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Pyka
Autonomous Electric Airplanes51-200 Employees
  • B2B
  • Growth Stage
    Expanding market presence
  • Top Investors
    This company has received a significant amount of investment from top investors
  • YC Funded
    Startup funded by Y Combinator
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People at Pyka

Founders
Chuma Ogunwole
Co-Founder COO • 10 yearsSan Francisco
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Co-Founder at Pyka
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Nathan White
Co-Founder • 10 yearsOakland
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Cofounder at Pyka, building autonomous electric airplanes. Algorithms, Controls, Autonomous Systems
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Kyle Moore
Co-Founder, Firmware and Avionics Lead • 10 yearsPalo Alto
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Currently building electric planes that fly themselves. I used to work on robotics at Google[x], and studied Computer Science at Stanford.
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Michael Norcia
Co-Founder and CEO • 10 yearsStanford
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CEO of Pyka. Deep background in human-scale electric aircraft.
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Team
Jenny Murphy
Employee
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Blanka Telecka
Employee
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Thomas Semow
Employee
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Monisha White
EmployeeOakland
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Volker Fabian
EmployeeOakland
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20+ years experience in Aviation, specifically in Commercial, Finance & Leasing
Eric Schmidt
Test Engineer • 7 years
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Xiao Cao
Senior Electric Engineer • 7 yearsCalifornia
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Jason Petersen
Mechanical Design Engineer • 9 yearsSan Francisco
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Mechanical Engineer at Pyka. Born and raised in Santa Rosa, CA. Outside of work I like to play sports, guitar, do wood working, and meet new people!
Caressa Brewer
Mechanical Engineer • 8 yearsIrvine
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Undergraduate researcher, experience with Solidworks, ANSYS, Machining, Prototyping. Worked on Solar Car, Autonomous Robot. Graduating from UC, Irvine in 2018.
Garrett Rini
Mechanical Design Lead • 9 yearsOakland
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Mechanical Design Team Lead at Pyka, Prototype Developer at Advanced Prototype Engineering, Exhibit Designer at The Exploratorium
Former team
Juho Tikkanen
Marketing Manager • 9 years
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Caressa Brewer
Employee
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Ana Villa
Mechanical Engineer Intern • 6 months
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