Airbound, a Bengaluru-based deep-tech company specialising in autonomous delivery drones, has secured $8.65 million in seed funding and announced a pilot collaboration with Narayana Health for drone-based medical deliveries. The announcement was made at the company headquarters in Hoskote,Bengaluru today (October 14, 2025). The funding round was led by Lachy Groom, co-founder of Physical Intelligence, and included participation from Humba Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and senior executives from Tesla, SpaceX, and Anduril.

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Airbound secures $8.65M funding, starts pilot with Narayana Health
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Airbound secures $8.65M funding, starts pilot with Narayana Health

This three-month pilot will deploy Airbound’s blended-wing-body VTOL drones to deliver medical tests, blood samples, and critical supplies in Bengaluru, conducting around ten deliveries daily.

At the 2025 Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, a significant development in humanitarian aviation took center stage: the launch of a joint drone logistics initiative by Aviation Sans Frontières and Windracers.

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ASF and Windracers launch drone network for medical logistics
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ASF and Windracers launch drone network for medical logistics

Aviation Sans Frontières and Windracers launch drone-based aid missions to tackle medical supply gaps across Africa.