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Michael Norcia is CEO of Pyka, which as I mentioned earlier is an autonomous electric aircraft company. Michael has a deep technical background in autonomous flight, having contributed to a wide variety of manned/unmanned electric aviation projects at Joby, Cora, and Kittyhawk. In 2017, Michael co-founded Pyka with the goal of combining two of his lifelong passions: electric aviation and business.
This is a really fascinating interview that not only features some pretty mind blowing technology, but also a great example of finding product-market fit, overcoming regulatory hurdles, and taking a futuristic idea and converting that into a real business that solves real problems in the present day. For those of you who are entrepreneurial, I think you’ll be especially inspired, and you’ll probably also enjoy the questions I ask him about his Y-Combinator experience towards the end of the episode.
FoA 285: [Tech-Enabled Advisor Series] Helping Growers Save Money with Independent Crop Consultant John Silvera
FoA 284: Autonomous Sprayers with Gary Thompson of GUSS
FoA 283: A Model for Climate-Smart Dairy with Calgren Dairy Fuels
FoA 282: Open Source Weed Control with Guy Coleman and William Salter of OWL
FoA 281: Open Source Ag Technology with Brian Tischler of AgOpenGPS
FoA 280: Organic Farming Myths and Realities with Erin Silva, Ph.D.
FoA 279: Drones for Precision Spraying with Daniel McCann of Precision AI
FoA 278: Technology for Better Milk and Healthier Cows with Bethany Deshpande of SomaDetect
FoA 277: Delivering More Nutritious Food Ingredients with Matt Crisp of Benson Hill
FoA 276: Sustainability, Corporate Responsbility, and ESG with Louisa Parker-Smith of AGCO Corporation
FoA 275: Digital Infrastructure for Ag Supply Chains with Jake Joraanstad and Jesse Vollmar of Bushel
FoA 274: [Tech-Enabled Advisor Series] Precision Ag with Jonathan Zettler of Fieldwalker Agronomy
FoA 273: Designing the Seeds of the Future with Ponsi Trivisvavet of Inari
FoA 272: The Future of Food with Jack Bobo
FoA 271: Ag Robotics Roundtable
FoA 270: Produce Technology and Digitizing Taste
FoA 269: [Tech-Enabled Advisor Series] Cooperatives Embrace Digital Tools with KC Graner of Central Farm Service
FoA 268: California Water and the Future of Sustainable Irrigation
FoA 267: Tapping into the Microbiome for Animal Health with Chris Belnap of Resilient Biotics
FoA 266: Microsoft Wants to Democratize Data-Driven Agriculture
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