| Type: | Private |
| Industry: | Aerospace |
| Founded: | 2018 |
| Founder: | AJ Piplica (CEO) Skyler Shuford (COO) Glenn Case (CTO) Mike Smayda (CPO) |
| Hq Location: | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Num Locations: | 2 |
Hermeus Corporation is an American startup company designing a Hypersonic airliner.
The company was founded in 2018 and received an initial round of funding led by Khosla Ventures.
In March 2022, the company raised a $100 million series B investment round led by Sam Altman.[1] Other investors in the round included Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, In-Q-Tel, and existing investors Khosla Ventures, Canaan Partners, and Bling Capital.
The aircraft under development is planned to fly at Mach 5 with a range of . The company claims to have designed, built, and successfully tested a Mach 5 engine prototype in the span of 9 months. In August 2020, Hermeus received a $1.5 million contract from the United States Air Force to develop their proposed aircraft to enter and serve the American presidential fleet in the future and function as a possible Air Force One.