# Hypercraft **Type:** venture **Status:** Draft **Confidence:** Medium **Focus:** hybrid-electric powertrains, defense mobility, power electronics, software-defined vehicles **Stage:** Series A ($26M raised, June 2025; ~$106M post-money valuation) **Location:** Provo, UT **Updated:** 2026-06-18 **Domain:** aerospace-defense, energy **Region:** Provo, UT **Needs-reviewed:** 2026-06-18 **Hero:** https://picsum.photos/seed/hypercraft-powertrain-provo/1600/1100 **Hero caption:** *Placeholder image. A license-clean photograph of a Hypercraft powertrain or vehicle integration is still needed — see Open Questions.* **Pull:** *Standardized hybrid-electric propulsion, pitched as a platform OEMs can build on rather than a bespoke part.* ## Summary Hypercraft, founded in 2021 and based in Provo, builds hybrid-electric and full-electric powertrain systems for military, performance, and industrial vehicles. Rather than selling one custom propulsion system per customer, it is trying to sell a standardized, software-defined platform that vehicle makers can drop in — the company frames its control layer as an open ecosystem analogous to a mobile operating system for propulsion. For Utah engineers and operators, Hypercraft is one of the state's more concrete defense-adjacent hardware bets: small, early-stage, technically deep, and tied into the U.S. military vehicle-electrification conversation. ## Impact Electric and hybrid powertrains give military vehicles capabilities diesel cannot match: much quieter operation for stealthier movement, lower thermal (infrared) signatures, and the ability to export large amounts of electricity in the field to run radar, communications, or other power-hungry systems. Hypercraft markets high-power export from its hybrid units (its Titan T240 is rated at 240 kW), which matters to a military that increasingly wants forward vehicles to act as mobile power plants. [source:hypercraft-series-a-2025] The impact is plausible but early. Validation exists across defense and heavy-duty applications, but the company is still small and operating in a crowded modernization market. ## What They Are Building Hypercraft's stack centers on standardized series-hybrid and full-electric powertrains designed so an OEM can change propulsion without redesigning the whole vehicle, paired with a modular battery system and a software-defined control architecture marketed as an open developer ecosystem. Public product pages list the Titan T240 (240 kW) and Pilot P50 (50 kW) hybrid range-extender / auxiliary-power units. The core bet is platform-over-part: many OEMs building on one propulsion architecture rather than each commissioning a one-off. [source:hypercraft-series-a-2025] A December 2025 co-development agreement with Baker Engineering aims to jointly field hybrid-electric vehicles for defense, pairing Baker's manufacturing with Hypercraft's propulsion — a signal the company is moving toward integrated vehicle programs, not just selling components. [source:hypercraft-series-a-2025] ## What They Need Now Likely needs include powertrain engineers, power-electronics engineers, embedded and vehicle-control software engineers, systems-integration engineers, and defense program managers who understand military vehicle-modernization procurement. The "software-defined powertrain" positioning requires both deep hardware competence and a credible software platform, so full-stack vehicle-systems people are especially relevant. Strong fit for engineers who want defense-relevant hardware work in Utah and are comfortable with the longer sales cycles and compliance demands of military customers. ## Who Could Help Useful helpers include defense-procurement and SBIR/contracting advisors, ITAR/export-control counsel (especially given foreign strategic investment), OEM business-development connectors, and power-electronics manufacturing partners. Anyone weighing an offer here should understand the geopolitics of the cap table before joining. ## Utah Context Hypercraft sits in Utah's growing aerospace-and-defense cluster, near Provo. Its Series A was led by Utah's Stalwart Ventures, anchoring it locally, while a strategic investment came from SDF, an Abu Dhabi fund wholly owned by EDGE Group, the UAE's state defense-technology conglomerate. That makes Hypercraft a useful, slightly complicated entry on the defense track of the [Utah Deep-Tech Map](utah-deep-tech-map.md) and in [Find Meaningful Work in Utah](find-meaningful-work.md) — alongside counter-UAS and radar work at [Fortem Technologies](fortem-technologies.md) and the sensor/payload work at [Space Dynamics Laboratory](space-dynamics-laboratory.md). ## Evidence - [Source: Hypercraft $26M Series A](hypercraft-series-a-2025.md) ## Open Questions - **Foreign strategic investment.** The SDF / EDGE Group (UAE) stake raises real questions about IP sharing, technology export, and eligibility for sensitive U.S. defense programs. A prospective employee or partner should understand these constraints before relying on the page. - **Commercial scale.** Platform counts and customer relationships are largely company-reported; the path from early validation to a dominant position in a crowded field (Oshkosh, AM General, Textron, and other startups) is not yet clear. - **Sales motion.** "Software-defined powertrain" requires OEMs to open their vehicle architectures — a slower sale than delivering a finished vehicle. Whether OEMs will adopt the platform model is unresolved. - **Imagery.** Hero is a deterministic picsum placeholder; a license-clean Hypercraft photograph (with rights cleared) should replace it.