Boom Supersonic

Boom Supersonic

Develops and manufactures supersonic aircraft

About Boom Supersonic

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Why Boom Supersonic is rated
B
Rated B on Competitive Edge
Rated C on Growth Potential
Rated A on Rating Differentiation

Industries

Automotive & Transportation

Energy

Aerospace

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

Late Stage VC

Total Funding

$409.7M

Headquarters

Englewood, Colorado

Founded

2014

Overview

Boom Supersonic develops and manufactures supersonic commercial aircraft aimed at reducing flight times for long-distance travel. Their main product, the Overture aircraft, is designed to run on 100% sustainable aviation fuel, supporting efforts to lower carbon emissions in the aviation industry. Boom Supersonic stands out from competitors by focusing on sustainability and forming partnerships with major airlines like American Airlines and United Airlines, which have shown strong interest in supersonic travel. The company's goal is to transform air travel by making it faster and more efficient while contributing to a sustainable future for aviation.

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What believers are saying

  • Boom's partnership with NASA showcases commitment to innovation and aerospace collaboration.
  • Successful XB-1 flights demonstrate feasibility of quiet supersonic travel.
  • Growing pre-orders for Overture indicate strong market interest and demand.

What critics are saying

  • Emerging competition from startups like Radian Aerospace threatens Boom's market position.
  • Advancements in engineering software could enable competitors to outpace Boom's innovation.
  • Regulatory progress of competitors like NASA's X-59 could accelerate their market entry.

What makes Boom Supersonic unique

  • Boom Supersonic's Overture aircraft is optimized for 100% sustainable aviation fuel.
  • Partnerships with major airlines like American Airlines highlight strong market demand.
  • Boomless Cruise technology allows supersonic travel without audible sonic booms.

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Funding

Total Funding

$409.7M

Above

Industry Average

Funded Over

6 Rounds

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Benefits

Performance Bonus

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Long Term Incentives/Equity

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

1%

2 year growth

2%
EE Journal
Mar 20th, 2025
Nvidia Blackwell Accelerates Computer-Aided Engineering Software By Orders Of Magnitude For Real-Time Digital Twins

Leading Software Providers Including Ansys, Altair, Cadence, Siemens and Synopsys Adopt NVIDIA BlackwellSAN JOSE, Calif., March 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — GTC — NVIDIA today announced that leading computer-aided engineering (CAE) software vendors, including Ansys, Altair, Cadence , Siemens and Synopsys , are accelerating their simulation tools by up to 50x with the NVIDIA Blackwell platform.With such accelerated software, along with NVIDIA CUDA-X™ libraries and blueprints to further optimize performance, industries such as automotive, aerospace, energy, manufacturing and life sciences can significantly reduce product development time, cut costs and increase design accuracy while maintaining energy efficiency.“CUDA-accelerated physical simulation on NVIDIA Blackwell has enhanced real-time digital twins and is reimagining the entire engineering process,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA. “The day is coming when virtually all products will be created and brought to life as a digital twin long before it is realized physically.”Ecosystem Support for NVIDIA BlackwellSoftware providers can help their customers develop digital twins with real-time interactivity and now accelerate them with NVIDIA Blackwell technologies.The growing ecosystem integrating Blackwell into its software includes Altair, Ansys, BeyondMath, Cadence, COMSOL, ENGYS, Flexcompute, Hexagon, Luminary Cloud , M-Star, NAVASTO, an Autodesk company, Neural Concept, nTop, Rescale, Siemens, Simscale, Synopsys and Volcano Platforms.Cadence is using NVIDIA Grace Blackwell-accelerated systems to help solve one of computational fluid dynamics’ biggest challenges — the simulation of an entire aircraft during takeoff and landing. Using the Cadence Fidelity CFD solver, Cadence successfully ran multibillion cell simulations on a single NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 server in under 24 hours, which would have previously required a CPU cluster with hundreds of thousands of cores and several days to complete.This breakthrough will help the aerospace industry move toward designing safer, more efficient aircrafts while reducing the amount of expensive wind-tunnel testing required, speeding time to market.Anirudh Devgan, president and CEO of Cadence, said, “NVIDIA Blackwell’s acceleration of the Cadence.AI portfolio delivers increased productivity and quality of results for intelligent system design — reducing engineering tasks that took hours to minutes and unlocking simulations not possible before. Our collaboration with NVIDIA drives innovation across semiconductors, data centers, physical AI and sciences.”Sassine Ghazi, president and CEO of Synopsys, said, “At GTC, we’re unveiling the latest performance results observed across our leading portfolio when optimizing Synopsys solutions for NVIDIA Blackwell to accelerate computationally intensive chip design workflows. Synopsys technology is mission-critical to the productivity and capabilities of engineering teams, from silicon to systems. By harnessing the power of NVIDIA accelerated computing, we can help customers unlock new levels of performance and deliver their innovations even faster.”Ajei Gopal, president and CEO of Ansys, said, “The close collaboration between Ansys and NVIDIA is accelerating innovation at an unprecedented pace

Supercar Blondie
Mar 10th, 2025
Seattle startup company developing a spaceplane that will be 11 times faster than Concorde

The Radian One comes as BOOM Supersonic is developing its Overture airliner, an aircraft described as the 'son of Concorde.'

PR Newswire
Mar 3rd, 2025
Boom Supersonic Partners With Nasa To Capture Iconic Image Of Civil Supersonic Flight

Specialized photography from NASA shows the shock waves as Boom's supersonicdemonstrator breaks the sound barrierBoom confirms no sonic boom reached the ground during XB-1 demonstrator'ssupersonic flightsMOJAVE, Calif. and DENVER, March 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Boom Supersonic, the company building the world's fastest airliner, Overture, partnered with NASA to capture specialized photography during supersonic flight tests of its demonstrator aircraft, XB-1. During XB-1's second supersonic flight on February 10, 2025, NASA teams on the ground used Schlieren photography, a technique to visualize the shock waves resulting from XB-1 pushing through the air at supersonic speeds. In January, XB-1 became the first independently developed jet to fly faster than the speed of sound, and the first civil supersonic jet built in America

MBT Magazine
Mar 3rd, 2025
Boom Supersonic Partners with NASA to Capture Image of Civil Supersonic Flight

Boom Supersonic recently partnered with NASA to capture specialized photography during supersonic flight tests of its demonstrator aircraft, XB-1.

Aerospace Testing International
Feb 28th, 2025
X-59 completes electromagnetic testing

This will be a vital regulatory step for companies such as Boom, which is developing a commercial supersonic passenger aircraft.

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