It’s time to dream bigger. Our vision is to save a billion people an hour a day.

36º 59’ 10.536” N122º 2’ 12.696” W

Our story starts

in Santa Cruz, CA

back in 2025

Origins
2009
The Beginning
Redwoods, Santa Cruz
Tucked in the misty redwoods above Santa Cruz, seven engineers gathered in a workshop.
They weren’t just building an aircraft. They were chasing a dream. What if flight could be quiet, clean, convenient — a part of everyday life?
Imagine getting to work without traffic. Seeing your city from the clouds. Saying “yes” to dinner across town.
The sky shouldn’t be off limits. It should be a shortcut. A sigh of relief. A daily moment of awe. Because when you lift above the noise, everything shifts — your view, your pace, your possibilities.
Origins
2009
Imagine getting to work without traffic. Seeing your city from the clouds. Saying “yes” to dinner across town.
The sky shouldn’t be off limits. It should be a shortcut. A sigh of relief. A daily moment of awe. Because when you lift above the noise, everything shifts — your view, your pace, your possibilities.
From the electric motors to airframes and propellers, the aircraft was designed from the ground up. It was slow, hands-on, and humbling. They started over again and again. Relentlessly refining for reliability, performance, and precision.
This wasn’t just a technical challenge. It meant designing an entire ecosystem: infrastructure, software, and service, all working in sync with the cities we love.
The vision? To choreograph entire trips with just a few taps, from ride-share to skyport to destination. No gridlock. No stress. Just time, reclaimed.
Origins
This wasn’t just a technical challenge. It meant designing an entire ecosystem: infrastructure, software, and service, all working in sync with the cities we love.
The vision? To choreograph entire trips with just a few taps, from ride-share to skyport to destination. No gridlock. No stress. Just time, reclaimed.
Redwoods
What began as a dream in the trees has since grown into a global effort to bring electric flight to life. Because cleaner skies mean a healthier planet. Less traffic means more time. And future generations deserve both.
Origins
Redwoods
Santa Cruz
California
Breakthroughs
2009
2015
2017
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025

The Beginning

Subscale Demonstrator

Full-Scale Demonstrator

Expanded Partnership with Uber

Hydrogen-Electric Demo Flight

Day and night, a small team of seven engineers work out of “The Barn,” our workshop in the redwoods above Santa Cruz. We explore the frontiers of technologies like electric motors, flight software, and lithium-ion batteries, engineering almost every component from the ground up.

After many years of subscale testing and analysis, our subscale technology demonstrator flies for the first time.

After countless hours of engineering, our first full-scale demonstrator takes to the skies.

We expand our partnership with Uber to integrate our aerial ridesharing service into the Uber app across U.S. launch markets. Uber increases its investment in Joby, and we acquire Elevate, bringing its software and launch expertise in-house.

We successfully fly a first-of-its-kind hydrogen-electric air taxi demonstrator 523 miles, marking a major step toward zero-emission regional flight with water as the only by-product.

Joby today

We’re a community of engineers and visionaries bringing the dream of everyday flight to life through world-class manufacturing and technology.

Team members on board

2500+

Year founded

2009

Joby locations worldwide

15+

Operating emissions during flight

0

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Designing cleaner flight for people and the planet.Designing cleaner flight for people and the planet.
Designing cleaner flight for people and the planet.Designing cleaner flight for people and the planet.

Designing cleaner flight for people and the planet.

90% fewer emissions than a helicopter40% fewer emissions than an average car