Joby Aviation

What Joby Aviation does

Joby Aviation is a publicly-traded (NYSE: JOBY) aerospace transportation company founded in 2009 and headquartered in Santa Cruz, California, that designs, develops, and intends to manufacture and operate electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) air taxis. The company's core product is a piloted, all-electric powered-lift aircraft seating one pilot plus four passengers, built around six tilting 5-blade propellers, four independent lithium-ion battery packs, a triple-redundant fly-by-wire flight control computer, dual critical actuation systems, and a carbon-fiber / titanium-aluminum airframe. Specifications include up to 200 mph top speed, up to 100 miles of range on a single charge, a 45 dBA cruise noise signature, and zero operating emissions during flight. Joby has also developed experimental hydrogen-electric (523-mile) and hybrid turbine-electric (148-mile at MTOW) demonstrators, and a Superpilot™ autonomous flight technology platform built atop the 2024 acquisition of Xwing's autonomy division and the 2021 acquisition of Austrian radar firm Inras.

Joby's commercial model is a vertically integrated air-taxi-as-a-service operation supplemented by aircraft sales to third-party operators. Revenue today is dominated by helicopter rideshare through the August 2025 acquisition of Blade Air Mobility's passenger business (~$125M deal), which served over 90,000 passengers in 2025 across nine NYC-area and South of France lounges. The go-to-market for the electric service combines a direct-to-consumer Uber Air powered by Joby booking integration (with a 6-year exclusive launch in Dubai in 2026), multi-year enterprise partnerships with Delta Air Lines, Virgin Atlantic, and ANA, Toyota co-development and manufacturing support, and a network of vertiport and FBO partners including Skyports, Atlantic Aviation, Metropolis (25 U.S. sites), and Reuben Brothers. Airspace integration is being built in partnership with Air Space Intelligence's Flyways AI platform. Customer segments are a mix of urban commuters, premium leisure travelers, government and defense users (including a $55M DoD contract), and airline/airport integration partners.

The company employs 2,500+ people across 15+ global locations, with manufacturing scaled across a doubled Marina, CA Pilot Production Plant and a Dayton, Ohio site targeting up to 500 aircraft per year. As of Q1 2026 Joby held approximately $2.5B in cash following a ~$1.3B equity and convertible note raise, held a Part 135 Air Carrier Certificate, was in Stage 4 of 5 of FAA Type Certification, and had been selected under the White House-backed eVTOL Integration Pilot Program across 10+ U.S. states. FY2025 revenue was $53.4M (predominantly Blade) against a $929.8M net loss and ~$660M trailing four-quarter cash burn, with management guiding $105-115M of FY2026 revenue.

Name

Joby Aviation

Legal name

Joby Aero, Inc.

Website

https://jobyaviation.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Joby Aviation is a public (NYSE: JOBY) aerospace company developing and preparing to manufacture and operate an all-electric eVTOL air taxi, serving urban commuters, premium travelers, and government/defense customers through Uber-integrated booking, airline partnerships, and the acquired Blade passenger business.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Santa Cruz

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Air taxi passenger service: Planned per-ride electric air taxi service operated by Joby in cities worldwide, bookable through the Uber app as Uber Air powered by Joby; pricing targeted to be competitive with ground transportation (e.g., Uber Black) over time.
2. Aircraft sales to operators and partners: Joby intends to also sell its aircraft to other operators and partners beyond its own service, with a vertically-integrated OEM model designed to scale to up to four aircraft per month in 2027 and ultimately up to 500 aircraft per year in Dayton, Ohio.
3. Blade helicopter rideshare service: Per-seat urban helicopter rideshare through the acquired Blade passenger business, which served over 90,000 passengers in 2025 across terminals in Manhattan and Southern Europe; Blade is being brought into the Uber app during 2026.
4. Government and defense contracts: Defense Department contract work (a $55 million contract referenced) and government-related eIPP partnerships provide professional-services / development revenue alongside commercial readiness work.
5. Vertiport operations and infrastructure: Planned operator role for vertiport networks (e.g., the Century Plaza / Park Elm Residences build-out with Reuben Brothers and a 25-vertiport U.S. partnership with Metropolis), providing managed services and infrastructure-driven revenue alongside flight operations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels8 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Joby Aviation designs, engineers, and manufactures an all-electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) air taxi aircraft — a piloted 1+4 seat powered-lift vehicle with six tilting propellers, four independent battery packs, and a triple-redundant fly-by-wire control system. The company plans to operate its own commercial air taxi service (bookable through the Uber app as "Uber Air powered by Joby") and to sell the aircraft to third-party operators and partners worldwide, while running a Blade-branded helicopter passenger rideshare business that it acquired in 2025.

