Boom Supersonic
Denver company building the Overture supersonic airliner.
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Who owns it
Investors include Y Combinator and Japan Airlines.
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Blake Scholl (CEO)
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- Boom Technology, trading as Boom Supersonic, is an American company developing the Overture supersonic airliner.
- Blake Scholl founded it in Denver in 2014.
- Its XB-1 demonstrator broke the sound barrier on 28 January 2025.
- It had raised over $600 million by 2025.
Key facts
- Founded
- 2014, Denver1
- Founder
- Blake Scholl1
- Aircraft
- XB-1 demonstrator (first supersonic flight 28 Jan 2025); Overture, a planned 60 to 80 seat airliner1
- Funding
- Over $600 million raised (as of 2025)1
- Factory
- Overture Superfactory, Piedmont Triad International Airport, Greensboro, North Carolina, completed June 20241
Who owns it
Investors include Y Combinator and Japan Airlines.
Investors
- Y CombinatorOrganization
Y Combinator startup program, early 2016 · since 2016 1
- Japan Airlines
$10 million in the Series B · since 2017 1
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