Atoms and Joby Aviation Announce Strategic Partnership to Develop Vertiport Network
Atoms, the Industrial AI and infrastructure company, and Joby Aviation, Inc. (NYSE: JOBY), the company developing electric air taxis for commercial passenger service, today announced a strategic partnership to acquire and develop vertiport sites across the United States. The companies will initially focus on Florida, New York, and Texas — the markets where Joby is preparing to launch early operations under the White House-backed eVTOL Integration Pilot Program (eIPP) — as well as California.
Joby’s aircraft is approaching commercial readiness. The company has flown its first FAA-conforming aircraft and entered the final stage of FAA type certification. Piloted flights across the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City have demonstrated its operational capability. As air taxis progress from certification toward early operations, the primary constraint will shift to the ground: aircraft will require places to land, charge, and connect passengers to the remainder of their journeys. Rapidly building that infrastructure in the right locations and at scale is expected to be the critical path to integrating electric flight into daily life.
Atoms, the Industrial AI and infrastructure company, and Joby Aviation, Inc. (NYSE: JOBY), the company developing electric air taxis for commercial passenger service, today announced a strategic partnership to acquire and develop vertiport sites across the United States. The companies will initially focus on Florida, New York, and Texas—the markets where Joby is preparing to launch early operations under the White House-backed eVTOL Integration Pilot Program (eIPP)—as well as California.
Joby’s aircraft is approaching commercial readiness. The company has flown its first FAA-conforming aircraft and entered the final stage of FAA type certification. Piloted flights across the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City have demonstrated its operational capability. As air taxis progress from certification toward early operations, the primary constraint will shift to the ground: aircraft will require places to land, charge, and connect passengers to the remainder of their journeys. Rapidly building that infrastructure in the right locations and at scale is expected to be the critical path to integrating electric flight into daily life.
