Whee! Autonomous Flight Skies Past the Finish Line with £5M Boost
Autonomous Flight, the electric‑powered eVTOL start‑up, has strapped on a hefty £5 million (about $7 million) from its £25 million Series A—sweetening the deal for its futuristic Y6S Plus.
Meet the Y6S Plus
Think of a sleek, six‑seat luxury jet, but battery‑powered and built for urban hops. Its unique three‑propeller rig and serene, near‑silent dials promise:
- 220 km/h cruise speed (that’s roughly 125 mph) — faster than your last Uber ride.
- 130 km range on a single charge – enough to jump that bridge between two cities in a city that’s got airports at every corner.
- Launched in 2023, after a full‑simulation test that finally gave us a sneak peek of how it’ll whisper through the sky.
Why It Matters (and Why We’re Excited)
Built in Kent, just outside London, the company has swiftly become a global eVTOL powerhouse. With the Y6S Plus, Autonomous Flight is carving out a piece of the Urban Air Mobility dream: first hitting the UK and US, with a worldwide rollout slipping in the coming decade.
The Mastermind Behind the Skies
Serial entrepreneur Martin Warner is the force behind this project—and a fleet of other game‑changing ventures:
- botObjects – a 3D printing kit that sold for $50 million to 3D Systems in just 17 months.
- Parcel Fly – a drone‑delivery brain that could juggle 1.4 million drones across 720 cities.
- Flix Premiere – the indie film streaming platform everyone’s whispering about.
- The Jax Jones & Martin Warner Show – podcast where pop stars and CEOs spill secrets.
His mission? Push next‑generation tech into everyday life, turning the sky from a property to an everyday playground.
What Martin Says
“We’re engineering an almost whisper‑quiet, clean tech that cuts through urban congestion, tapping unseen air above city streets from 300 to 2,000 feet. The eVTOL sector could hit a $1.5 trillion valuation by 2040, and who’s in the loop with full‑sized, viable prototypes? We’re one of the few.”
— Martin Warner, visionary behind the Y6S Plus.
