Blake Scholl
All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Blake Scholl: Why Plane Speed Stalled, Supersonic Commercial Flight, & Revolutionizing the Engine
- Published
- September 22, 2026
- Duration
- 17:40
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- Last updated
- Sep 22, 2026
Discusses inference.
Summary
(0:00) Welcome Blake Scholl! (5:11) Solving the sonic boom & legalizing supersonic flight (7:59) The pivot to powering data centers (10:38) Jason joins: data center demand, private jets & what winning looks like Thanks to our partners for making this possible! IREN is a vertically integrated AI Cloud platform, delivering data centers, compute and software…
Boom Supersonic's Blake Scholl reveals how a 50-person team broke the sound barrier, killed the sonic boom ban, and is now funding supersonic flight through AI data center jet engines.
Key takeaways
- Boom Supersonic's 'boomless cruise' (Mach cutoff) technology redirects sonic booms upward so they never reach the ground, enabling supersonic flight over land and rendering the 1973 U.S. ban obsolete—now lifted via executive order and moving toward permanent congressional legislation.
- After losing its Rolls-Royce engine partnership, Boom pivoted to building its own vertically integrated jet engine, which is now being repurposed as a 42-megawatt, water-free power generation unit for data centers—creating a near-term revenue stream that funds the airliner program.
- Overture targets a ~$3,500 break-even transatlantic round-trip fare at Mach 1.7, with a commercial launch goal of approximately 2030, backed by 130 airline orders and a 50-person core team that built the XB-1 demonstrator.
Why this matters
Boom Supersonic's dual-use engine strategy—monetizing supersonic propulsion technology through data center power generation before the airliner enters service—offers a replicable model for deep-tech aerospace startups to achieve financial viability while pursuing long-cycle hardware development.
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Blake Scholl: Blake Scholl: Why Plane Speed Stalled, Supersonic Commercial Flight, & Revolutionizing the Engine
All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
September 22, 2026
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(0:00) Welcome Blake Scholl! (5:11) Solving the sonic boom & legalizing supersonic flight (7:59) The pivot to powering data centers (10:38) Jason joins: data center demand, private jets & what winning looks like Thanks to our partners for making this possible! IREN is a vertically integrated AI Cloud platform, delivering data centers, compute and software for AI training and inference. https://iren.com/ Oracle connects the data, applications, and infrastructure that turn AI into business outcome
Themes
- inference