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Boom Supersonic funding, valuation and investors
Denver aerospace company building the Overture supersonic airliner and Symphony engine — plus Superpower turbines for AI data centers.
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Funding, valuation & investors
Answer-first snapshotLatest funding
Later-stage VC
$300M · December 2025
Latest known valuation
$1.5B (reported)
Later-stage VC · December 2025
Total disclosed equity funding
$400M
Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.
Current status
private
growth · Denver, Colorado
Overview
Boom Supersonic (Boom Technology, Inc.) develops supersonic passenger aircraft (Overture), the Symphony propulsion system, and the Superpower industrial turbine for data-center power. Founded in 2014 in the Denver area by Blake Scholl with co-founders Joe Wilding and Josh Krall, Boom is headquartered in Centennial, Colorado (Denver metro).
The company announced a $300M funding round in December 2025 led by Darsana Capital Partners with Altimeter, ARK Invest, Bessemer Venture Partners, Robinhood Ventures, and Y Combinator participating, citing $1.25B+ backlog for Superpower turbines and airline orders from United, American, and Japan Airlines for Overture.
Why Boom Supersonic is interesting
Boom is the Front Range's hardest-tech bet: XB-1 demonstrator flights, 130+ Overture airline commitments, and a Dec 2025 pivot into 42MW natural-gas turbines (Superpower) for AI data centers funded by a $300M round — aerospace R&D monetized through energy infrastructure.
Product & use cases
Overture is a supersonic airliner targeting 2x speed over water; Symphony is its propulsion program; Superpower repackages turbine expertise for industrial power generation serving AI infrastructure.
- Airlines seeking faster transoceanic routes with sustainable supersonic aircraft
- Data-center operators needing dispatchable power for AI compute campuses
- Defense and aerospace partners evaluating high-speed transport derivatives
Key facts
- Funding (Dec 2025): $300M led by Darsana Capital; $1.5B post-money valuation cited in press
- Superpower turbine: 42MW natural-gas unit for AI data centers; Crusoe named launch customer
- Overture order book: 130 aircraft including United, American, JAL commitments
- Total funding $700M+ per company fact sheet (Dec 2024)
Funding history (newest first)
Later-stage VC
2025-12 $300M Valuation: $1.5B (reported)- Darsana Capital Partners (lead)
- Bessemer Venture Partners (participant)
Source: Read source · boomsupersonic.com
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Competitive landscape
Edge: Integrated airframe + engine development in-house — rare in modern commercial aerospace — with a 2025 revenue bridge via Superpower turbines while Overture certification continues.
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Exosonic / other supersonic startups direct
Competing supersonic aircraft concepts at various maturity.
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Boeing / Airbus incumbent
Subsonic duopoly; different speed thesis.
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GE Vernova / Siemens Energy adjacent
Industrial turbine incumbents for data-center power.
Notable stories
- Boom's Dec 2025 announcement framed Superpower turbine revenue as funding Symphony engine development — a dual-use capital strategy when pure-play airliner timelines stretched.
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