The verified answer
As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies Airbound: 1 model, 1 deployment across 1 region, $40.4M raised. 5 sources back the record.
CategoryDrones
Overview
Bengaluru-based deep-tech aerospace company building ultra-light, low-cost autonomous delivery drones using a proprietary blended-wing-body tail-sitter design. Founded in 2020 by Naman Pushp, the company's TRT drone achieves a 1:1.5 payload-to-aircraft mass ratio and targets sub-5-cent delivery costs. Airbound has raised over $10M from investors including Lachy Groom, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Greenoaks Capital, and is piloting medical deliveries with Narayana Health in Bengaluru.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 1 deployment on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeries A post-money
Key facts
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Target cost per delivery
Pilot partner
Hero image candidate
Data & sources
News coverage
2
Web sources
3
5 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company Airbound has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Andhra Pradesh Drone Corporation1× joint
Most recent
- with Andhra Pradesh Drone Corporationjust announced
Airbound on the deployment map
View the global map1 verified deployment across 1 region, newest verified Oct 2025. Explore where Airbound's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Airbound deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (3)
- Naman Pushp Founder & CEOSEC-verified
- Muzavar Faraaz Baig Co-founderSEC-verified
- Yashi Pushp Co-founderSEC-verified
Founders (3)
- Naman Pushpno longer at company
- Muzavar Faraaz Baigno longer at company
- Yashi Pushpno longer at company
Safety record
No incidents on record for Airbound.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- Airbound1 deployment
Recent coverage
Airbound in third-party press
Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Baykar4 models
- Earendil Robotics4 models
Financial state
- Total funding
- $40.4M
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- unknown
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
1 total · 1 just announced
Every company Airbound has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- with Andhra Pradesh Drone Corporationjust announced
Most-frequent partners
- 1Andhra Pradesh Drone Corporation1× joint
All 1 partnerships
open in the atlas →- Airbound x Andhra Pradesh Drone CorporationwithAndhra Pradesh Drone Corporationdeployment2025-07-01announcedjust announced
Funding rounds (3)
Airbound’s 3 disclosed rounds, $40M in total, oldest to newest.
- Series A2025-12-11
$30M(reported) · $180M post
Investors: Greenoaks Capital (lead), Lightspeed Venture Partners
- Seed2025-10-14
$9M · $35M post
Investors: Lachy Groom (lead), Humba Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners
- Seed2024-11-14
$2M · $7M post
Investors: Lightspeed Venture Partners (lead), gradCapital, Hemant Mohapatra
Timeline
Every recorded move in Airbound’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2025-12-11Series A raising $30000000
Funding roundSeed funding round
2025-10-14Seed raising $8650000
PartnershipAirbound x Andhra Pradesh Drone Corporation
2025-07-01Airbound signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Andhra Pradesh Drone Corporation to develop a large-scale drone delivery network across Andhra Pradesh state. The network will utilize Airbound's proprietary blended-wing-body tailsitter aircraft, targeting 10,000 flights per day.
Funding roundSeed funding round
2024-11-14Seed raising $1700000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJul 15, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedOct 14, 2025
TRT at Bengaluru
Sources (5)
- https://finance.yahoo.com/news/india-airbound-bags-8-65m-082000869.html
- https://dronelife.com/2025/10/14/airbound-raises-8-65m-for-low-cost-drone-delivery/
- India's Airbound bags $8.65M to build rocket-like drones for one-cent deliveries · https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/14/indias-airbound-led-by-20-year-old-bags-8-65m-to-work-toward-one-cent-drone-deliveries-at-scale/
- Airbound Ready To Take Flight With Breakthrough Funding Deal · https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidprosser/2024/11/14/airbound-ready-to-take-flight-with-breakthrough-funding-deal/
- Airbound: Funding, Team & Investors · https://startupintros.com/orgs/airbound
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Methodology: Verified · 5 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Medium confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 3
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- secondary-industry-publication
- Industry publication
- 1
- secondary-established-publication
- Established publication
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Airbound.Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Baykar4 models
- Earendil Robotics4 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Airbound from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Airbound Raises $37 Million Series A and Plans 10,000 Daily Drone Flights Across Andhra Pradesh
The Bengaluru aerospace startup, led by Greenoaks with DoorDash participation, targets a payload-to-aircraft ratio three times better than industry norms. Bengaluru-based Airbound…
Indian drone startup Airbound raises $37m in series A
Airbound said the funding will support engineering, large-scale manufacturing, and market expansion.
India’s Airbound bags $37M to take on trucks with rocket-like drones
Airbound's ultra-lightweight approach to drone delivery has attracted backing from Greenoaks, DoorDash, and Silicon Valley investor Lachy Groom.
Indian drone startup Airbound secures $8.65M seed funding
Airbound announced $8.65M seed funding led by Lachy Groom with a pilot partnership with Narayana Health. The TRT drone achieves a 1:1.5 payload-to-aircraft mass ratio using a…
India's Airbound bags $8.65M to build rocket-like drones for one-cent deliveries
Airbound raised $8.65M seed funding led by Lachy Groom, with participation from Humba Ventures, Lightspeed, and senior leaders at Tesla, SpaceX, and Anduril. The startup is…
Tesla-Backed Startup Aims for 1-Cent Drone Deliveries
Airbound announced $8.65M seed funding and a pilot with Narayana Health. The TRT drone has a range of 25 miles, cruise speed of 37 mph, and costs $2,000 to produce.
Airbound Secures $1.7M to Make Drone Delivery Economically Viable Everywhere
Airbound announced $1.7M seed round led by Lightspeed to build the TRT, a blended-wing-body tailsitter delivery drone. The company developed new carbon fiber manufacturing methods…
Airbound Secures $1.7 Million Seed Funding to Drive Economical Drone Delivery Solutions
Airbound secured $1.7M seed funding to advance economical drone delivery, making last-mile logistics affordable and efficient.
Airbound Ready To Take Flight With Breakthrough Funding Deal
Airbound announced $1.7M seed funding led by Lightspeed. Founder Naman Pushp started the company in 2020, developing drones three times lighter than conventional alternatives with…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/airbound.md
- RSS feed: /companies/airbound/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/15a89dbf-dcc8-40c8-b3e5-d3ee4ebc0ecf
- Revision history: /companies/airbound/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Baykar4 models
- Earendil Robotics4 models
Video
The Airbound TRT model features a blended wing body design and a carbon fiber frame that delivers four times the aerodynamic efficiency of conventional drones.
Airbound Founder and CEO Naman Pushp explains the biggest challenges preventing drone delivery from scaling.
Naman walks us through how Airbound developed its breakthrough tail-sitter drone technology that is ultra-light, energy-efficient, and uniquely suited for last-
Airbound is building the worlds most efficient delivery drone. No delivery should cost more than a few cents.
Heat Index
Category contender77/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Airbound draws attention at the 67th percentile but verifies reality at the 45th percentile among aerial robots. Hype Gap +22.1, 29th widest among aerial robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. Funded with institutional backing on record. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
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Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Aug 30, 2026