Garuda Robotics
Garuda Robotics builds integrated drone systems and AI-powered workflow software — proprietary UAVs, the Garuda Plex fleet platform, and vertical AI apps for surveillance, spraying, and inspection — serving enterprises and governments across Southeast Asia, with regulatory first-mover status in Singapore.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2014
- HeadquartersPalo Alto, United States
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What Garuda Robotics does
Garuda Robotics Pte. Ltd., headquartered in Singapore and founded by Mark Yong and Ong Jiin Joo in 2013-2014, builds integrated drone systems combining proprietary UAV hardware with AI-powered workflow software for enterprises and governments in Southeast Asia. Its aircraft line includes the Cerana UAV Series, Aria 500, and Garuda V220 — designed for autonomous operations in complex urban environments — while the Garuda Plex cloud platform provides drone-agnostic fleet management, flight logging, BVLOS readiness, and live streaming over 4G LTE. On top of this hardware-software stack, the company layers vertical AI applications: OVERWATCH for compound surveillance and infrastructure inspection with ThreatID and FaultFinder AI; TENERA for precision aerial spraying in oil palm plantations with RTK GNSS targeting; Facilities 4.0 for facade defect annotation; Plantation 4.0 for AI-powered tree counting and health analytics; Garuda Responder for AED delivery trials with SCDF; and Garuda DragonFly for mosquito-borne disease control co-developed with Singapore's National Environment Agency.
The business operates a multi-stream revenue model. Hardware is sold through direct enterprise sales to government and commercial buyers (Cerana, Aria 500, V220). Software is monetised via tiered subscriptions on Garuda Plex (Solo free, Pro, Live, Enterprise) and per-hectare unit pricing on Plantation 4.0 analytics (RM 1.70-4.00 per hectare). Professional services include managed flight operations, multi-year spraying contracts under TENERA, and consulting for CAAS regulatory compliance, equipment selection, and personnel qualification. Training is delivered through Garuda Robotics Academy and the CAAS-approved UATO.SG brand, offering the P01 Professional Multirotor Pilot Course plus specialised S01 (Agriculture) and S02 (Industrial Inspection) curricula. The go-to-market is enterprise- and government-led, supplemented by reseller partnerships with Arete M, CoverFlight, COVERAGE, and Acorn International Network, with regional presence in Singapore (HQ), Petaling Jaya, and Iskandar Puteri.
Garuda holds the first-in-Singapore CAAS Unmanned Aircraft Training and Assessment Organisation (UATO) approval and was among the first wave of CAAS Unmanned Aircraft Operator Permit (UOP) holders in June 2015; it also led the FutureFlight Consortium selected by CAAS and Singapore's Ministry of Transport to develop the country's UTM system, and partnered with Singtel on 5G-native BVLOS operations. Plex Horizon is engineered to comply with CAAS AC UAS 2(0) and JARUS SORA regulations. Customers include NEA, SCDF, MPA Singapore, NUS, NTU, SMU, Wild Asia, and oil palm plantation operators across Malaysia and Indonesia. The company is privately held with no disclosed funding rounds.
Garuda Robotics firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Garuda Robotics
- Legal name
- Garuda Robotics Pte. Ltd.
- Website
- https://garuda.io
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2014
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- Garuda Robotics builds integrated drone systems and AI-powered workflow software — proprietary UAVs, the Garuda Plex fleet platform, and vertical AI apps for surveillance, spraying, and inspection — serving enterprises and governments across Southeast Asia, with regulatory first-mover status in Singapore.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Garuda Robotics industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Commercial Drones and Aerial Robotics
- NAICS
- Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (336413), Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (334511), Computer Systems Design Services (541512)
- SIC
- Aircraft (3721), Search, Detection, Navagation, Guidance, Aeronautical Sys (3812), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) & Multirotor Drones (IMABAIAA)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- UAS Ground Control Stations (GCS) & Remote Operations Infrastructure (IMABAIAL), UAS Integration, Certification & Compliance Systems (Remote ID, Detect-and-Avoid) (IMABAIAO), Aerial Robotics (Drones & UAV Autonomy) (HDAAAIAG), Aerial Application Drones & UAS Spray Systems (AFAAADAB)
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Where Garuda Robotics is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Palo Alto
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Offices3 records
Markets served
Garuda Robotics business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Supply Chain
Revenue model
- Hardware Sales - UAVs: Sale of proprietary drone aircraft including Cerana UAV Series, Aria 500 UAV, and Garuda V220 UAV designed for autonomous urban operations.
