# Alef Aeronautics: drone company

Canonical ID: `7684a4e5-9174-41e7-a078-e983a8178db6`

## Key facts

- **Products:** [Model A](/models/alef-model-a.md) flying car
- **Notable:** FAA Special Airworthiness Certification (2023)
- **Pre-orders:** 2,500+ claimed
- **Design:** Street-legal + VTOL; mesh enclosed-rotor design
- **Investment:** Open to accredited and non-accredited investors

- **Slug:** alef-aeronautics
- **Status:** active
- **HQ:** San Mateo, California, USA
- **Category:** [Drones](/drones)

## Models

- [Model A](/models/alef-model-a.md) (aerial) (id: `6198fe39-d87b-4d61-bc5e-f8ad521e725a`)

## Current leadership (1)

- [Jim Dukhovny](/people/jim-dukhovny.md) Co-founder & CEO (secondary-verified)

## Supplies to

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company's outbound edges._

_Outbound supply edges. Each appears when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## Common questions

### What is Alef Aeronautics?

US-based electric flying car company headquartered in San Mateo, California. Alef is designing and developing what it claims to be the world's first real flying car — the Model A, a street-legal electric vehicle with VTOL capability using a mesh enclosed-rotor design. The vehicle is designed to drive on streets, take off vertically, and fly overhead above traffic. Alef received FAA Special Airworthiness Certification for its prototype in 2023. The company claims 2,500+ pre-orders and is open to both accredited and non-accredited investors. Real test flight video has been published.

### What does Alef Aeronautics make?

Alef Aeronautics has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Model A (Alef Aeronautics builds physical robots).

### Where is Alef Aeronautics headquartered?

Alef Aeronautics is headquartered in San Mateo, California, USA.

### Where does Alef Aeronautics operate robots?

Alef Aeronautics is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.

### Is Alef Aeronautics a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Alef Aeronautics ranks in roughly the top 100% of companies tracked by the registry.


## Sources (1)

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alef_Aeronautics

## The verified answers

- [Which companies have the most robots deployed](/which-companies-have-the-most-robots-deployed.md)
- [Which operators run the most robots](/which-operators-run-the-most-robots.md)
- [Which robot operators cover the most countries](/which-robot-operators-cover-the-most-countries.md)

_API: GET /v1/companies/7684a4e5-9174-41e7-a078-e983a8178db6 · canonical URL: /companies/alef-aeronautics_