Last activity: 12.12.2024
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Categories: DesignPersonalTransportation
Kitty Hawk, headquartered in Palo Alto, California, builds electric flight transportation solutions to free people from traffic.
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Mentions
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Overview

Location
United States, California, Palo Alto
Employees
201-500
Founded date
2010

Mentions in press and media 42

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Jul 22, 2024Boeing-owned Wisk expects to begin carrying passengers 'later in the decade'Previous Branding for Wisk is seen at the Farnborough International Airshow, in Farnborough, Britain, July 22, 2024. REUTERS/Toby Melville Attendees view a Wisk autonomous electric air taxi at the Farnborough International Airshow, in Farnb...
Sep 21, 2022Electric Aircraft Moonshot Kitty Hawk is Shutting Down its OperationsJoaquin Victor Tacla, Tech Times 21 September 2022, 08:09 pm Sebastian Thrun, the "godfather of self-driving cars," established and directed the electric aircraft business Kitty Hawk, which was sponsored by Larry Page, a co-founde...
Mar 4, 2022Volocopter raises $170M, now valued at $1.87B, to fuel first commercial launches of flying taxi fleet in 2024Volocopter, the startup out of southern Germany (Bruchsal) that has been developing electric VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft and a business model for operating them in taxi-style fleets in urban areas, has picked up another big...
Oct 2, 2021Аэромобиль, циклокар или автолёт: когда мы полетим на машинах?Если вы попробуете вспомнить свои детские фантазии про будущее человечества, то одним из самых обязательных атрибутов этого будущего (если только, не постапокалипсис) было наличие летающих автомобилей. Даже если в далеком, или не очень, про...
Jun 30, 2020AI, летающие авто, медицина. Во что инвестируют миллиардеры из ИТПартнёрский материал Отдел новостей 30 июня 2020, 16:21 AI, летающие авто, медицина. Во что инвестируют миллиардеры из ИТ Состояние 2095 мировых миллиардеров составило за прошлый год 8 триллионов долларов. При этом состояние топ-10 самых бо...
Jun 8, 2020Lilium adds $35M from Baillie Gifford at a $1B+ valuation for its electric aircraft taxi serviceWhile most air travel continues to be ground to a halt, a German startup working on what it hopes will be a major breakthrough in flying has raised more funds to continue building its service. Lilium, which is designing an all-electric vert...
Jun 3, 2020Kitty Hawk ends Flyer program, shifts focus to once-secret autonomous aircraftKitty Hawk is shutting down its Flyer program, the aviation startup’s inaugural moonshot to develop an ultralight electric flying car designed for anyone to use. The company, backed by Google co-founder Larry Page and led by Sebastian Thrun...
May 21, 2020The future of flight can be energy-efficientDamon Vander Lind Contributor Share on Twitter Damon Vander Lind is general manager for Heaviside at Kitty Hawk, a company whose mission is to free the world from traffic with eVTOL vehicles. We are at the dawn of a new era in transportatio...
Mar 22, 2020Lilium raises another $240M to design, test and run an electric aircraft taxi serviceLong and short distance travel have all but stopped for many people at the moment. But looking forward to a time when that may no longer be the case, a company designing flying taxis is today announcing a $240 million round of funding to he...
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FAQ about Kitty Hawk

When was Kitty Hawk founded?

Kitty Hawk was founded in 2010.

What has the press written about Kitty Hawk?

Parsers VC has collected 42 articles mentioning Kitty Hawk, among them “Boeing-owned Wisk expects to begin carrying passengers 'later in the decade'” (Jul 22, 2024) and “Electric Aircraft Moonshot Kitty Hawk is Shutting Down its Operations” (Sep 21, 2022).

Is Kitty Hawk still active?

Yes, Kitty Hawk is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Dec 12, 2024.