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Company and Nature of Business

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Company and Nature of Business
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2026
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Description of Business
Joby Aviation, Inc. (“Joby” or “the Company”) is a next-generation aviation company. Its aircraft, propulsion and autonomy technologies span both commercial aviation and defense applications. Joby also operates Blade, a leading urban air mobility business providing air charter broker and other passenger transportation services in the United States and Europe. Joby intends to operate its fast, quiet and convenient, fully-electric vertical takeoff and landing (“eVTOL”) air taxi service in cities around the world and sell its aircraft to other operators and partners. The Company is headquartered in Santa Cruz, California.
Merger with RTP
On August 10, 2021 (the “Closing Date”), Reinvent Technology Partners, a Cayman Islands exempted company and special purpose acquisition company (“RTP”), completed the acquisition of Joby Aero, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Legacy Joby”) pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger (“Merger Agreement”), dated as of February 23, 2021, by and among RTP, RTP Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of RTP, and Legacy Joby. On the Closing Date, RTP was redomesticated as a Delaware corporation and changed its name to Joby Aviation, Inc. and Legacy Joby survived as a wholly-owned subsidiary of RTP (“Merger”).
The number of Legacy Joby common shares and redeemable convertible preferred shares for all periods prior to the Closing Date have been retrospectively increased using the exchange ratio that was established in accordance with the Merger Agreement.