Flowcode · Jun 2026
Customer story about the Adni campaign at NTI 2025, including a Buoyant blimp with QR-based engagement, measurable conversions, and 45,000+ direct impressions.
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Buoyant Aero is a San Francisco-based aerospace/tech startup that originally built small unmanned cargo airships and now markets zero-emissions automated blimps as a turnkey "Blimps-as-a-Service" aerial media platform for branding, messaging, and data collection.
Primary product
Blimps-as-a-Service aerial advertising platform
Founded
2020
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
1-10 employees
Industry
Technology, Information and Internet
Sub-industry
aerial media / autonomous airships
Offices
0 jobs at Buoyant Aero
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Business model
Stage
seed
Total raised
$125K
Latest round
Seed Round · Aug 2021
Latest amount
$125K
Founders
Founder and CTO (historical)
Small, technical, fast-moving team focused on real-world flight testing, rapid deployment, and build-in-public marketing. Public postings emphasize hands-on engineering, operations, and launching new blimp activations quickly.
Compensation
Public postings show a 2-4 week on-site avionics contract at $20-$50/hour, and full-time roles advertised with competitive salary plus equity. One role explicitly said Part 107 certification could be sponsored; another said US citizen/visa only.
Pricing
Custom campaign pricing for turnkey aerial activations; public postings also show hourly contract hiring for some engineering roles.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
Less than $1 million
Estimated monthly visits
822
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
Flowcode · Jun 2026
Customer story about the Adni campaign at NTI 2025, including a Buoyant blimp with QR-based engagement, measurable conversions, and 45,000+ direct impressions.
LinkedIn · Oct 2025
Albie Brown described a rapid Amazon Prime Video / Heads of State blimp deployment, highlighting a sub-two-week timeline, FAA/Coast Guard coordination, and real-world brand activation execution.
Hackaday · Sep 2021
Technical coverage of Buoyant's hybrid airship approach, including its middle-mile cargo use case, lift mix, and autonomous-flight ambitions.
TechCrunch · Aug 2021
TechCrunch's YC Demo Day roundup highlighted Buoyant Aero as using electric blimps for medium-range air freight and cited its 650 lb cargo ambition and rural freight market focus.
TechCrunch · Aug 2021
Early profile of Buoyant's cargo-airship concept, founders Ben Claman and Joe Figura, and the company's plan to cut middle-mile delivery costs and pursue FAA certifications.