Private company

Boom Technology

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American startup supersonic aircraft company

Boom Technology, Inc. (trade name Boom Supersonic) is an American company developing the Overture, a proposed supersonic airliner.3 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 16, 2026.

Overview

2014Founded1
  • Industryaircraft industry1
  • HeadquartersCentennial1
  • Websiteboomsupersonic.com
  • Incorporated inDE5
  • Business address12876 E. Adam Aircraft Circle, Englewood, Co 801125

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Boom Technology, Inc. (trade name Boom Supersonic) is an American company developing the Overture, a proposed supersonic airliner. It has also flight tested the Boom XB-1, which broke the sound barrier for the first time on January 28, 2025, during a flight from the Mojave Air and Space Port.3

How it started

History

The company was founded in Denver in 2014.

It participated in a Y Combinator startup incubation program in early 2016, and has been funded by Y Combinator, Sam Altman, Paul Graham, Alex Gerko, Michael Moritz, Bessemer Venture Partners, Seraph Group, and others.

In March 2017, $33 million was invested by several venture funds: Continuity Fund, RRE Ventures, Palm Drive Ventures, 8VC and Caffeinated Capital.

Boom secured $43 million of total financing by April 2017.

In 2017, Japan Airlines invested $10 million, as part of a Series B fundraising round that brought the company capital to $156 million by 2020: enough to build the XB-1 demonstrator and complete its testing, and to start early design work on the 60-80-seat airliner. As of 2025, the company has raised over $600 million in investor funding.

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Leadership

Who has led Boom Technology, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chief executive

  1. Blake Scholl2014–now
201520202025

Timeline

  1. 2014Founded Founded1
  2. 2014New chief executive Blake Scholl becomes CEO1

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