# Airbound: robotics company

Canonical ID: `15a89dbf-dcc8-40c8-b3e5-d3ee4ebc0ecf`

## 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:** https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/airbound-drone.jpg (source: TechCrunch press image)

- **Slug:** airbound
- **Status:** private
- **Founded:** 2020
- **HQ:** Bengaluru, India

## Models

- [TRT](/models/trt.md) (aerial) (id: `e7bb5875-d8eb-4b5f-ad14-b3865af604f6`)

## Current leadership (3)

- [Naman Pushp](/people/naman-pushp-airbound.md) Founder & CEO (SEC-verified)
- [Muzavar Faraaz Baig](/people/muzavar-faraaz-baig-airbound.md) Co-founder (SEC-verified)
- [Yashi Pushp](/people/yashi-pushp-airbound.md) Co-founder (SEC-verified)

## Founders (3)

- [Naman Pushp](/people/naman-pushp-airbound.md) _no longer at company_
- [Muzavar Faraaz Baig](/people/muzavar-faraaz-baig-airbound.md) _no longer at company_
- [Yashi Pushp](/people/yashi-pushp-airbound.md) _no longer at company_

## Partnerships (1)

- [Airbound x Andhra Pradesh Drone Corporation](/partnerships/airbound-x-andhra-pradesh-drone-corporation.md) with Andhra Pradesh Drone Corporation _deployment_ (announced) (_reported, not operationally verified_)

## Supplies to

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company's outbound edges._

_Outbound supply edges. Each appears when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## 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](/models/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.

### 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.


## Sources (5)

1. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/india-airbound-bags-8-65m-082000869.html
2. https://dronelife.com/2025/10/14/airbound-raises-8-65m-for-low-cost-drone-delivery/
3. **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/
4. **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/
5. **Airbound: Funding, Team & Investors** · https://startupintros.com/orgs/airbound

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