#113 Andrew Clare, Elroy Air: Scaling Autonomous Cargo

#113 Andrew Clare, Elroy Air: Scaling Autonomous Cargo

June 30, 2026 · 1h 10m · Episode 113

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The episode features Andrew Clare discussing Elroy Air's innovative approach to autonomous cargo transport.

In this episode we speak with Andrew Clare, CEO of Elroy Air, which builds the Chaparral, an autonomous hybrid-electric VTOL that hauls cargo in detachable pods for middle-mile commercial and defense logistics. Elroy is a 10-year-old company built on three then-unpopular bets: cargo over passengers, hybrid-electric over pure battery, and autonomous over piloted. Andrew, formerly CTO of Nuro, joined to turn that foundation into a scaled business, and the company has since demonstrated its tran...

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