Kitty Hawk, the air taxi company founded by Google’s co-founder Larry Page, is buying 3D Robotics, a former competitor of DJI in the consumer drone market.
CEO of 3DR, former editor of Wired magazine Christian Anderson, will join Kitty Hawk as chief operating officer.
Kitty Hawk, named after the town from which the Wright Brothers first took flight, was founded by Larry Page in 2010. Its current goal is the development of electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, also known as eVTOL, with a stated focus on remote piloting and autonomous operation.
The current CEO is Sebastian Thrun, a Google executive who founded Google’s driverless car project that later developed into Waymo, as well as its X moonshot division - link - more like this - link
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