I took a year off after leaving Groupon to explore what I wanted to do next, which allowed me to pursue the idea of supersonic flight without the fear of it being a dead end.

Supersonic travel will enter the market similarly to other technologies, starting at higher price points and gradually becoming more affordable, much like electric cars and smartphones.

I wanted to work on flight because it would make me the happiest if it worked, and I believe that if every founder pursued the most ambitious ideas they could conceive, it would lead to greater happiness and innovation.

I initially thought there was no way I could be the one to discover the formula for supersonic passenger flight, but it turned out to be liberating to realize that I could find the flaws in the existing assumptions.

Eight years after their Y Combinator batch, Boom successfully built and flew a supersonic jet, demonstrating the potential of hard tech startups.

Building a supersonic jet is incredibly challenging, but it's not impossible. It requires a unique approach and a willingness to learn from mistakes along the way.

Overture, the upcoming supersonic airliner, will carry around 65 passengers, travel at Mach 1.7, and run on 100% sustainable fuel, while also preventing sonic booms from reaching the ground, allowing it to fly over land.

The rapid advancements in technology often defy our expectations, as illustrated by the Wright Brothers' belief that flight was decades away, yet they achieved it just two years later.

The XB-1 is the first independently developed supersonic jet in history, and it's a prototype for a future supersonic passenger airplane that aims to make air travel faster and more accessible.