"The engineer started in 2010 at a skunkworks called Zee.Aero, which represented Google cofounder Larry Page's earliest dive into eVTOLs or electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. Allison became the CEO of the secretive startup in 2015, a few years before it folded into Kitty Hawk, another Page venture led by self-driving car pioneer Sebastian Thrun. What remains of Kitty Hawk and Zee.Aero largely lives on through Wisk Aero, which was previously a joint venture between Kitty Hawk and Boeing."
"Uber sold its Elevate arm to Joby Aviation in 2020, along with a $75 million investment into the flying car company. Now, as Joby's chief product officer, Allison merges his two experiences from an engineering-heavy startup with Zee.Aero, and his platform- and product-centered role at Uber. His goal: Making an Uber-like service using flying cars. "For me, it was kind of a nice way of putting two big pieces together," Allison said."
Eric Allison began working on eVTOL aircraft in 2010 at Zee.Aero, a skunkworks backed by Larry Page. He advanced from engineering lead to CEO before Zee.Aero merged into Kitty Hawk. Elements of Zee.Aero and Kitty Hawk continued through Wisk Aero, which became a Boeing-linked endeavor focused on autonomous flying taxis. Allison led Uber's Elevate division by 2018, and Uber sold Elevate to Joby Aviation in 2020 with a $75 million investment. Allison became Joby's chief product officer and aims to create an Uber-like flying taxi service. Joby conducted a public demonstration of its aircraft at the Monterey airshow.
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