Adam Goldstein
Founder & CEO, Archer Aviation. On 2 shows, 4 appearances. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.
founderexecutive@adamgoldstein13 ↗LinkedIn ↗archer.com ↗Wikipedia ↗
He co-founded Archer Aviation in 2018 to develop and commercialise electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, including the Midnight air taxi. Prior to Archer, he co-founded and led the recruitment software platform Vettery, which was acquired by The Adecco Group.
2shows
4appearances
60statements
28resolved
19supported
2contradicted
68%fully supported
3said about them ↓ Everything Adam Goldstein said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
Goldstein: Competitor weaponized the government by framing Archer engineer as a spy
“If, in America, I didn't think it was possible for a competitor to weaponize the government to come after you. And we saw that. It was unbelievable. It was you know, one of my engineers was set up to look like he was like a Chinese spy, and it was totally fake…”
Goldstein: Buttigieg refused meetings, but Sean Duffy meets with Archer monthly
“I literally could not get a meeting with Secretary Pete Buttigieg. I couldn't do it. He just wouldn't take the meeting. And so, I don't know if it just wasn't important to him or whatever his reasons were, but as soon as the new administration, the administrat…”
Goldstein: Full-stack eVTOL models are too operationally complex to be profitable
“So the challenge with being an OEM, and an operator, and, a demand aggregator, an infrastructure player, you know, a pilot training company, a maintenance company, that's a lot of stuff to do at once. It's very hard to actually build a real business that will …”
Goldstein: Boeing sued Archer immediately after its public listing announcement
“So when you have an industry that's so heavily consolidated, they don't want new entrants. And so Boeing sued us instantly.”
Goldstein: Scaled air taxi networks will take 10 to 20 years
“So air taxi will happen over time. It's not gonna happen year one. It's probably not gonna happen year five, but it will happen by year 10, and it will certainly be scaled by year 20.”
Archer reached piloted flight milestones in half the time of competitors
“And don't forget, we've done this in half the time as our competitors have done this. And so we have moved at incredible speeds. And when you look at it, when you kind of zoom in, it looks like we're at the same space, maybe we're ahead. But if you like zoom o…”
Archer is the only major eVTOL manufacturer selling directly to airlines
“We're kind of the only game in town. Our competitor really wants to operate. And so if you want to buy aircraft, we're kind of the only game in town to really do that from.”
Goldstein: Commercial eVTOL launches will begin internationally before the US
“I think it's, to me, super clear this does not start in the U.S. I really think it starts internationally.”
Goldstein: Going public via SPAC was definitely right for Archer
“And this was the right avenue for us for sure.”
Goldstein: Archer eVTOLs are safer, quieter, and cheaper than helicopters
“It's safer than helicopters. They're super quiet. They cost less.”
Goldstein: Archer Aviation partnered with Anduril to build autonomous military aircraft
“We do have a really strong partnership with Anderil. And so we've been building the new kind of autonomous, attributable aircrafts.”
Goldstein: Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg refused meetings with Archer Aviation
“I could not get a meeting with the former Secretary of Transportation.”
Goldstein: eVTOL aircraft will begin flying in US cities next year
“And so we came up with this concept around what they called the EIPP or eVTOL integration pilot program. And that was to allow these aircrafts to start flying in the cities in the U.S. As soon as next year. And so what they're going to do is they're actually g…”
Goldstein: eVTOL is the first new FAA aircraft category in 60 years
“So you have a new platform that's really, it's like day one of that, first new category at the FAA in 60 years, and it's an opportunity to build a whole next generation of aviation.”
Goldstein: Jim Cramer's constant attacks on Archer only increase public attention
“Like, Kramer has always hated us and just gashes us at every chance he can get. And in a way, it just brings more, almost like, attention to it.”
Goldstein: Archer could not have been built outside the US
“I don't think there's another country that you could do something like this in.”
Goldstein: eVTOL is FAA's first new category in 60 years
“This is the first new category that's been created by the FAA in 60 years.”
Goldstein: Aviation manufacturing has not scaled since World War II
“We haven't really scaled aviation since World War II, and so it's going to be challenging to do that, but I think that's really the nut to crack that could determine the size of this”
Goldstein: Archer's Georgia manufacturing facility will open later in 2024
“Our high-volume manufacturing facility in Georgia will open up later this year”
Tripling optimistic eVTOL projections would not match current helicopter volume
“So if you took all three of us, you took our most bullish estimates that we have and you triple them, we still would not even replace helicopters.”
Archer Aviation will launch international passenger flights in 2025
“I think pretty clearly there's a route to do this internationally next year. And so I think we'll launch with passengers next year.”
Goldstein: A Trump executive order is fast-tracking the eVTOL regulatory framework
“President Trump issued an executive order that was fast tracking the program through the regulators and really starting to create a platform for us to launch.”
Goldstein: Archer Aviation won exclusive flight partner rights for LA 2028 Olympics
“We won the exclusive for the L.A. 20 Olympics.”
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 ALL-INLEDGER | Founder & CEO, Archer Aviation | 2 | 31 | 77% 10/13 | full record on All-In → |
| SOURCERYLEDGER | Founder & CEO, Archer Aviation | 2 | 29 | 60% 9/15 | full record on Sourcery → |