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Boeing Takes Control of eVTOL Aircraft Developer Wisk
Boeing will support Wisk's plans to bring a four-seat autonomous eVTOL aircraft to market later this decade after taking full control of the company.
Wisk Aero is developing a four-seat autonomous eVTOL aircraft.
Wisk Aero is developing a four-seat autonomous eVTOL aircraft. (Image: Wisk Aero)

​Boeing has assumed full ownership of eVTOL aircraft developer Wisk Aero, which had been run as a joint venture with Kitty Hawk, an advanced mobility startup formed by Google co-founder Larry Page and Google executive Sebastian Thrun. Speaking at a media briefing in South Carolina on May 31, Wisk CEO Brian Yutko announced the change of ownership while not providing any details about financial terms for the transaction between Boeing and its former partners.

Kitty Hawk, which had been working on the Heaviside autonomous eVTOL vehicle, closed down in September 2022. At the time, Wisk said that the move did not impact its ownership and that Kitty Hawk’s backers would remain investors in its plans to bring a four-seat, passenger-carrying autonomous eVTOL vehicle to market later in this decade.

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