Boeing’s Wisk Aero buys Verocel to boost software safety for self-flying eVTOL

27/6/2024

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Wisk Aero, a subsidiary of Boeing, has acquired Verocel, a software verification and validation company with 25 years of experience in the aerospace industry. Wisk has an autonomous-first approach to eVTOL. The company’s Generation 6 aircraft, which is slated to begin airborne tests this year, is designed to be supervised by humans, but not physically Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Boeing’s Wisk Aero buys Verocel to boost software safety for self-flying eVTOL

TechCrunch Startup News

Altri episodi di "TechCrunch Startup News"

Sensi.AI grabs $31M Series B from Insight, Zeev to monitor seniors 24/7

Rainforest lands $20M to challenge Stripe with embedded payments for SaaS providers

Etched is building an AI chip that only runs one type of model

Boeing’s Wisk Aero buys Verocel to boost software safety for self-flying eVTOL

Rocketlane snags $24M to bring AI-led experiences for professional services teams

Emergence thinks it can crack the AI agent code

Silicon Valley leaders are once again declaring ‘DEI’ bad and ‘meritocracy’ good — but they’re wrong

How 2 high school teens raised a $500K seed round for their API startup (yes, it’s AI)

‘Lawyer-in-the-loop’ startup Wordsmith wants to bring AI paralegals to all employees

Ex-HubSpot exec builds an AI-powered CRM that learns for you, with $4M seed led by Sequoia