Clint Cope
Co-founder of Elroy Air (2016); served as VP Engineering, then Chief Product Officer, before stepping back to an Advisory Board role in December 2024.
Clint Cope holds a Master of Industrial Design from Georgia Tech and worked as a mechanical design engineer across the drone industry, including senior roles at 3D Robotics and Airware, plus a stint as Director of Product at GoldieBlox. In November 2016 he co-founded Elroy Air in San Francisco with Dave Merrill to build an autonomous VTOL cargo drone for logistics. As Chief Product Officer, he led engineering and product for the Chaparral, Elroy Air's hybrid VTOL cargo drone for military and commercial logistics customers. As of December 2024 he stepped back into an advisory/co-founder role; unconfirmed aggregator sources suggest he has since moved to a mechanical design engineering role at Dephy, Inc., a Maynard, MA robotics/exoskeleton company.
Overview
- Role
- Co-Founder (Advisory Board), Elroy Air
- Based in
- South San Francisco, CA, USA
- Prior experience
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Frequently asked
- Who is Clint Cope?
- Clint Cope holds a Master of Industrial Design from Georgia Tech and worked as a mechanical design engineer across the drone industry, including senior roles at 3D Robotics and Airware, plus a stint as Director of Product at GoldieBlox. In November 2016 he co-founded Elroy Air in San Francisco with Dave Merrill to build an autonomous VTOL cargo drone for logistics. As Chief Product Officer, he led engineering and product for the Chaparral, Elroy Air's hybrid VTOL cargo drone for military and commercial logistics customers. As of December 2024 he stepped back into an advisory/co-founder role; unconfirmed aggregator sources suggest he has since moved to a mechanical design engineering role at Dephy, Inc., a Maynard, MA robotics/exoskeleton company.
- What is Clint Cope's role?
- Clint Cope is Co-Founder (Advisory Board), Elroy Air, based in South San Francisco, CA, USA.
Sources & citations3
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Dave Merrill and Clint Cope founded Elroy Air in San Francisco, CA in 2016
Elroy Air: HistoryReported2026-08-09 - 2
Elroy Air, co-founded by Clint Cope, completes first flights of large cargo VTOL
TechCrunch: Autonomous air transport startup Elroy Air completes first flights of large cargo VTOLReported2019-08-28 - 3
Clint Cope listed on Elroy Air's Advisory Board (stepped back from day-to-day leadership)
Elroy Air: About UsReported2026-08-09