{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Cheeky Pint","title":"Zipline CEO Keller Cliffton on air-dropping blood to Rwandan hospitals and getting to 50,000 aircraft per year","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/55d28b37\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4452,"description":"Keller Cliffton joins John Collison to talk about Zipline’s journey to 115 million miles flown, the lost art of American airplanes, building 50k drones a year in California, getting to 99.9% reliability, and US vs. Chinese manufacturing. \n\nBooks referenced:\nThe Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe\nSkunk Works by Ben Rich\nApple in China by Patrick McGee\n\nTimestamps\n(00:00) Intro\n(00:45) 115 million miles flown\n(04:10) Why drone delivery took so long\n(07:38) Getting started in Rwanda\n(13:31) 51% reduction in maternal mortality\n(15:33) Access vs. waste\n(21:45) Scaling globally\n(24:05) Zipline’s Platform 1 \n(25:50) The Right Stuff\n(27:22) Drone design and safety\n(30:12) Getting to 99.9% reliability\n(34:39) Multimodal logistics\n(38:15) Zipline’s Platform 2\n(44:03) US drone regs and the FAA\n(48:02) Progress and stagnation in US aviation\n(51:30) If Keller ran the FAA\n(54:24) 30% WoW growth in Texas\n(58:25) Why Texas and not California?\n(01:00:28) Building 50k drones in California\n(01:06:18) US vs. Chinese manufacturing\n(01:11:30) Advice for hardtech founders","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/yxGTFiQoO_yf4AoNETaTqI0qZ7bnSJakdxQ_jGkRaug/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82ZGFk/ODk1OGE5Y2ExZjc5/MGMxNjYwOWQxYjdi/YTlkYy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}