Welcome!
I am building VTOLs from scratch on the way to founding an eVTOL startup focused on the best vehicles of any kind for personal use.
Current progress is
[vision obstacle avoidance] v0.0 quadcopter
[full fixed wing flight] v0.1 foam VTOL
[flight testing] v0.2 3D printed long range VTOL
This blog is now me building in public.
I think now is an incredible time to build the new industrial giants of the 21st century. We have a generational opportunity ahead of us.
Background
I am a generalist repeat founder.
I built two bootstrapped mission-driven food logistics startups straight out of undergrad whilst living in Sydney. I did some startup consulting before landing in San Francisco to join Uber Eats doing UX research and helping start a skunkworks.
After leaving to build mission-driven startups again, I started diving into the frontier of technology in energy storage, electric propulsion, materials, autonomy and more. This blog started as the sharing (and self-accountability) for that process. Not long ago, articles i had written were concurrently #3 and #5 on Hacker News. I was also a venture partner for a stint with Collab Fund and Juniper VC sourcing early stage hard tech deals.
I also love learning, and learning fast. By the age of 12, I had speed-ran math through Grade 12. After I left my job at Uber, I taught myself to code an MVP mobile app in React Native in two months. Wanting to try standup comedy in my 20s, I delivered a set in front of 70 paying people within a month — they were not paying to see me!
If you’re also interested in building the future of the convergence of aviation and mobility, connect on X or email me.
