YC-backed Aviern builds autonomously flying cargo plane in under 2 months
ycombinator · x · 2026-10-30
Y Combinator spotlighted Aviern, a startup building unmanned cargo airplanes for autonomous airports.
- In under 2 months the team built a plane that takes off and lands autonomously and has flown hundreds of miles
- Founders Kush Hans and Arvin are working out of Santa Monica airport
- The goal: fly freight autonomously to all 5,000 US public-use airports
Going from zero to autonomous flight in two months is unusually fast progress for a hardware startup.
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