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