# Joe Figura: founder, Buoyant Aero

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Co-founder and CTO of Buoyant Aero (YC S21), developing autonomous cargo airships for middle-mile delivery. MIT aerospace engineer who built and flew communication satellites at two internet satellite startups before co-founding Buoyant.

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

## Current roles (1)

- [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://joefigura.com/about.html


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