Buoyant Aero

Overview

Buoyant Aero is a YC-backed hardware startup building zero emissions automated blimps to unlock airspace for creativity, communication, and exploration.

Funding and backers

Backers
2
Y Combinator, Soma Capital
Momentum
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Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Jul 2021 Website went live first capture in the Wayback Machine Jun 2021 Went through Y Combinator
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Web presence
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Soma CapitalVia a fund
876 portfolio companies
Y CombinatorVia a fund
6310 portfolio companies

News

News Hackaday 5 years ago
Aerodynamic Buoyant Blimp Budges Into Low Cost Cargo Commerce
Before the Wright Brothers powered their way across the sands of Kitty Hawk or Otto Lilienthal soared from the hills of Germany, enveloping hot air in a balloon was the only way to fly. Concepts were ...
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News TechCrunch 5 years ago
Here are all the companies from Y Combinator's Summer 2021 Demo Day, Part 1
Today Y Combinator kicked off the Demo Day cycle for its Summer 2021 cohort. The collection of early-stage startups on day one-of-two alone numbered in
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News TechCrunch 5 years ago
YC grad Buoyant wants to solve middle-mile delivery with cargo airships
Buoyant says its hybrid design solves the notoriously difficult problem of dropping off cargo - difficult because as airships offload weight, they risk shooting back up into the air.
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
New York United States
HQ