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Arthur Dubois

Aerospace engineer and startup leader; co-founder and CEO of Grid Aero. Stanford-trained, formerly scaled engineering at Joby Aviation and headed engineering at Xwing developing flight autonomy systems. Leads Grid Aero's development of the Lifter Lite autonomous cargo aircraft for contested logistics.

American · 2 current roles · 1 founding

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  • Grid Aeroverified→
    Founder

    Grid Aero is a San Leandro-based aerospace startup building [Lifter-Lite](/models/lifter-lite), a low-cost autonomous cargo aircraft designed to carry 2,000–10,

    Seed · $6M1 model
  • Joby Aviationverified→
    Former Early employee / VP of Engineering (via Xwing acquisition)

    Joby Aviation (NYSE: JOBY) is a California-based eVTOL aircraft developer producing electric air taxis for urban transportation.

    Delta Air Lines Strategic Investment · $60M4 verified deployments · Joby S4 at New York →4 incidents1 model

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Former / Previously (1)

  • Joby Aviation Early employee / VP of Engineering (via Xwing acquisition)? to 2024-01-01Secondary-verified

Sources (4)

  1. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeremybogaisky/2025/08/18/china-taiwan-war-air-force-autonomous-plane/
  2. https://www.grid.aero/team
  3. https://www.aviationtoday.com/2026/02/05/grid-aero-raises-20-million-as-it-preps-to-begin-flying-long-range-cargo-uas/
  4. https://www.finsmes.com/2025/08/grid-aero-raises-6m-in-seed-funding.html

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