- Software Subscriptions - Garuda Plex: Cloud-based drone fleet management platform with tiered subscription plans (Solo, Pro, Live, Enterprise) offering features like flight logging, planning, fleet management, and live streaming.
- Spraying Services - TENERA: Complete drone spraying service for oil palm plantations including mapping and precision pesticide application, with options for fully managed service or technology empowerment for in-house teams.
- Facilities 4.0 Platform: AI-powered inspection image analysis platform with FaultFinder AI for automated defect annotation and report generation.
- Plantation 4.0 Analytics: Oil palm plantation analytics including map processing (Orthomosaic, Topographic, Multispectral), tree counting, planting density analysis, with per-hectare pricing.
- Flight Services: Professional drone flight operations services for enterprise clients requiring aerial data collection, inspection, or surveillance missions.
- Consulting Services: Regulatory compliance consulting, equipment selection guidance, and personnel qualification training to help enterprises build in-house drone capabilities.
- Training Services: Professional drone pilot training through Garuda Robotics Academy including Professional Multirotor Pilot Course (P01), Drone Mapping for Agriculture (S01), and Industrial Drone Inspection (S02) courses.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | Orthomosaic and Topographic Map Generation |
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | Annotation & Digitization Service |
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | Planting Density Analysis |
| Freemium | Monthly | Garuda Plex Solo (Free Tier) |
| Subscription | Annual | Garuda Plex Pro/Live/Enterprise |
| Other | Multi-year contract | Complete Drone Spraying Service |
| Other | Multi-year contract | TENERA Technology Empowerment |
Go-to-market motion3 records
Distribution channels5 records
Marketing channels7 records
Garuda Robotics product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Garuda Robotics builds proprietary unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and integrates them with AI-powered workflow software to automate critical operations for enterprises and governments. Their offerings span hardware (Cerana UAV Series, Aria 500, V220), AI applications for security, inspection, agriculture and emergency response (OVERWATCH, TENERA, Facilities 4.0, Plantation 4.0, Garuda Responder, Garuda DragonFly), and the Garuda Plex cloud platform for drone fleet management and BVLOS operations.
Product overview
Garuda Robotics is a drone technology company offering an integrated platform-plus-modules architecture combining proprietary UAV hardware (Cerana UAV Series, Aria 500 UAV, V220 UAV), AI-powered software applications (OVERWATCH, TENERA, Facilities 4.0, Plantation 4.0, Garuda Responder, Garuda DragonFly), fleet management platform (Garuda Plex with tiers Free/Pro/Live/Enterprise), BVLOS flight control system (Plex Horizon), and professional services (Consulting, Flight Services, Training via UATO.SG and Academy courses). The ecosystem is unified through Garuda Plex cloud platform for fleet operations, integrated with third-party UTM providers like AirMap, and supports multiple drone manufacturers including DJI alongside proprietary Cerana UAVs.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- TENERA: Precision aerial spraying drone system for oil palm plantations with AI-powered estate mapping, precision spraying using RTK GNSS technology, and real-time monitoring capabilities.
- OVERWATCH
- Facilities 4.0
- Garuda Plex
- Plex Horizon
- Plantation 4.0
- Garuda Responder
- Garuda DragonFly
- Garuda Plex Developer Programme
Products and services
- Cerana UAV Series All-round multicopter UAV series designed for autonomous operations in complex urban environments, serving as Garuda's proprietary drone platform.
- Aria 500 UAV UAV platform in the Garuda aircraft product line.
- Garuda V220 UAV UAV platform in the Garuda aircraft product line.
- OVERWATCH Drone infrastructure management system for remote aerial compound surveillance and critical infrastructure inspection from a Drone Operations Center, featuring 5G-native drones, BVLOS operations, ThreatID AI, and FaultFinder AI.
- TENERA Precision aerial spraying system for oil palm plantations with AI-powered estate mapping, RTK GNSS precision targeting, and real-time monitoring of spraying operations.
- Facilities 4.0 AI-powered collaborative platform enabling users to identify and annotate defects on hundreds of facility inspection images within minutes, using FaultFinder AI to automate detection of common facade defects.
- Plantation 4.0 Smart oil palm plantation management platform with AI-powered tree counting, drone map hosting, plantation management dashboard, and automated palm detection and health analysis.
- Plex Horizon BVLOS drone flight control system for Drone Operations Centers with Joint Console for multi-operation monitoring, Pilot Console for remote drone control, cellular network switching, biometric pilot authentication, and TLS + AES 128/256 encryption.
