joby aviation is a privately-held company headquartered in santa cruz, california. in 2009, leveraging the control systems and electric propulsion systems developed at joby energy, joby aviation was founded to revolutionize how we commute. joby aviation's strengths in composite airframe design and fabrication, high-fidelity aerodynamic analysis, and through the sister company joby motors, high-performance electric motor design and fabrication, place it in a unique position to create a new generation of electric personal aircraft.