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Company

Archer Aviation

Electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft developer. Midnight aircraft targeting FAA Part 135 commercial operations. Partnership with United Airlines for up to 200 aircraft.

1 model on record


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Key facts

Founded
2018, Palo Alto, California
Founders
Adam Goldstein (CEO), Brett Adcock
Product
Archer Midnight - eVTOL aircraft for urban air mobility; tilt-rotor design; 4 passengers + pilot
Funding
Seed $1M; A $32M; B $1B (United Airlines lead); total ~$1.1B+
SPAC
Merged with Atlas Crest 2021; NYSE: ACHR
FAA
Part 135 air carrier certificate in progress; G-1 certification basis issued; flight testing in California
Strategic
United Airlines $1B order; Stellantis manufacturing partnership
ID
836c57b7-874b-452c-a576-292c6739baa5

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Models (1)

Current leadership (2)

Funding rounds (3)

  • Series B2021-01-01

    $1.0B(reported)

  • Series A2020-01-01

    $32M(reported)

  • Seed2019-01-01

    $1M(reported)

Sources (2)

  1. https://www.archer.com/
  2. https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/press-releases/faa-issues-final-airworthiness-criteria-archer-aviation

Common questions

What is Archer Aviation?
Electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft developer. Midnight aircraft targeting FAA Part 135 commercial operations. Partnership with United Airlines for up to 200 aircraft.
What does Archer Aviation make?
Archer Aviation has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Archer Midnight (Archer Aviation builds physical robots).
Where does Archer Aviation operate robots?
Archer Aviation 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.
Methodology: Unreviewed · 2 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-07

Verification posture

Unreviewed

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-06-07

Sources by quality tier

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