“I started my life with a single absolute: that the world was mine to shape in the image of my highest values and never to be given up to a lesser standard, no matter how long or hard the struggle”
Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
Thanks @elonmusk for not only building a number of world changing companies, doing the impossible but for inspiring generations of builders to work on hard problems that matter and raising humanity’s collective ambition 🫶
(& for making time to fly the @navierboat!)🚀🚀🚀🚤🌊
Robotaxis on water will be a thing.
Captains cost ~$40–$50/hr - nearly 50% of water taxi ops. It’s not scalable, and there aren’t enough captains.
Electric foiling robotaxis are 10x cheaper to operate, smoother to ride, & can dock at any marina. It’s one reason I started Navier.
If you can figure out how to get to America by yourself after writing hundreds of emails and make it work starting with two hundred bucks in the pocket - you can figure out a LOT of things in life. That’s 20 yr old me. Day #2 in the US. First time riding a bike!
(Fermilab
In just 2.5 years, we went from prototype to delivering the first N30, and spent only $15M to set up production and get boats out —a new record in hardtech. We did it in the most unconventional way.
There’s magic in a small, scrappy team with a hardcore work ethic.
Robotaxis change everything. Why sell a car for $50K when you can make $200K+ per year operating it yourself? Payback in under a year.
The future is fleets run by the OEMs themselves. @Tesla won’t just build cars. My bet is it will run the largest robotaxi network in US.
While we wait for flying cars, here’s our flying boat - @navierboat N30! Alameda to downtown SF is now 12 mins and I love the stunning view of the city and the Bay Bridge!
Foiling across the Bay (and skipping the traffic, obviously!)
I have a lot respect for @elonmusk as a builder. He turns the ‘impossible’ into ‘slightly delayed.’ Very few companies (if any) match the pace of innovation and execution at Musk’s companies. Any hardcore builder- not an armchair critic - understands and appreciates that.
Super excited to partner with @FourSeasons Lake Austin Private Residences and deliver the N30—the most advanced boat on Lake Austin. Couldn’t ask for a better brand to collaborate with to bring luxury, sustainable water transit to reality. This is just the beginning!