CategoryDrones
Appears ineVTOL & passenger air mobility
Overview
Wisk Aero is a Mountain View, California-based aerospace company developing self-flying, all-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxis. A joint venture between Boeing and Kitty Hawk Corporation formed in 2019, Wisk has completed 1,750+ test flights and received $450M in funding from Boeing. The company is developing its sixth-generation autonomous eVTOL aircraft, with CEO Sebastien Vigneron leading certification efforts. Former CEO Brian Yutko transitioned to VP of Product Development at Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 1 deployment on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
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Boeing funding
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Data & sources
Press releases
1
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Models (1)
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Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Sebastien Vigneron CEOreported, not verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Wisk Aero.
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 →
Operated deployments (1)
- Wisk CoraMasterton
Operator customers (1)
- Wisk Aero1 deployment
Recent coverage
Wisk Aero in third-party press
Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Amazon4 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Teledyne FLIR4 models
- AeroVironment3 models
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- 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.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Review status verifiedVerifiedJun 27, 2026
unreviewed -> reviewed
- Record createdJun 11, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedMar 12, 2019
Wisk Cora at Masterton
Sources (1)
- https://wisk.aero/about/ · 2024-01-01
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-06
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High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-06
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- Company IR disclosure
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Wisk Aero.Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Amazon4 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Teledyne FLIR4 models
- AeroVironment3 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Wisk Aero from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
NASA, Boeing’s Wisk Aero Make Self-Flying Aircraft Breakthrough
Space agency and electric air taxi developer simulate simultaneous management of multiple uncrewed aircraft by a single person.
Tesla in-cabin camera fails to prevent 60 mph naps as Wisk Aero faces lawsuit
On today’s surveillance-heavy episode of Quick Charge , it sure looks like Tesla’s in-cabin driver cam failed to stop one woman from falling asleep at the wheel, but safety and…
Lawsuit claims Boeing-backed Wisk rushed eVTOL software testing
Boeing-backed eVTOL startup Wisk Aero is being sued by a former employee who claims they were fired for reporting that the software behind the autonomous air taxi service had…
Boeing-owned Wisk Aero accused of firing manager who raised safety concerns
A former software manager claims Wisk rushed software testing ahead of a crucial 2025 flight test.
Flying buses, new flight rules and more are coming to Texas soon - Houston Chronicle
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Wisk Makes First Flight With Second Gen 6 eVTOL Prototype - Aviation International News
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Boeing’s Wisk Aero Doubles Autonomous Air Taxi Test Fleet - FLYING Magazine
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Wisk Aero Flies Second Gen 6 Autonomous Air Taxi, Doubling Certification Test Rate - DroneXL.co
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Second Gen 6 Aircraft Accelerates Wisk’s Flight Test Program - Business Wire
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Breaking New Ground: The Challenge of Certifying Autonomous Aircraft - FLYING Magazine
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Wisk Rolls Out Second Gen 6 Autonomous eVTOL Prototype - Aviation International News
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Wisk and Texas Selected by White House to Lead the Safe Introduction of Autonomous Air Taxi Flight - Business Wire
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/wisk-aero.md
- RSS feed: /companies/wisk-aero/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/c09497d4-60dd-4414-ba55-13d6cb646ac2
- Revision history: /companies/wisk-aero/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
Autonomous aviation company Wisk wants its Gen 6 urban air mobility craft to change the future of transport, flying 300 million passengers in just over a decade
Wisk Aero is developing one of the world’s first fully autonomous, all-electric air taxis designed for passenger transport. With a strong emphasis on safety, ef
Wisk, which was founded in 2010 and acquired by Boeing in 2023, is developing autonomous aircraft that can get you across town in a fraction of the time it woul
You never forget your first hover. In 2016, we flew the first piloted eVTOL hover with our 3rd generation aircraft. We began more than a decade ago with a visi
Meet Simon Ang Li, a Senior Controls Engineer at Wisk who plays a key role in developing the systems that ensure our Gen 6 aircraft fly safely and autonomously.
In June of 2015, we had one of our biggest milestones along our journey to date! This was when we flew our first ever piloted flight, using our 2nd generation a
From the first sketch to the final inspection, every team at Wisk played a part in bringing our Generation 6 air taxi to life. Years of collaboration, innovatio
At Wisk, we're doing more than just building and certifying the world’s first passenger-carrying autonomous 4-seat hashtag#eVTOL. We are actively building an en
At Wisk, we're building the world's first self-flying, four-passenger air taxi. We're doing something that's never been done before, all thanks to our adventur
Now that our Flight Test Program is officially underway, here’s an inside look at what happens during the three critical phases of testing. Every flight test mo
Wisk Aero's Dan Parsons explains how the robot air taxi works. Footage: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI
Reality vs attention
Wisk Aero draws attention at the 86th percentile but verifies reality at the 21st percentile among aerial robots. Hype Gap +65.6, 3rd widest among aerial robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. Meaningful press and media coverage across the period. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
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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 27, 2026