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Boom Supersonic

Boom Supersonic

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Last discussed Aug 18, 2026

An aerospace company developing supersonic passenger aircraft, including the Overture airliner and associated engine technology.

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Michael Kratsios
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vs: Compared to the Concorde as evidence of technological stagnation in aviation

"Earlier some of you may have heard from the founder of Boom Supersonic. I've been obsessed with supersonic flight for years. I think it's the most obvious in-your-face example of technological stagnation. We had the Concorde flying years ago and w..."

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"Research has shown, and I think Boom Supersonic, a company, showed that they're able to fly over Mach 1 without creating a sonic boom. So our regul..."

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Ramez Naam
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Used for: Natural gas turbine power generation for data centers Praised: Leverages aerospace engine design expertise for data center power vs: Part of broader trend of companies proximate to gas turbines pivoting into da...

"Bloom Supersonic, very cool company trying to make supersonic jetliners a thing again. That's a very hard task with many billions of dollars of regulatory costs. They have pivoted into using their engine design to make a natural gas turbine for da..."

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Jason Calacanis
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"Supersonic making a new jet. I know Sax has one on deposit. He's like, 'We're going to build a turbine business first because we have so much demand.' Blake Scholl, CEO of Boom Supersonic, is going to be at the All-In Summit."

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Y Combinator
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"Take Blake Scholl, the CEO of Boom Supersonic. Blake spent his early career working on adtech at companies like Amazon and Groupon before deciding to work on commercializing supersonic flight. But now Boom is a billion-dollar company."

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Naval Ravikant
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"Blake Shawl, he's building supersonic aircraft in his own factory and jet engines as well. Blake's company, Boom Supersonic."

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Peter Diamandis
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"I love the fact that Boom has pivoted from building supersonic airplanes and dealing with the FAA to powering data centers now."

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Chase Lock Miller
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"we actually recently did something with an incredible company Boom Supersonic... they had re-engineered this turbine for supersonic jet travel... now we're their first large purchase order for $1.2 billion of gas turbines."

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