Boom's In-House Engine Bet Rescues Supersonic Jet, Opens Data Center Power Business

Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl told YC's Social Radars podcast that after Rolls-Royce exited their engine partnership, the company built its own engines—saving the supersonic jet program and unexpectedly opening a new business supplying gas turbines to power-hungry AI data centers.

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