Wingcopter, Germany’s drone delivery startup, raises another $44M from the EIB
Wingcopter, a startup out of Germany that has made a name for itself in the world of delivery drones used primarily for delivery of medicine and other goods to remote areas, has picked up some more financing to expand its business. The European Investment Bank is putting €40 million (close to $44 million) into the […]
Wingcopter wins ITOCHU as a strategic investor and authorized partner in Japan
Weiterstadt, Germany / Tokyo, Japan, March 29, 2022 — German drone delivery pioneer Wingcopter has announced the signing of a strategic partnership agreement with ITOCHU Corporation. ITOCHU joins Wingcopter’s Authorized Partnership Program (WAPP) and will act as a dedicated distributor and lessor for the Wingcopter 198, Wingcopter’s new eVTOL delivery drone, in Japan. On top, the Japanese […]
Air Methods Launches Spright, a New Drone Solution, Deploying Fleets of Wingcopters
Strategic partnership to provide new options for on-demand delivery and access to lifesaving resources DENVER, CO—August 3, 2021— Air Methods, the nation’s leading air medical service provider, announced today the launch of Spright, a newly formed drone solution, designed to help improve healthcare access and minimize supply challenges. Collaborating with Wingcopter, an industry-leading German drone manufacturer, Spright is […]
AI at Work
Supercomputers playing chess and robotic dogs generate headlines, but the bigger impact of artificial intelligence is in industrialized settings, doing real work. For casual observers, artificial intelligence remains science fiction and its big success seems to be in beating humans at chess and the strategy game of go. We see it in videos of dancing […]