🚀 The future of urban air mobility

“We wanted flying cars, instead we got 140 characters.” That was a bold claim by the prominent and controversial tech investor Peter Thiel, bemoaning the lack of innovation a decade ago. There is something about the flying car that seems alluring. It’s the freedom of mobility, but in three dimensions. And it’s no surprise that such vehicles have been heavily featured in fiction, from The Jetsons to Star Wars, and of course, Back to the Future.

About six or seven years ago, entrepreneurs started to found a series of companies that were going to tackle flying cars. And back then, I was skeptical. I was skeptical about the market opportunity. I was skeptical about how useful these vehicles would be. And I was skeptical about the economics. But I’m always willing to revisit my priors. In the latest podcast episode I try to do just that, in conversation with Florian Reuter, CEO of Volocopter, leading urban air mobility startup based in Germany.  

Listen to the episode here, and read highligh…