Pyka

https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/pyka

Pyka’s goal is to provide society with a new form of safe, clean, and cost-effective transportation enabled by autonomous electric aviation. To get there, we’re taking a different approach than most. We're applying our technologies to every industry where autonomous electric aircraft can be useful, starting with the highest value and most dangerous jobs. In doing so, we're building game-changing products manufactured at scale, while perfecting the safety, reliability, and capabilities of our autonomy engine and electric propulsion systems. We design, develop and manufacture an ecosystem of technologies including proprietary flight control software, avionics, high power density motors, motor controllers, batteries, and custom carbon-fiber composite airframes. Today, we supply autonomous electric aircraft for cargo transport and crop protection to real-world customers across four separate continents and have secured industry-first regulatory approvals from the FAA. Our cargo aircraft enables remote connectivity, enhances express delivery networks, and ensures fast and reliable shipping of critical supplies to areas in need. Our crop protection aircraft offers agricultural services providers and farmers an autonomous tool to make aerial application safer, more precise, and less harmful to surrounding environments. Both vehicles are highly economical to operate, easy to deploy, and significantly reduce C02 emissions in their respective industries. What you work on at Pyka makes people’s lives better now and brings the future of electric aviation one step closer each day.

About
  • Year Founded: 2017
  • Number of Founders: 4
  • HQ: Alameda, California, United States
  • Domain: flypyka.com
  • Email: pyka@flypyka.com
  • Industries: Autonomous Vehicles, Air Transportation, Robotics, Aerospace
  • Tags: airplanes, climate, agriculture, transportation, electric-vehicles
  • Total Funding: 48100000
  • Number of Funding Rounds: 3.0
  • Last Funding Round Type: Series A
  • Last Funding Date: 2022-04-27
  • Team Size: 75
  • Founder Names: Michael Norcia, Nathan White, Kyle Moore, Chuma Ogunwole
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Contacts

Chuma Ogunwole

Co-Founder and Chief Operations Officer

email: chuma@flypyka.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/chuma-ogunwole-10893316

Kyle Moore

Co-Founder

email: kyle@flypyka.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/kyle-moore-1485536a

Elizabeth Goodine

Head of Manufacturing

email: elizabeth@flypyka.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/elizabethgoodine

Thomas Semow

Creative Director

email: thomas@flypyka.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/thomas-semow

Jason Spansel

Certification Lead

email: jay@flypyka.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/jasonspansel

Hannah Droesbeke

Flight Test Lead

email: hannah@flypyka.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/hannah-droesbeke

Scott Steiner

Senior Test Pilot

email: scott@flypyka.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/scott-steiner-b778b330

Monisha White

Senior People Operations Manager

email: monisha@flypyka.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/monisha-white

Liudmila Aseeva

Senior Ee Lab Manager

email: liudmila@flypyka.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/liudmila-aseeva

Garrett Rini

Mechanical Engineering Team Lead

email: garrett@flypyka.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/garrett-rini-3b1a9145

Tyler Young

Mechanical Engineer

email: tyler@flypyka.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/tyleryoungone

Volker Fabian

Chief Commercial Officer

email: None

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/volkerfabian-vf7

Nathan White

Co-Founder, Operations Lead

email: nathan@flypyka.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/nathan-white-8a1950a9

Jeffrey Wells

Senior Production Manager, Electrical Subsystems

email: None

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/wellsjeffrey

Samuel Ingram

Composite Shop Manager

email: None

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/samuel-ingram-2a62061a

R Davis Born

Senior Software Engineer

email: None

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/rdborn

Larry Adamson

Prototype Engineer

email: larry@flypyka.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/larryadamson001

Alex Animashaun

Head of Ground Infrastructure and Systems

email: None

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/alexanimashaun

Nathan Silverman

Flight Test Software Engineer

email: nathan@flypyka.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/nzsilverman

Neil Bhateja

Electrical Engineer

email: None

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/neilbhateja

Andrew Schultz

Head of Software Engineering

email: None

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/andrew-schultz-55122252

Elena Cañada

Deployed Flight Test Engineer

email: elena@flypyka.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/elenaesparciacanada

Jason Petersen

Staff Mechanical Design Engineer

email: jason@flypyka.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/petersenjason

Jack Lane

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

email: jack@flypyka.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/jackblane

Russell Marotzke

Flight Test Operator

email: russell@flypyka.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/russell-marotzke-a5a5441a4

Phoebe Lanham

People Operations Coordinator

email: phoebe@flypyka.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/phoebe-lanham-1abb708a

Ricardo Borbon

Flight Test Software Engineer Ii

email: ricardo@flypyka.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/ricardo-j-saborio

Will Bergman

Deployed Flight Test Engineer

email: will@flypyka.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/will-bergman-aero

Kurt Hill

Senior Software Engineer

email: kurt@flypyka.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/kurthill

Kelli Presto

Talent

email: None

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/kellipresto

Connor Cromwell

Flight Test Operator

email: connor@flypyka.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/connor-cromwell-57a419170

Caressa Brewer

Manufacturing Engineer

email: caressa@flypyka.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/caressab

Xiao Cao

Electrical Engineering Lead

email: None

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/xiao-cao-14278a1a

Rob Holmes

Integration and Production Manager

email: None

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/rpholmes

Alvin Valdez

Deployed Flight Test Engineer

email: None

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/alvin-valdez-4342a4119

Brooks Ward

Aircraft Integration Technician Ii

email: None

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/brooks-w-521b05114

Samantha Konzen

Export Compliance Officer

email: None

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/samantha-konzen-093700117

Benjamin Whelan

Test Site Infrastructure Specialist

email: None

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/benjamin-whelan-273688186

Hira Ahmad

Staff Manufacturing Engineer, Integration

email: None

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/hira-ahmad-100