Pyka fields interest from defense as $40M round goes to scaling up its electric autonomous planes | TechCrunch

"When we initially created the product, our focus was purely commercial use cases. We pretty quickly realized there was a lot of interest and need for the product in the defense world... Especially because of the war in Ukraine, everyone's mindset around autonomous systems in defense, and around logistics, has changed dramatically. It caught us by surprise, but the demand is clearly there now."

"We went from render to first flight in about 10 months, which was exciting. It's very fast. The potential for autonomous cargo aircraft to serve inter-island commerce is immense, replacing slow ships and old planes with a modern solution to increase efficiency and reduce costs."

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