- Garuda Plex Complete drone-agnostic fleet management platform with secure cloud access, automated flight logging, flight planning tools, integrated fleet management, collaborative deployment planning, BVLOS readiness, and private live streaming over 4G LTE.
- Garuda Responder End-to-end aerial emergency medical device delivery system combining BVLOS unmanned aircraft control with lightweight time-critical medical equipment delivery such as AEDs.
- Garuda DragonFly UAV system for mosquito-borne disease control, developed with NEA Singapore for delivering BTI larvicide tablets to hard-to-reach stagnant water in rooftops and gutters.
- Consulting Services Enterprise consulting for drone capabilities including CAAS regulatory compliance, equipment selection, and personnel qualification certification to help build in-house drone programs.
- Flight Services Professional drone flight operations services for enterprise and government clients requiring aerial data collection, inspection, or surveillance missions.
- Garuda Robotics Academy / UATO.SG Training CAAS-approved Unmanned Aircraft Training and Assessment Organisation providing UAPL training and assessment, including the Professional Multirotor Pilot Course (P01), Drone Mapping for Agriculture (S01), and Industrial Drone Inspection (S02) courses.
Quantifiable outcome
- 2x more efficient than traditional ground-based patrolling with security guards
- +9 more outcomes
Companies that use Garuda Robotics
Customer profileNamed customers8 records
Segments6 records
Ideal customer profiles4 records
Garuda Robotics technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- Yes
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration7 records
AI capability15 records
Feature8 records
Garuda Robotics partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
14 partnerships are on record, tiered core, regional and minor.
- OneSkycoreExclusive partnership to showcase Uncrewed Aircraft Traffic Management (UTM) services collaboration efforts at the Drone & Robotics Zone (DRZ) Iskandar Drone Test Site in Iskandar Puteri, Malaysia.
- Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF)coreTrial partnership for drone delivery of AED (Automated External Defibrillator) in urban environments for cardiac arrest response, part of Garuda Responder system testing.
- SingtelcoreCollaboration on Drone Operations Center development, testing network performance in the sky and understanding specific use cases for drone economy. Singtel working on QoS, cyber security defenses, and low latency connectivity.
- StartupJohorregionalPartnership to roll-out commercial drone pilot training courses in Malaysia for agricultural mapping and aerial inspection operations, launching StartupJohor Academy.
- Employment and Employability Institute (e2i)corePartnership with NTUC's e2i providing 50% training grant support for Singaporeans attending Professional Multirotor Pilot Course for future skills and work productivity.
- Wild AsiacorePartnership to deliver spatial analytics to smaller oil palm producers in Malaysia. Solutions include digital mapping of farm plots (visual, near infra-red) and aerial data analytics (NDVI and tree-counts) accessible via Garuda Plex platform.
- National Environment Agency (NEA) SingaporecoreCo-developed DragonFly UAV system for mosquito-borne disease control. NEA awarded contract to Garuda for development and production of UAV system to deliver BTI larvicide tablets to stagnant water in hard-to-reach areas.
- FutureFlight ConsortiumcoreBVLOS Operations in Singapore - Connected Airspace Management System for Unmanned Aircrafts under CAAS Consumer Flight Programme. Garuda-led consortium developing UTM system for Singapore.
- GSMA/Telcoscore5G Mobile Networks partnership for aviation grade QoS with Network Slicing and Mobile Edge Computing to enable reliable drone connectivity.
- AirMapcoreOfficial solution provider for AirMap platform - UTM system integration providing airspace restrictions, geofencing, and regulatory compliance data.
- Arete MregionalReseller partner providing fully integrated Private LTE Network for total isolation from other networks in mission critical drone operations.
- CoverFlightminorWorldwide drone insurance for commercial partners - marketing partnership providing insurance solutions to Garuda customers.
- COVERAGEminorAutonomous Security Patrol and Incident Response partner for integrated security solutions.
- Acorn International NetworkminorReseller network partner for drone solutions distribution.
Scale indicators3 records
Recent moves7 records
Expansion highlights6 records
Garuda Robotics competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- Skydio: US-based autonomous drone manufacturer focused on inspection, public safety, and defense — directly overlaps with Garuda's OVERWATCH security/surveillance and inspection verticals. Comparable full-stack hardware-plus-software autonomy approach, though focused on Western markets.
- Wing (Alphabet): Alphabet subsidiary operating commercial drone delivery, with regulatory first-mover credentials similar to Garuda's CAAS approvals. Comparable as a BVLOS delivery operator and as a regulatory-aware competitor in Southeast Asia through partnerships.
