The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Lift Aircraft: 1 model. 1 source back the record.
CategoryDrones
Overview
US-based eVTOL company headquartered in Austin, Texas, offering the world's first electric multirotor flying experience for consumers — no pilot's license required. Lift Aircraft developed the HEXA, a single-passenger eVTOL multicopter designed for recreational and commercial use. The company participated in the US military's Agility Prime program and has conducted crewed flight tests.
Instead of selling aircraft, Lift offers flying as an experience: $199 for a 2-hour training and introductory flight. Featured on 60 Minutes with Anderson Cooper. Expanding to scenic locations near major cities and tourist destinations, modeled after iFLY indoor skydiving.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Products
Business model
Notable
No license required
Expansion
Model
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company Lift Aircraft has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1NVIDIA1× joint1114 total
Most recent
Lift Aircraft on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Matt Chasen Founder & CEOreported, not verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Lift Aircraft.
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 →
Recent coverage
Lift Aircraft in third-party press
Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Skydio6 models
- SIYI Technology5 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- unknown
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.
Partnerships
1 total · 1 operating
Every company Lift Aircraft has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
Most-frequent partners
- 1NVIDIA1× joint1114 total
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdAug 17, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-09-07
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-09-07
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- knowledge-base
- Knowledge base
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Lift Aircraft.Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Skydio6 models
- SIYI Technology5 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Lift Aircraft from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Camp Davis South sees its first C-17 in over 20 years
A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III landed at Camp Davis South, part of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, marking the first time the heavy-lift aircraft has…
Vertical Aerospace’s eVTOL Can Fly. The Passenger Business Is Still Unproven
Vertical Aerospace’s July appearance at the Farnborough International Airshow was a real engineering milestone. The company publicly demonstrated piloted transition between…
DJI Matrice 400 finally gets its own autonomous drone dock
One of the biggest trade-offs in the enterprise drone world has been choosing between power and automation. If you wanted a heavy-lift aircraft capable of carrying advanced…
Archer Unveils Halo, the Commercial Autonomous VTOL Built With Anduril - Dronelife
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Archer Aviation Unveils Anduril-Partnered Commercial Aircraft Halo: Unmanned, Autonomous ‘Commercial Logistics’ - Yahoo Finance
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Military-grade autonomous vertical take-off and landing aircraft 'Thunder' announced, capable of handling drone weapons. - GIGAZINE
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Anduril and Archer Unveil Jointly-Developed Autonomous VTOL Platform For Commercial and Defense Applications - Archer Aviation - Investor Relations
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Archer Halo Marks the Arrival of Dual-Use Autonomous VTOL Aircraft - Glitchwire
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DOT’s 26-State Electric and Autonomous Aircraft Trials Officially Begin - FLYING Magazine
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FAU CA-AI Team Selected to Compete in DARPA Lift Challenge with Heavy-Lift Autonomous Aircraft - Florida Atlantic University
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SYOS Autonomous uncrewed heavy-lift helicopter aces trials, now ready for serial production - sUAS News
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SYOS autonomous uncrewed heavy-lift helicopter now ready for serial production - Vertical Mag
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Machine-readable surfaces
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- RSS feed: /companies/lift-aircraft/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/b88e5c75-1fb0-4fe2-a1eb-e70c1ab4f886
- Revision history: /companies/lift-aircraft/history
- Data documentation: /data
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Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Skydio6 models
- SIYI Technology5 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
Video
During our last flight window at the DARPA Lift Challenge, we were able to coordinate a duel between us and 3 counter UAS' that were on site for the entire event. We ran this after the end of the last flight window of th
2023 - LIFT Aircraft Completes First-Ever Piloted eVTOL Demonstrations in Japan.
In preparation for the upcoming launch of customer flights, the Flight Ops team has begun employee training flights. Of course, we all grabbed our phones, and l
CNBC's Julia Boorstin flies our VR flight simulator during SXSW and calls LIFT one of the "HOTTEST TECH TRENDS @ SXSW"
PERSONAL FLYING VEHICLES ARE COMING 🚨 LIFT HEXA eVTOL. FLYING VEHICLES JUST GOT REAL 🚁 🚨 Flying vehicles are no longer just science fiction. The LIFT HEXA
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Heat Index
Serious52/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Lift Aircraft draws attention at the 82nd percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among aerial robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Meaningful press and media coverage across the period. Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
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: Oct 5, 2026