The Drone Company Quietly Taking Over Delivery

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The episode discusses Manna's drone delivery service and features interviews with its founder Bobby Healy and Theseus co-founder Ian Laffey.

This Week In Startups is made possible by: Render - render.com/twist Deel - deel.com/twist Northwest Registered Agent - northwestregisteredagent.com/twist Today’s show: The "Ryanair of drone delivery" just raised $50 million and plans to bring its technology from Europe to the United States. Manna founder Bobby Healy explains to TWiST how his Dublin-based company completed 300,000 deliveries while some rivals are still publishing blog posts, and why low-cost airline economics will decide who wins the autonomous skies. Sticking to the drone theme, TWiST welcomed Theseus co-founder Ian Laffey, who called in from Kyiv to tell us about his company’s drone guidance system. It runs off a simple camera and Google Maps. The technology could rewrite the modern, GPS-jammed battlefield, and bring more firepower to smaller nations fending off larger foes. Guest Links: Manna https://www.manna.aero Bobby Healy https://www.linkedin.com/in/bhealy/ Manna funding announcement https://www.manna.aero/blog/series-b Theseus https://www.theseus.us/ Ian Laffey https://www.linkedin.com/in/ilaffey2/ Most recent Theseus funding announcement…

People in this episode

Host: Jason Calacanis

Guests: Bobby Healy, Ian Laffey

Topics covered

• drone delivery
• autonomous technology
• startups
• funding
• military technology

Keywords

• drone delivery
• Manna
• Bobby Healy
• Theseus
• Ian Laffey
• autonomous drones
• funding

Sponsors

Render, Deel, Northwest Registered Agent

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Manna, Theseus

Places: Dublin, Kyiv

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