- Parrot: European drone manufacturer with both consumer and commercial (senseFly, ANAFI) lines serving agriculture, inspection, and defense. Comparable to Garuda as a full-stack drone provider competing in the same commercial verticals.
- DJI: World's largest commercial drone manufacturer; Garuda's hardware and Plex Pilot ecosystem both depend on DJI's MSDK, and DJI's own software (DJI Pilot, DJI FlightHub) competes directly with Garuda Plex for fleet management. Critical both as a dependency and as a competitor.
Direct peers
- Zipline: Drone delivery operator for medical supplies (blood, vaccines) in Africa and increasingly Asia/US. Most direct comparator to Garuda's Responder AED delivery use case with Singapore Civil Defence Force, and a benchmark for scaling drone-based logistics.
- Aerodyne Group: Malaysia-headquartered drone-based enterprise solutions provider operating across powerline inspection, agriculture, and security in Southeast Asia. Most direct regional competitor to Garuda's integrated drone-services-plus-software model, serving similar oil palm, infrastructure, and government customers.
- DroneDeploy: Cloud-based drone mapping and analytics platform used across construction, agriculture, and inspection — directly comparable to Garuda Plex's mapping and per-hectare analytics workflows for oil palm and facilities management.
- PrecisionHawk: Drone data and analytics platform offering aerial inspection, mapping, and agricultural analytics with enterprise software subscriptions. Closest comparable to Garuda's Plantation 4.0 / Facilities 4.0 subscription stack, though more mature in North America.
- senseFly (AgEagle): Commercial fixed-wing and multirotor drone maker with strong agriculture and surveying vertical focus. Comparable to Garuda's agricultural mapping and spraying offering, though senseFly is more hardware-led and lacks Garuda's integrated fleet-management platform.
Others
- AirMap: Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) platform that Garuda Plex officially integrates with for airspace data. Competitor and partner simultaneously — both are vying to be the airspace-management layer for commercial drone operations.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat6 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
Garuda Robotics social profiles
Digital presenceGaruda Robotics compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance4 records
Garuda Robotics financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
Garuda Robotics leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles5 records
Garuda Robotics subsidiaries and ownership
Company hierarchySubsidiaries2 records
Garuda Robotics funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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Garuda Robotics M&A and investment
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Investments
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Frequently asked questions about Garuda Robotics
What does Garuda Robotics do?
Garuda Robotics builds proprietary unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and integrates them with AI-powered workflow software to automate critical operations for enterprises and governments. Their offerings span hardware (Cerana UAV Series, Aria 500, V220), AI applications for security, inspection, agriculture and emergency response (OVERWATCH, TENERA, Facilities 4.0, Plantation 4.0, Garuda Responder, Garuda DragonFly), and the Garuda Plex cloud platform for drone fleet management and BVLOS operations.
Is Garuda Robotics a public or private company?
Garuda Robotics is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was Garuda Robotics founded?
Garuda Robotics was founded in 2014. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is Garuda Robotics based?
Garuda Robotics is headquartered in Palo Alto, United States, in the North America region.
How does Garuda Robotics make money?
Eight revenue lines are on record. Hardware Sales - UAVs are the primary driver. The others are software Subscriptions - Garuda Plex, spraying Services - TENERA, facilities 4.0 Platform, plantation 4.0 Analytics, flight Services, consulting Services and training Services.
Who are Garuda Robotics's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are Skydio, Wing (Alphabet), Parrot and DJI. Direct peers are Zipline, Aerodyne Group, DroneDeploy, PrecisionHawk and senseFly (AgEagle). AirMap is listed as an others.
Does Garuda Robotics have an API?
Yes. Garuda Robotics offers an API under their Developer Programme. The privacy policy explicitly mentions "the APIs provided under the Developer Programme" as part of their Service. The Developer Programme page provides a PDF getting started guide and a sign-up form, indicating API/programmatic access is available for developers to integrate with their platform. Developer documentation is at garuda.io/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Garuda-Plex-Developer-Programme-Getting-Started-2026-v1.6.pdf.
What industry is Garuda Robotics in?
Garuda Robotics's product category is Commercial Drones and Aerial Robotics. Its primary akta.pro industry code is IMABAIAA, Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) & Multirotor Drones, with a secondary code of IMABAIAL, UAS Ground Control Stations (GCS) & Remote Operations Infrastructure. Its NAICS code is 336413 and its SIC code is 3721.