Start-up 

Atanu co-founded an eVTOL start-up named ‘Harmony Aeronautics LLC’ as a direct spin-off from the Boeing’s $2M Go-Fly competition to develop and commercialize an efficient, quiet personal flying vehicle. The company has been able to raise significant funding (~$0.3M) to develop an early-stage prototype. The company has also won Agility Prime STTR seed funding (~$1M) from Air Force and is currently collaborating with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU), Texas A&M University (TAMU) and Penn State University (PSU) as part of this project.

Media & Professional Coverage

There have been several professional coverages of the achievements of 'Harmony Aeronautics' in the mainstream media such as Forbes, CNN Travel, New York Times, Popular Mechanics etc. Some of them are listed below:

• “Personal flying machine designs revealed in Boeing GoFly contest”, CNN Travel, June 2018. (link)

•  “Contest Aims to Lift Personal Flying Machines Off the Page”, New York Times, June 2018. (link)

• “Would You Fly On These? Boeing-Funded Contest To Develop Personal Aircraft Picks 5 Finalists”, Forbes, March 2019. (link)

• “Ahead of the Jetsons: Texas A&M engineers to build flying motorcycle”, Houston Chronicle, May 2019. (link)

• "After More Than a Century, the Cyclocopter Is Making a Comeback”, Popular Mechanics, April 2019. (link)

• “Texas A&M Team wins second round of Boeing backed flight device competition”, Houston Innovation Map, April 2019.(link)

• “Aggie engineering group's design for flying vehicle taking off”, The Eagle, April 2019. (link)

• “Texas A&M’s Harmony Team develops personal flying machine for Boeing’s GoFly Prize Competition”, The Battalion, April 2019.(link)

• “Meet the 5 Winners Of GoFly Phase II”, GoFly Prize, March 2019. (link)

• “GoFly Prize Picks eVTOL Personal Fliers, Heads Toward Flyoff”, Aviation Week, March 2019.(link)