When Rolls-Royce pulled out as @boomsupersonic's engine partner, it looked like a potentially fatal ...
Y Combinator(@ycombinator) · 商业与创投
When Rolls-Royce pulled out as @boomsupersonic 's engine partner, it looked like a potentially fatal setback. Instead, it pushed Boom to build its own engine, a decision that ultimately helped unlock boomless supersonic flight and opened up an entirely new business: gas turbines for the massive power demands of AI data centers. Boom founder and CEO @bscholl returns to The Social Radars with @jesslivingston and @cjoneslevy to tell the story of how that crisis became one of the company’s biggest opportunities. They talk about why building the engine in-house changed the airplane itself, how Boom realized the same technology could generate power for data centers, and why the new turbine business could help fund the development of its supersonic airliner. 00:00 — Rolls-Royce Walks Away 02:39 — The Breakup Goes Public 07:39 — Deciding to Build the Engine In-House 09:01 — The Brian Chesky Advice That Changed Everything 10:25 — Why Building the Engine Was the Right Call 11:06 — Unlocking Boomless Supersonic Flight 13:35 — The Problem of Funding a Supersonic Airliner 14:37 — The AI Power Shortage Creates an Opportunity 16:23 — Turning a Jet Engine Into a Gas Turbine 18:26 — Why Hard Tech Is So Difficult to Fund 21:20 — From Paycheck to Paycheck to a New Business 22:26 — Why America Stopped Building Power 25:56 — The Aerospace Industry Stopped Innovating 27:21 — Designing the Engine and Airplane Together 32:55 — Rethinking the Passenger Experience 39:03 — Rebuilding America’s Industrial Base Your browser does not support the video tag. 🔗 View on Twitter 💬 11 🔄 3 ❤️ 18 👀 6551 📊 11 ⚡ Powered by xgo.ing