Joby Aviation Secures Over $1.2 Billion in Funding for Electric Air Taxi Development
Joby Aviation has always sounded like motion, like something that refuses to stay parked. Santa-Cruz-born, mountain-tested, and built from the bones of electric obsession, Joby Aviation, the company that Joe Ben Bevirt started on a ranch called The Barn, just dropped a very loud, very deliberate signal. Joby closed an upsized $1.2 billion capital raise, and the number matters less than the intent. This was not survival money. This was timing money.
The structure tells the story. $600M in 0.75 percent convertible senior notes due 2032, paired with six hundred million dollars from the sale of 52,863,437 shares at $11.35. Clean, surgical, and oversized by design. Roughly $1.16 billion in net proceeds after capped calls and fees, all aimed squarely at one thing. Getting certified, getting built, and getting airborne for paying passengers in Dubai by late 2026.
Joe Ben Bevirt is still running this like a long game, because that is how it started. From silent propellers shaped by Alex Stoll, to an aircraft that cruises near 200 miles per hour while sounding closer to a whisper than a helicopter, Joby has never chased spectacle. It has chased completion. Over 850 piloted flights in 2025. More than 50,000 miles flown. Stage 4 of FAA type certification already in motion, with every major certification plan accepted. That is not hype. That is paperwork, flight data, and patience.
The capital now fuels scale. Marina, California pushing past 435,000 square feet. Dayton, Ohio adding over 700,000 more, with a line of sight to 500 aircraft per year. Dubai waiting, with exclusive operating rights and vertiports already named. Blade already moving roughly 40,000 passengers in a single quarter, giving Joby operational muscle before its own aircraft even enter service.
Wall Street flinched at dilution. The stock slid. That reaction misses the rhythm. This raise extends runway through certification, through manufacturing ramp, and into first commercial flights. It gives Rodrigo Brumana the balance sheet to breathe, Eric Allison the product window to tighten, and Bonny Simi the operational room to prepare for something aviation has promised for decades but rarely delivered.