Pyka

Backed byObvious Ventures
Total raised$88.0M
StageSeries B
Hiring pace7 roles / 90d
Founded2017
Team size51-200
HQAlameda, California
IndustriesRobotics Engineering

About Pyka

Pyka aims to provide society with a new form of safe, clean, and cost-effective transportation enabled by autonomous electric aviation. The company applies its technologies to industries where autonomous electric aircraft can be useful, starting with the highest value and most dangerous jobs, and is building scalable products while advancing the safety, reliability, and capabilities of its autonomy engine and electric propulsion systems. Pyka designs, develops, and manufactures an ecosystem of technologies—including proprietary flight control software, avionics, high-power-density motors, motor controllers, batteries, and custom carbon-fiber composite airframes. It supplies autonomous electric aircraft for cargo transport and crop protection to real-world customers across four continents and has secured industry-first regulatory approvals from the FAA. Its mission is to make people’s lives better now and bring the future of electric aviation closer each day.

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