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Chief Policy Officer, Joby Aviation

United States
Joined December 2016
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AI Stocks Are Getting Crushed, $JOBY 's Flying Taxis, & The Housing Market Freeze: Important insights from @DivesTech , $META 's President @DinaPowellMcC , and others about how the "Blue Wave" could impact your AI stock portfolio.
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When the $JOBY S4 is photobombed by Air Force One and the Thunderbirds…
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$JOBY: Notice the team never brags about being the only true eVTOL company on the market⁉️ They prefer flying the S4 eVTOL around the country and world (quietly of course😉), showing effortless VTOL transition flights. Joby’s transparency is unique, take a look around…🫣
Yesterday, Joby flew an electric air taxi into Orlando International Airport’s dedicated Vertipad, the first purpose-built eVTOL infrastructure at a major U.S. airport. Working with @MyFDOT, @MCO, and @FAANews, these operations help map the regulatory path for airport facilities across the country. Florida’s Future of Flight Series continues. Next stop: Space Coast 📍🚀
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The UP.SUMMIT in Cape Canaveral is a remarkable concentration of forward looking tech - air taxis, space rockets, robots, nuclear power, and a remarkably inspiring message from NASA Administrator Isaacman. Proud to see the @jobyaviation air taxi fly as part of the air display, along with Beta, Electra, Jetson (and lots of fast things like the Thunderbirds!) $JOBY
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It’s NOT a bird. It’s NOT a plane. It’s a FLYING ELECTRIC AIR TAXI! 👀 ☁️ Today, FDOT launched innovative aircraft from @JobyAviation at @MCO’s first dedicated Vertipad as part of Florida’s Future of Flight Series! These aircraft will revolutionize how people and goods move throughout the state, especially above the I-4 corridor between Tampa and Orlando. Learn more >> bit.ly/3UvTp5R
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What an honor to work with @jobyaviation and their Aero S4 today! Big things happening in the near future @MCO !!!
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History is taking flight in Tampa Bay! Thank you to @GovRonDeSantis, @MyFDOT, and our industry partners for making today’s historic Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing Integration Pilot Program demo event possible. It's been nearly 113 years since history was made in Tampa with the world’s first scheduled commercial airline flight, American innovators @BETA_aircraft and @jobyaviation are bringing that historic route into the future with electric aircraft. Today also marks the first time both companies completed a demonstration together. This is what happens when the government and industry work together to realize the potential for safely integrating these transformational aircraft into the national airspace. From the first commercial flight to the next era of aviation, America continues to lead the way!
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This morning, NBAA was part of a historic milestone for aviation and AAM as @BETA_aircraft and @jobyaviation recreated the historic first passenger flight that Tony Jannus conducted between St. Petersburg and Tampa in 1914. Before bridges were built and roads were improved, it took hours to circumnavigate the Tampa Bay or cross it by boat. That trip was shortened to just 23 minutes by air. Today, just a little over 100 years later, electric aircraft took to the skies ushering in a new era of transportation as part of demonstration flights through the Florida eIPP initiative.
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$JOBY: Head of 🇺🇸 Strategic Policy, Lydon Sleeper, just reinforced (again) what 99.9% of people ignore about the S4 eVTOL. 1) The S4 can fly & land normally in VTOL configuration using just 4 of 6 propeller stations. 2) PLUS even more redundancy thanks to the genius Joby Engineers! The S4 can also land using the wing like a CTOL!🧠💪 Thanks @BobTreemore for all the $JOBY $BETA content in Florida!! I guess $ACHR couldn’t fly to the party…🙈
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It can only be in Ohio! “Trump Wright Armstrong Space Academy at Wright Field” Trump WAS Wright! LFG! 🚀🇺🇸💪🏼
.@POTUS: I recently announced we will be establishing a brand new U.S. National SPACE ACADEMY. Every other state wants it, but I have no doubt that — as the birthplace of aviation and home of the Wright Brothers — if we win, Ohio will be under STRONG consideration.
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FAA certification could change how investors value @jobyaviation Michael Thompson explains how approval could open up new financing options and why the first certified aircraft is the starting point @reindsummit
My first conversation with Michael Thompson who is on the board of @jobyaviation ($JOBY) and @oklo ($OKLO). He previously started Reinvent Capital with @markpinc and @reidhoffman where he was Managing Partner and made early investments in the physical economy through Joby, SpaceX, Nimble Robotics, Oklo and many other companies. This is a special edition of We The Builders conversation from @reindsummit earlier this summer. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Intro 02:35 From hedge fund to physical-world techonolgies 03:45 "Where is all this power gonna come from?" The case for nuclear 04:50 Why nuclear stalled 07:05 Where AI value will accrue: physical-world technologies 07:55 "Recursive industrialization": SpaceX, Cursor & frontier models 09:15 Joby: amplifying world-class engineers with AI 10:50 Does eVTOL need a charging network like Teslas? 11:30 Breaking down the Joby aircraft: airframe, controls, powertrain 18:55 Why these companies need vertical integration and technical founders 20:25 How to value SpaceX and Joby (it's not next year's EBITDA) 22:25 Why Joby went public through a SPAC 23:50 "Henry Ford never built a mile of road": financing the infrastructure 25:15 FAA certification is like FDA approval 27:35 Reinvent Capital and the "1870s thesis" 28:55 Nimble: specialized robots and forward-deployed training data 30:25 What he's changed his mind on
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FOR THE FIRST TIME 🛫 USDOT’s EIPP program paved the way for @jobyaviation to fly an autonomous aircraft across the country with NO PILOT intervention! The future of flight is happening RIGHT NOW Check it out @foxandfriends 👇
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"This is one of the biggest days in aviation...since the jet age." - @SecDuffy This is just day one. This week we connect Fort Worth to DFW and beyond. No runways required.
