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Navier Founder Sampriti Bhattacharyya is Building Electric Flying Boats

Published: Feb. 27, 2024, 8:54 a.m.

Interview with Sampriti Bhattacharyya, whose electric flying boat startup, Navier, promises to transform how we move people and goods in our coastal cities. In just 4 years, Navier has gone from concept to entering production. The Alameda, CA based startup has already signed a deal to shuttle Strip employees back and forth across the bay. This is our newest HyperGuap investment (my VC firm) and I couldn't be more fired up about the potential! I rode in a Navier in SF and was blown away at the product, smooth, quiet, and luxurious ... transforming what it means to be on a boat. The company's mission is to be America's next great maritime company, I hope they crush it!!

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0:00 Intro

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0:30 Turning Waterways into Highways

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2:08 Ultra Efficient & Better Boating Experience

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6:14 Partnership with Stripe

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12:02 Navier\u2019s Pace of Innovation & Progress

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16:01 \u201cPrototypes are easy, production is hard\u201d - Elon Musk

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23:49 Why now?

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26:14 American Dynamism/Manufacturing

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28:24 Did Elon Musk ride the boat?!\xa0

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29:05 What other boats could Navier build?

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33:29 Autonomous Boats\xa0

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35:37 How Navier Could Change our cities