Company
Airbound
Bengaluru-based deep-tech aerospace company building ultra-light, low-cost autonomous delivery drones using a proprietary blended-wing-body tail-sitter design.
- Founded
- 2020
- HQ
- Bengaluru, India
- Status
- private
Models
1
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
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
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Key facts
CEO
Naman Pushp
Founders
Naman Pushp, Muzavar Faraaz Baig, Yashi Pushp
Financial stage
Early (VC-backed, $10M+ raised)
Manufacturing cost
~$2,000 per drone (company-reported)
Target cost per delivery
5 cents by end of 2026
Pilot partner
Narayana Health (medical deliveries, Bengaluru)
Hero image candidate
techcrunch.com (source: TechCrunch press image)
Data & sources
News coverage
2
Web sources
3
5 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Airbound on the deployment map
Where Airbound's robots are verified operating. Explore the deployment map by place and type.
- delivery and inspection drones in United States →
- delivery and inspection drones in California →
- delivery and inspection drones in Ukraine (combat zones) →
- delivery and inspection drones in Nevada →
- delivery and inspection drones in United Kingdom →
- delivery and inspection drones in China →
- The global deployment map →
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 →
Recent coverage
Airbound in third-party press
Partnerships (1)
- Airbound x Andhra Pradesh Drone Corporation with Andhra Pradesh Drone Corporationdeploymentannouncedreported, not operationally verified
Funding rounds (3)
- Series A2025-12-11
$30M(reported)
Investors: Greenoaks Capital (lead), Lightspeed Venture Partners
- Seed2025-10-14
$9M
Investors: Lachy Groom (lead), Humba Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners
- Seed2024-11-14
$2M
Investors: Lightspeed Venture Partners (lead), gradCapital, Hemant Mohapatra
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
Common questions
- What is Airbound?
- 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.
- What does Airbound make?
- Airbound has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: TRT (Airbound builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them).
- Is Airbound publicly traded?
- No. Airbound is privately held and not publicly traded, per the DEPLOY registry.
- Who is the CEO of Airbound?
- Naman Pushp is the ceo of Airbound, per the DEPLOY registry.
- How can I invest in Airbound?
- Airbound is a private company; its shares are not available on public markets, so retail investors cannot buy the stock today.
- Where is Airbound headquartered?
- Airbound is headquartered in Bengaluru, India.
- Who owns Airbound?
- Airbound is privately held; ownership sits with its founders and private investors.
- Where does Airbound operate robots?
- Airbound is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.
- When was Airbound founded?
- Airbound was founded in 2020.
- Is Airbound safe?
- Airbound has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 5 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-15
Verification posture
Verified
Medium confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-15
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.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Airbound from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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 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…
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.
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
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 is building the worlds most efficient delivery drone. No delivery should cost more than a few cents.
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-