Q&A: Jim Dukhovny, nightclub DJ turned tech CEO. His latest business – flying cars.

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“Almost every vision of the future came up with exactly the same thing – a flying car,” said CEO Jim Dukhovny. “The future is now.”

When the lights lowered and thumping bass music filled a Silicon Valley event space this October, Jim Dukhovny was in his element. He is a former events promoter and musician dubbed “DjWizard” who is accustomed to hyping up rooms filled with revelers.

Jim Dukhovny, founder of Alef Aeronautics, unveils a protocol of a flying car, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2022, at a press event in San Mateo, Calif. By 2025 they say Alef will deliver the world’s first true flying car at a price tag of $300,000. We also took out the engine and instead put four small engines inside each wheel. In the open space left by the motor, we put an electric propulsion system of eight motor controller propeller systems for flying. And we allow the air to come through by building a carbon fiber frame that sits on top of this allowing air to come through., he was a genius organizer and entrepreneur, and he was one of the big engineers who worked on the materials used in Soviet spaceships.

, which I picked obviously because a lot of start-ups were founded in that cafe, and I pitched to them my vision. I asked how long it would take to build it. They said ‘six months.’ Obviously, that was a huge underestimation.You have been involved in DJ’ing and event organizing for years in the Bay Area. How does it feel to make the transition to tech executive?I DJ’d for 10 years – if you remember Supper Club, The Factory. Then I went into “intellectual” events.

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Q&A: Jim Dukhovny, nightclub DJ turned tech CEO. His latest business – flying cars.“Almost every vision of the future came up with exactly the same thing – a flying car,” said CEO Jim Dukhovny. “The future is now.”
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