Tom O'Leary

New Capabilities

Leading company through Series B and manufacturing site selection

The tube-and-wing aircraft design has dominated commercial aviation since the Boeing 707 entered service in 1958. JetZero, a Long Beach startup, just raised $175 million to challenge that 67-year-old paradigm with a blended-wing aircraft. The new design merges fuselage and wings into a single lifting surface, promising 50% fuel savings over conventional jets.

Updated May 21