Pardoned Nikola founder Trevor Milton is trying to raise $1B for AI-powered planes
TechCrunch | 19.03.2026 00:58
It’s been almost exactly one year since Trevor Milton, the founder of now-bankrupt electric truck startup Nikola, was pardoned by President Trump. Now, the Wall Street Journal has published one of the first deep dives into Milton’s new effort: trying to build autonomous planes.
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