Boom's self-built engine unlocked boomless supersonic flight—and gas turbines for AI data centers
ycombinator · x · 2026-11-07
On a new episode of YC's The Social Radars, Boom Supersonic founder and CEO Blake Scholl explains how losing Rolls-Royce as an engine partner looked like a fatal setback but instead pushed Boom to build its own engine. That decision ultimately enabled boomless supersonic flight and opened an entirely new business: gas turbines serving the massive power demands of AI data centers.
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