CategoryDrones
Overview
US electric aviation company developing the ALIA-250 eVTOL for cargo and passenger applications. FAA Type Certificate application in progress. UPS partnership for cargo operations.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 2 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- 1 incident on file
Key facts
Founded
Founder
Product
Strategic
FAA
Differentiation
Data & sources
Government records
1
Web sources
1
2 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Beta Technologies on the deployment map
Where Beta Technologies's robots are verified operating. Explore the deployment map by place and type.
- delivery and inspection drones in United States →
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- delivery and inspection drones in Ukraine (combat zones) →
- delivery and inspection drones in Nevada →
- delivery and inspection drones in United Kingdom →
- delivery and inspection drones in China →
- The global deployment map →
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Kyle Clark ceosince 2017-01-01secondary-verified
Safety record
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Incidents affecting Beta Technologies (1)
- FAA eVTOL Integration Pilot Program: BETA Technologies ALIA conducts organ transport test flight2026-07-14 · Regulatory action
Includes incidents linked directly to this company, to its models, or to deployments of its models or under its operation. Retracted incidents are excluded from this view but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Operated deployments (2)
Operator customers (1)
- Beta Technologies2 deployments
Recent coverage
Beta Technologies in third-party press
Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Amazon4 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Teledyne FLIR4 models
- AeroVironment3 models
Supplied by (1)
Compute / semiconductor
Inbound supply edges feeding this company directly or via the models it owns. Same source bar as the outbound view (verified against at least two strong sources).
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Funding rounds (3)
- Series C2022-01-01
$375M(reported)
Investors: Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund (lead), SoftBank Vision Fund, Fidelity
- Series B2021-01-01
$368M(reported)
Investors: SoftBank Vision Fund (lead), Fidelity, Breakthrough Energy Ventures
- Series A2020-01-01
$5M(reported)
Regulatory filings (1)
- faa_actionfaa action · us_faaactive
Linked models: ALIA-250
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Incident recordedJul 14, 2026
FAA eVTOL Integration Pilot Program: BETA Technologies ALIA conducts organ transport test...
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
Blade Air Mobility Completes Test Flight of BETA Technologies...
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
Alia 250 eVTOL Aircraft Achieves Piloted Transition Flight
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
BETA Technologies Alia aircraft homecoming
- Record createdJun 7, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (2)
Common questions
- What is Beta Technologies?
- US electric aviation company developing the ALIA-250 eVTOL for cargo and passenger applications. FAA Type Certificate application in progress. UPS partnership for cargo operations.
- What does Beta Technologies make?
- Beta Technologies has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: ALIA-250 (Beta Technologies builds physical robots).
- Who competes with Beta Technologies?
- On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to Beta Technologies building in the same form factors include Anduril Industries, DJI, Amazon, Autel Robotics.
- Who is the CEO of Beta Technologies?
- Kyle Clark is the ceo of Beta Technologies, per the DEPLOY registry.
- Where is Beta Technologies headquartered?
- Beta Technologies is headquartered in Burlington, VT, USA.
- Where does Beta Technologies operate robots?
- Beta Technologies operates 2 verified deployments, including at Plattsburgh.
- Is Beta Technologies a top robotics company?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Beta Technologies ranks in roughly the top 49% of companies tracked by the registry.
- When was Beta Technologies founded?
- Beta Technologies was founded in 2017.
- Are there any incidents involving Beta Technologies?
- 1 active incident involving Beta Technologies is on the DEPLOY registry. Each is a sourced, append-only record; retracted incidents are suppressed from this view.
- Is Beta Technologies safe?
- Beta Technologies has 1 active incident on record in the DEPLOY registry. 1 incident on record. Most recent: Jul 2026. Retracted incidents are excluded from this count.
Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-23
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-23
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- primary-regulatory-filing
- Regulatory filing
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Beta Technologies.Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Amazon4 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Teledyne FLIR4 models
- AeroVironment3 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Beta Technologies from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
FAA Announces Major Milestone in eVTOL Technology Use
FAA announces BETA Technologies and United Therapeutics conducted multi-leg organ transport test flights using BETA's ALIA electric aircraft under the eVTOL Integration Pilot…
DOT’s 26-State Electric and Autonomous Aircraft Trials Officially Begin - FLYING Magazine
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Get Ready: Consumer Air Travel Is About To Change - Investor's Business Daily
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Flying taxis program the future of air transportation: CEO - NewsNation
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DOT and FAA Launch eVTOL Integration Pilot Program - Dronelife
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FAA Names Partners For Air Taxi Pilot Projects, Coming This Summer - Investor's Business Daily
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America’s eVTOL integration programme: Eight projects cleared to fly - Zag Daily
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New York, Florida among the states selected for electric aircraft pilot program - Aerospace America
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Electric air taxis are about to take flight in 26 states - TechCrunch
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2025: A Big Year for Electric Air Taxi Testing, But 2026 Will Be Bigger - FLYING Magazine
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Tech Companies Want Flying Taxis on the Battlefield - Business Insider
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BETA gives details on planned hybrid-electric military plane - Aerospace America
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/beta-technologies.md
- RSS feed: /companies/beta-technologies/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/0c693b5b-6077-4ada-ad16-8c9872662157
- Revision history: /companies/beta-technologies/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Amazon4 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Teledyne FLIR4 models
- AeroVironment3 models
Video
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Reality vs attention
Beta Technologies draws attention at the 75th percentile but verifies reality at the 48th percentile among aerial robots. Hype Gap +26.5, 16th widest among aerial robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 2 verified deployments. Thin IP estate relative to category peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Jul 23, 2026