Volansi
Volansi is a YC Winter 2017 (W17) company. Based in San Francisco, CA, USA. Team of 85.
About Volansi
Summary
Volansi builds and operates autonomous vertical-takeoff-and-landing drones for point-to-point B2B delivery across defense, commercial, and medical supply chains. Its aircraft carry payloads up to 200 lbs over ranges up to 1,000 miles, replacing ground logistics and chartered flights that cause costly operational downtime. Customers span remote industrial sites, military operations, and medical distribution networks worldwide.
Go-to-market
Volansi sells directly to enterprise and government customers, operating the delivery service itself rather than selling hardware alone.
From the Y Combinator listing
Autonomous VTOL delivery solutions.
Volansi builds and operates high-payload long-range unmanned aerial vehicles to service B2B customers with a point-to-point delivery solution that saves them millions of dollars in down-time costs. We service customers around the world with a focus on defense, commercial, and medical supply deliveries. Our aerial vehicles can transport loads up to 200 lbs up to 1,000 mi. Volansi was founded by Hannan Parvizian and Wesley Zheng in 2015, and is based in San Francisco.
Facts
- Industrials / Industrials -> Drones
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- 85
- Acquired
- Growth
Founders (1)
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