It's the first episode of The Hermeus Podcast! Get to know the founders of the company and hear stories from the "early days".

PODCAST GUESTS 

Skyler Shuford – Founder, COO 
AJ Piplica – Founder, CEO 
Glenn Case – Founder, CTO 
Mike Smayda – Founder, CPO 

TOPICS 

00:48 – Company growth
04:16 – Hypersonic travel
12:08 – Hermeus origin story
24:51 – Mental health day
29:01 – Seed funding, investors, pattern matching, Skyler’s launch company, DoD
37:18 – “That’s the way it’s always been done”
40:37 – The pathway to commercial hypersonic travel
42:46 – Queen’s Gambit, Game of Thrones, Men in Black, drive-thru strip club
45:34 – Engine and aircraft design
51:04 – What’s next for the podcast