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Rhode Island all-electric seaglider maker flying in ground effect at 180+ mph for coastal routes; YC W21 $90M Founders Fund/8090-backed with $8B+ in orders from Japan Airlines and Mesa Airlines for 2026-27 delivery.
REGENT is a North Kingstown, Rhode Island-based aerospace and maritime company — backed by Y Combinator (W21) with $90 million raised including a $60 million Series A co-led by 8090 Industries and Founders Fund in October 2023 with strategic investments from Japan Airlines and Lockheed Martin — developing and manufacturing all-electric seagliders, a new vehicle category that combines the speed of aircraft with the simplicity of boats by flying in ground effect (within one wingspan of the water surface) on hydrofoils, enabling 180+ mph zero-emission coastal transit over water at costs competitive with ferries. Founded in 2020 by Billy Thalheimer and Mike Klinker (MIT aerospace engineers), REGENT has secured over $8 billion in commercial orders for 500+ seagliders from operators including Mesa Airlines, Brittany Ferries, and Pacific Basin Ferry, with deliveries expected to begin in 2026-2027.
$2.3B raised at $29.3B valuation; $2B+ ARR (Q1 2026); used by 50%+ of Fortune 500. Dominant commercial AI coding tool; built on VSCode fork with native agent mode. Competing with GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, and Lovable in the vibe-coding wave.
Cursor is an AI-powered code editor built on Visual Studio Code that integrates advanced language models to provide intelligent code completion, generation, debugging, and refactoring capabilities directly in the development workflow. The company serves software developers seeking to accelerate coding productivity through AI assistance while maintaining full control and understanding of their code. Cursor delivers value through contextual code suggestions that understand entire codebases, natural language commands to modify code, inline AI chat for explaining complex code, and a familiar VS Code interface that requires minimal learning curve for existing developers.
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