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About
Blake Scholl is the founder and CEO of Boom Supersonic, which he started in 2014 to bring supersonic passenger flight back to commercial aviation. A Carnegie Mellon computer science grad, he was an early Amazon software engineer, co-founded mobile startup Kima Labs (acquired by Groupon), and ran relevance and search at Groupon before founding Boom. His XB-1 demonstrator went supersonic in 2025; United, American, and Japan Airlines have placed orders for 130 Overture airliners.
Previous roles
- Software Engineer and Product Leader, Amazon
- First Employee and Director of Product Development, Pelago
- Co-Founder, Kima Labs
- Executive, Relevance / Email / Search, Groupon
Notable work
- XB-1, Boom’s independently developed supersonic demonstrator, which completed its first supersonic flight in January 2025.
- Overture, Boom’s planned commercial supersonic airliner.
- Symphony, Boom’s in-house, purpose-built turbofan engine for Overture.
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