William A’court co-founded and leads Hilstart, building agent-driven hardware test systems that write firmware, run validation, and debug real boards. He previously led mechatronics at Aquila, working on optical power-beaming systems for drones, after graduate engineering work at ZeroJet and leading electronics for the University of Auckland Formula SAE team.

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William A’court co-founded and leads Hilstart, building agent-driven hardware test systems that write firmware, run validation, and debug real boards. He previously led mechatronics at Aquila, working on optical power-beaming systems for drones, after graduate engineering work at ZeroJet and leading electronics for the University of Auckland Formula SAE team.

Career

Founder and CEO at Hilstart from 2026-05 to Present
Lead Mechatronics Engineer at Aquila Space Technologies until 2026
Electrons Leader at The University of Auckland Formula SAE Team Incorporated until 2022-12
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Steering systems and methods for optical power beaming

A patent application naming A’court as an inventor and covering steering, alignment, obstacle detection, and interlock systems for safer optical power transfer.

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