# Ben Claman: CEO, Buoyant Aero

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CEO and Co-founder of Buoyant Aero (YC S21), developing autonomous cargo airships for middle-mile delivery. MIT mechanical engineer from Anchorage, Alaska; built distributed sensing systems for the military, phased array antennas for satellite connectivity, and GPS data loggers for motorsports before founding Buoyant in 2020.

- **Nationality:** American
- **Verification posture:** reported

## Current roles (2)

- [Buoyant Aero](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/buoyant-aero.md) CEO & Co-founder (secondary-verified)
- [Buoyant Aero](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/buoyant-aero.md) Co-founder (secondary-verified)

## Sources (2)

1. https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/27/yc-grad-buoyant-wants-to-solve-middle-mile-delivery-with-cargo-airships/
2. https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/buoyant-aero


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