Navier Founder Sampriti Bhattacharyya is Building Electric Flying Boats

Interview with Sampriti Bhattacharyya, whose electric flying boat startup, Navier, promises to transform how we move people and goods in our coastal cities. In just 4 years, Navier has gone from concept to entering production. The Alameda, CA based startup has already signed a deal to shuttle Strip employees back and forth across the bay. This is our newest HyperGuap investment (my VC firm) and I couldn't be more fired up about the potential! I rode in a Navier in SF and was blown away at the product, smooth, quiet, and luxurious ... transforming what it means to be on a boat. The company's mission is to be America's next great maritime company, I hope they crush it!!

0:00 Intro

0:30 Turning Waterways into Highways

2:08 Ultra Efficient & Better Boating Experience

6:14 Partnership with Stripe

12:02 Navier’s Pace of Innovation & Progress

16:01 “Prototypes are easy, production is hard” - Elon Musk

23:49 Why now?

26:14 American Dynamism/Manufacturing

28:24 Did Elon Musk ride the boat?! 

29:05 What other boats could Navier build?

33:29 Autonomous Boats 

35:37 How Navier Could Change our cities