E-plane's $21.5M Bet: Chennai Firm Builds India's First Electric Air Taxi

• Chennai-based startup The ePlane Company is developing India's first electric air taxi, the e200x, using Nvidia's advanced technology.
• Engineers created a detailed 'digital twin' of the aircraft with Nvidia Omniverse to test flight physics, sensors, and emergency scenarios virtually.
• The company has raised $21.5 million in funding across 8 rounds, with 34 investors participating in the latest Series-B round.
• Founded in 2019 by Satya Chakravarthy and Pranjal Mehta, E-plane aims to reduce urban traffic congestion with fast, quiet, and eco-friendly eVTOL aircraft.
• With 135 employees and growing, E-plane focuses on urban air mobility, facing 282 competitors globally.