Product overview

Joby Aviation's offering centers on a single core platform — the Joby eVTOL aircraft (a powered-lift, all-electric vertical take-off and landing air taxi) — operated by Joby itself and sold to other operators and partners. Around this core, Joby has assembled a vertically-integrated portfolio of products and acquired/partner brands: the Blade Air Mobility passenger business (acquired 2025) provides existing helicopter passenger infrastructure and customer base in New York and Southern Europe; the Superpilot™ autonomous flight technology platform enables increasingly automated operations; experimental hydrogen-electric and turbine-electric VTOL demonstrators extend the platform's range and payload capabilities; and Uber Air powered by Joby (in partnership with Uber) provides the multi-modal booking front-end for the air taxi service. Supporting modules include a ride-share choreographed app, vertiport partnerships (Skyports, Vertiports by Atlantic, Signature Flight Support, Jetex, Clay Lacy, Helo Holdings, Reuben Brothers), and a digital airspace-integration layer built with Air Space Intelligence's Flyways AI platform. The integration of these products together — Joby's aircraft + Blade's passenger network + Uber's booking app + Superpilot autonomy + vertiport partners + AI airspace integration — forms the basis for Joby's planned commercial air taxi service.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Blade (Blade Air Mobility passenger business): Acquired in 2025, Blade is Joby's urban air mobility passenger services division operating helicopter rideshare, passenger lounges, and vertiport operations in NYC and Southern Europe. Rob Wiesenthal is CEO of the Blade Air Mobility division.
• Superpilot
• Uber Air powered by Joby

Products and services

• Joby S4 eVTOL Air Taxi Aircraft
• Blade Air Mobility Passenger Rideshare Service
• Uber Air powered by Joby Air Taxi Service

Quantifiable outcome

• 90% fewer emissions than a helicopter and 40% fewer than the average gas car on a 37-mile LA trip
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability2 records

Feature10 records

Partnerships

27 partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• Reuben BrotherscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 23 April 2026Alliance to establish an air taxi vertiport at Park Elm Residences at Century Plaza in Century City, Los Angeles — the first residential development in LA to offer an in-house Joby air taxi service integrated into residents' lifestyles, with a dedicated passenger lounge.
• Air Space Intelligence (ASI)coreTechnology or Integration · 7 April 2026Partnership to integrate eVTOL operations into the U.S. National Airspace System using ASI's Flyways AI platform (high-fidelity 4D modeling for airspace optimization); joint demonstrations and live operational exercises planned for later in 2026.
• NASAcoreTechnology or Integration · 7 April 2026Long-running R&D collaboration including work at NASA's largest wind tunnel for VTOL aerodynamics, controller-in-the-loop simulation at the FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center, and joint work on the Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) National Campaign.
• L3Harris TechnologiescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 February 2026Strategic partnership on Joby's hybrid turbine-electric, autonomous VTOL aircraft demonstrator, expanding defense and government applications of Joby's platform; the turbine-electric aircraft completed its first flight shortly after the partnership was announced.
• MetropoliscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 December 2025Partnership announced in December 2025 to build 25 vertiport sites across the United States, converting parking structures into launchpads for Joby air taxis.
• Blade Air Mobility (acquired)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2025Joby completed its acquisition of Blade Air Mobility's passenger business (~$125M) in August 2025, gaining Blade's established terminals and 90,000+ loyal flyers in NYC and Southern Europe as a foundation for faster entry into commercial electric air taxi service; Blade operated more than 50,000 passengers in 2024 from a network of 12 urban terminals.
• Xwing Inc. (acquired)coreTechnology or Integration · 4 June 2024Joby acquired Xwing's autonomy division to enhance its autonomous flight technology and accelerate Joby's move toward fully autonomous flights; integrates Xwing's autonomous flight software into Joby's aircraft development efforts.
• SK TelecomcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 June 2023$100M investment granting SK Telecom a 2% stake in Joby and exclusive use of Joby's aircraft in South Korea, supporting a government-sponsored Korean-style UAM demonstration project.
• Delta Air LinesflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 October 2022Multi-year, multi-city strategic partnership to deliver home-to-airport air taxi service integrated into the Delta customer experience; Delta invested $60M for a 2% stake with the potential to invest up to $140M more on milestones, plus demonstrated electric air taxi flights between Manhattan and JFK Airport.
• Inras (acquired)coreTechnology or Integration · 22 December 2021Joby acquired the Austrian RF technology start-up Inras to develop advanced radar systems for its eVTOL aircraft, expanding Joby's capabilities in RF technology and improving onboard detection and navigation.
• Uber TechnologiesflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Multi-modal mobility partnership launching Uber Air powered by Joby in Dubai in 2026 with one-tap booking in the Uber app; Joby previously acquired Uber's Elevate division in 2021; Uber also a Joby investor.
• ToyotaflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Toyota is a strategic investor (committed $500M, with the first $250M tranche closed in 2024) and core manufacturing/engineering collaborator; Toyota deploys dozens of engineers to work alongside Joby on factory layout, manufacturing process development, and production, with Toyota's world-renowned production system integrated into Joby's Dayton, OH scaled production facility.
• GarmincoreTechnology or IntegrationAviation technology partnership powering the systems that support Joby aircraft navigation and operational excellence.
• CAEcoreTechnology or IntegrationPartnership to develop advanced flight simulators supporting pilot training for up to 250 pilots annually under new FAA regulations.
• SkyportscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorInfrastructure partnership to build and operate the physical vertiport network needed for Joby's air taxi service, including the Downtown Skyport facility in NYC under a concession from NYCEDC.
• Vertiports by AtlanticcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorHosted a successful demonstration flight of Joby's eVTOL aircraft at NYC's East 34th Street Heliport on May 1, 2026 as part of the federal eVTOL Integration Pilot Program; also involved in city-owned heliport electrification work in NYC.
• Signature Flight SupportminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorListed as an infrastructure partner supporting Joby's vertiport network build-out.
• JetexminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorListed as an infrastructure partner supporting Joby's vertiport network build-out, primarily at international locations.
• Clay LacyminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorListed as an infrastructure partner supporting Joby's vertiport network build-out, with FBO presence in California.
• Helo Holdings, Inc.minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorListed as an infrastructure partner supporting Joby's vertiport network build-out.
• Atlantic AviationcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorInfrastructure partner that, under contract with NYCEDC, will deliver charging electrification upgrades at city-owned heliports in support of Joby's commercial eVTOL operations.
• Virgin AtlanticcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAirline partnership integrating Joby air taxi service into Virgin Atlantic's existing aviation networks for end-to-end multimodal travel.
• ANA (All Nippon Airways)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAirline partnership integrating Joby air taxi service into ANA's network; pre-order customer contributing to >$1B in disclosed Joby aircraft orders.
• Port Authority of New York and New JerseyflagshipOthersLead agency partner behind one of the selected eIPP projects and critical NYC-area transportation infrastructure owner; worked closely with the FAA, Joby, and other eIPP partners to integrate quiet, emissions-free air taxi service at JFK and Manhattan heliports.
• New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC)flagshipOthersLed the partnership with Skyports Infrastructure and Vertiports by Atlantic to electrify NYC heliport infrastructure in anticipation of commercial air taxi service; secured contractual commitments from Downtown Skyport LLC and Atlantic Aviation for upgrades.
• Delta Air Lines — Sustainable Skies LabcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of Delta's Sustainable Skies Lab alongside JetZero, Maeve Aerospace, Airbus, and Boeing, advancing technologies across short, medium, and long-haul markets toward net-zero emissions by 2050; partnership reached a milestone with electric air taxi demonstration flights between Manhattan and JFK Airport.
• U.S. Federal Government (FAA / Department of Transportation)flagshipOthersSelected as a partner in multiple winning applications under the White House-backed eVTOL Integration Pilot Program (eIPP), giving Joby the opportunity to begin early operations in up to 12 U.S. states ahead of FAA type certification.