🚨 FUTURE OF FLIGHT IS HERE 🚨 Today in Texas, we celebrated the state’s first demonstration of next-gen aircraft under our Advanced Air Mobility Integration Pilot Program (eIPP), making Texas the sixth location to launch under this landmark @USDOT initiative! Through eIPP, we’ve built one of the nation’s largest real-world environments to test eVTOLs, air taxis, and autonomous planes The future of flight is taking off right here in AMERICA 🇺🇸
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The first autonomous flight across America, by the numbers: ✅ 3,199 miles flown ✅ 0 times the safety pilot touched the controls ✅ 2,323 miles: the farthest distance the aircraft was supervised from ✅ 100% of taxi, takeoff, cruise, and landing performed autonomously ✅ 1 month-long transcontinental tour, eastbound leg complete Along the way, the J208 integrated into the nation's busiest general aviation airport at Deer Valley and altered its mission plan in real time for changing weather. We've seen some of you asking: why a Cessna Caravan? In the new Joby Recon, @maxabusa, Maxime, Evan and Craig break down the pathway to certified autonomous flight technology.
IT'S OFFICIAL. An autonomous aircraft has crossed the country. 🇺🇸 The J208 reached Outer Banks, North Carolina on the first autonomous flight across America. To mark the moment, this episode of Joby Recon hosted by @maxabusa takes you inside the program and the team behind it: how a converted Cessna Caravan takes off, flies, and lands autonomously, with a pilot commanding the mission remotely from a keyboard, a mouse, and a mic. 122 years ago, the first powered flight lifted off at Kitty Hawk. Today, the future of flight arrived autonomously near the same dunes where it all began. Watch now on YouTube ⬇️
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First autonomous cross-country flight: ✅ But the J208 aircraft isn't done yet. Now it's flying home. Raleigh today with @NCDOT, the D.C. Metro area Thursday, and Louisville Friday. Our Chief Policy Officer Greg Bowles (@blueskiesup) on @NBCNewsNow with the latest:
Tomorrow is another epic stop for the Joby autonomous J208. We are so excited to celebrate this coast-to-coast-to-coast historic trip! Please stop by and give me a 🙌. I have an amazingly cool secret swag item for the first person who does tomorrow!
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Our Chief Product Officer @eallison stopped by @foxandfriends to recap an extraordinary few weeks: we completed the first autonomous cross-country flight with our J208 aircraft AND flew electric air taxi demonstrations in Texas. We're building the future of flight, one milestone at a time.
Texas, you are electric ⚡️ One week of eIPP demonstration flights and the team that made them happen. Thank you @txdot for inviting us to show what quiet, vertical takeoff makes possible...this is just the beginning.
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Ohio is the birthplace of flight. Now, we are competing for the opportunity to train the generation that will take America farther into space. Today at the Ohio Defense & Aerospace Forum, I joined Senator @berniemoreno to announce Ohio’s effort to bring the new U.S. Space Academy to @WrightPattAFB. The vision would build on the extraordinary capabilities already concentrated here in the Miami Valley — connecting Wright-Patt, @wrightstate University, and a community at the forefront of space intelligence, aerospace research, engineering, and national defense. The Wright brothers changed the world from Dayton. More than a century later, Ohio has an opportunity to build on that legacy by preparing the astronauts, scientists, engineers, and national-security professionals who will shape America’s future in space.
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I have worked to make Dayton and Ohio the aerospace capital of the world. Between growing Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, to supporting the growth of Dayton’s innovative and robust aerospace industry, we have done just that. Leveraging the strengths of Wright-Patterson and NASA-Glenn, Ohio is best possible place for the Space Academy to train future generations of aerospace leaders. daytondailynews.com/local/ex…
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Proud to announce a statewide effort to land the United States Space Academy in Dayton, Ohio. This is where aviation began. Where two bicycle mechanics left the ground at Huffman Prairie and changed the world. Where Ohioans like Neil Armstrong and John Glenn taught America to look up. Where more than two dozen astronauts have called home. Where America’s first astronauts — the Mercury Seven — were put through their final testing in 1959. To this day, America’s astronauts come to @WrightPattAFB for training at the 711th Human Performance Wing, home of the School of Aerospace Medicine and the military’s only human-rated centrifuge. Today, Ohio unites to make our case to bring President Trump’s vision for the Space Academy to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and @wrightstate — the only site with the people, the mission, and the history to secure his legacy. Thank you to @matthuffman1, @Rob_McColley, @SenJonHusted, @Jim_Jordan, @RepMikeTurner, and @GovMikeDeWine for uniting to make this happen. No politics. Just Ohio. Just America. From Huffman Prairie to the stars.
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