131: Immigration and the Future of Human Flight with Guanhao Wu

Sophie Alcorn Podcast

In this week’s Immigration Law for Tech Startups podcast, I am joined by Guanhao Wu, a leader in the future of human mobility. In immigration, we talked about visa mobility, and there are also self-driving cars that you might hear of for mobility in startups. But Guanhao has something very special in the future of human mobility.

Guanhao is the founder and CEO of Exovolar Industries, an aerospace engineering company that aims to take humanity to the skies. Today, Guanhao talks about how he designed a hands-free, wearable, air mobility system that allows humans to effortlessly navigate the sky. In other words, they make people fly, literally. Guanhao also talks about his immigration journey from a STEM OPT to an O-1 visa for entrepreneurs.

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In this episode, you’ll hear about:

• How the movie Iron Man inspired him to choose mechanical engineering
• Mechanisms to control balance in the air
• Getting into the Techstars program
• Understanding how everything in a startup is a funnel
• How safe is their product
• The impact they want to have on the world
• Guanhao’s immigration journey

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Resources:

Exovolar Industries

https://exovolar.com/

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• Episode 13: Show the Love: Family-based Alternatives for Technology Professionals

• Episode 89: Advocating for International Startup Founders with Jeff Farrah of National Venture Capital Association

• Episode 113: How startup founders are moving to the US

• Immigration Options for Talent, Investors, and Founders
• Immigration Law for Tech Startups eBook

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