Scale indicators20 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights8 records

Direct peers

• Beta Technologies: Vermont-based eVTOL developer with an FAA-conforming aircraft (Alia) and a parallel tilt-configuration approach. Competes directly for FAA certification, military/defense contracts (US Air Force), and airline/cargo customers, and is one of Joby's closest certification-stage peers.
• Archer Aviation: Closest U.S. eVTOL competitor pursuing the same FAA Type Certification for a tilt-propeller electric air taxi, with overlapping airline partnerships (United Airlines, Stellantis) and active litigation against Joby. Most directly comparable on aircraft architecture, certification stage, and target market.
• Vertical Aerospace: UK-based eVTOL developer with the VA-X4 tilt-propeller aircraft and pre-orders from American Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, JAL, and Bristow. Direct comparable on aircraft architecture, target use case, and airline pre-order channel.
• Lilium: German eVTOL developer (jet-powered Lilium Jet) that filed for insolvency in late 2024; relevant as a comparable eVTOL business model and prior peer with overlapping premium regional air mobility ambitions and airline partnerships.
• Wisk Aero: Boeing-backed autonomous eVTOL developer targeting FAA certification of a self-flying air taxi. Competes for the same urban air mobility routes and certification milestones, with Boeing providing deep aerospace incumbency.
• EHang: Chinese autonomous eVTOL developer with a different autonomous-AAV architecture and earlier Type Certificate issuance from CAAC. Comparable as a global eVTOL peer targeting urban air taxi use cases, though operating primarily in China.

Emerging players

• Volocopter: German multirotor eVTOL developer (VoloCity, VoloRegion) pursuing EASA certification and Paris Olympics demos. Comparable as a global eVTOL peer targeting urban air taxi use cases with a different aircraft architecture.
• Eve Air Mobility: Embraer-backed eVTOL developer with a lift-and-cruise configuration and emerging FAA/EASA certification progress; comparable as a publicly listed eVTOL pure-play with overlapping airline customer pipeline (United, Breeze, Skywest).

Broad incumbents

• Boeing: Largest U.S. aerospace incumbent and investor in Wisk Aero; competes for advanced air mobility R&D, defense contracts, and airline fleet decisions. Comparable as a broad incumbent with significant overlap in the eVTOL ecosystem through its Wisk investment.
• Airbus: Global aerospace incumbent with internal eVTOL efforts (CityAirbus NextGen) and helicopter business (Airbus Helicopters) that overlap with Joby's urban air mobility and defense use cases. Comparable as a broad incumbent providing integrated aircraft, services, and certification infrastructure.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat7 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights8 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance5 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles18 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds17 records

Investors26 records

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M&A6 records

Investments

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