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November 3, 2021

Airbus plans to build three unicorn-sized scaleups a year

The aerospace company is reorganising its innovation activities and thinks venture building will create more impact


Maija Palmer

5 min read

Airbus, the European aerospace giant, is planning to build three unicorn-scale startups a year, spinning out some of the non-core technologies developed in its R&D labs and turning them into independent, VC-backed businesses.

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