Airpix

What Airpix does

Airpix is a Navi Mumbai-based drone solutions company founded in 2013 that provides end-to-end aerial data acquisition, processing, analytics, and web/mobile application development services to enterprise and government clients across India. The company's portfolio spans drone-based surveying and mapping (topographic, DTM, orthophoto, volumetric), asset inspection (wind turbines, transmission towers, solar panels, flare stacks, chimneys), UAV data processing, project progress monitoring, BIM solutions, aerial LiDAR, and multispectral imaging for precision agriculture. Its proprietary technology stack includes the Worksyte video analytics SaaS platform for interactive project reporting, a Hybrid VTOL twin-rotor tailsitter drone, a wind turbine cleaning robot, and AI/ML-based analytics for defect detection, crop counting, NDVI analysis, and traffic/vehicle recognition.

The company monetizes through a mix of project-based professional services (drone surveying, inspection, data processing), hardware sales (proprietary VTOL drones, cleaning robots), and recurring SaaS revenue from the Worksyte platform. Its go-to-market is enterprise field sales targeting large Indian industrial groups (ACC, Ambuja, Tata Steel, JSW, L&T, Suzlon, GAIL, Reliance Energy, BPCL, Lodha, Shapoorji Pallonji) and government bodies (Indian Railways, DFCCIL, RVNL, NHAI, MSRDC, CPWD, Pune Smart City, state governments) via direct relationships, government tenders, and case-study-driven demand generation. Airpix operates a pan-India drone pilot network for rapid project mobilization and holds accelerator affiliations with Airbus BizLab, the India Innovation Growth Programme (IIGP, with Lockheed Martin and Tata Trusts), DIPP, and Axilor Ventures. The company is privately held, headquartered in Navi Mumbai, and operates exclusively in India with 1–10 core employees.

Name

Airpix

Legal name

Airpix

Website

https://airpix.in

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Airpix is a Navi Mumbai-based drone solutions provider delivering aerial surveying, asset inspection, data processing, and project monitoring services to enterprise and government clients across India's infrastructure, mining, transport, utilities, and agriculture sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Drone-based Aerial Surveying and Inspection Services

NAICS

Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services (541370), Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (334511), Aircraft Manufacturing (336411)

SIC

Search, Detection, Navagation, Guidance, Aeronautical Sys (3812), Optical Instruments & Lenses (3827)

akta.pro primary industry

Aerial Robotics (Drones & UAV Autonomy) (HDAAAIAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) & Multirotor Drones (IMABAIAA), Aerial Surveying & Crop Scouting (Imaging, Mapping, Stand Counts) (AFACAIAJ)

Keywords

• Drone survey services
• Aerial inspection services
• Drone mapping solutions
• UAV data processing
• Aerial LiDAR mapping

Headquarters

HQ city

Mumbai

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Drone Survey and Mapping Services: Airpix provides end-to-end drone survey services including topographic land surveying, photogrammetry, orthophoto generation, contour mapping, DTM/DTM, and volumetric analysis. Revenue is earned through project-based professional service engagements with enterprise and government clients for land surveys, infrastructure monitoring, and mining applications.
2. Drone Inspection Services: Inspection services for critical assets including wind turbines, solar panels, transmission towers, chimneys, flare stacks, and pipelines using RGB and thermal cameras. Includes automated report generation and cloud-based data access for asset management.
3. Drone Hardware Products: Sale of proprietary hardware products including Hybrid VTOL drones and wind turbine cleaning robots to enterprise clients.
4. Worksyte SaaS Platform: Web-based video analytics and drone data management platform (Worksyte) offered as a cloud-hosted SaaS solution for project progress monitoring, collaboration, and reporting.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Airpix provides end-to-end drone solutions comprising aerial surveying and mapping, critical asset inspection (wind turbines, solar panels, transmission towers, chimneys, flare stacks, pipelines), UAV data processing (orthophotos, DTM, contours, 3D models, point clouds, volumetric analysis), project progress monitoring, BIM solutions, aerial LiDAR, and multispectral imaging. The company complements these professional services with proprietary hardware (a Hybrid VTOL Twin Rotor Tailsitter drone and a Wind Turbine Cleaning Robot) and the Worksyte SaaS platform for video analytics, tagging, collaboration, and interactive survey reporting, delivered through a pan-India network of qualified drone pilots.

Product overview

Airpix offers an end-to-end drone solutions portfolio comprising proprietary software and hardware products complemented by professional services. The core software product is Worksyte, a video analytics platform for interactive drone report generation. Hardware offerings include the Hybrid VTOL Drone (a twin-rotor tailsitter UAV combining vertical takeoff with fixed-wing efficiency) and a Wind Turbine Cleaning Robot. Services span drone-based surveying and mapping, asset inspection (wind turbines, transmission towers, solar panels), UAV data processing, project progress monitoring, BIM solutions, aerial LiDAR, multispectral imaging, and drone photography across industries including infrastructure, mining, agriculture, utilities, and transportation. The company operates a network of drone pilots across India for rapid deployment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Worksyte: Video analytics software platform for tagging, tracking, annotating, and collaborating on drone and survey video reports

Products and services

• Worksyte Cloud-based video analytics and collaboration SaaS platform for tagging and tracking objects in drone/survey videos, inserting geotagged data, collaborating with team members, and generating interactive survey reports with PDF export; used by enterprise and government clients for project progress monitoring and survey reporting.
• Hybrid VTOL Drone (Twin Rotor Tailsitter) Proprietary fixed-wing/multi-rotor hybrid UAV with twin-rotor tailsitter design that combines vertical takeoff and landing capability with extended fixed-wing endurance for surveying large areas without the need for additional motors.
• Wind Turbine Cleaning Robot Proprietary autonomous robot that climbs wind turbine towers and cleans blades using a water-ejecting chassis, traversing the tower via actuators and carrying a water pipe to the ejector assembly under ground supervision.
• Drone Survey and Mapping Services End-to-end aerial survey and topographic mapping service using fixed-wing and multi-rotor drones equipped with high-resolution cameras; delivers orthophotos, DTMs, contour maps, and 3D models for infrastructure, mining, agriculture, and urban planning clients.
• Drone Inspection Services Drone-based inspection of critical assets including wind turbines, solar panels, transmission towers and lines, chimneys, flare stacks, and pipelines using RGB and thermal cameras, with automated defect detection and cloud-hosted report generation.
• UAV Data Processing Services Photogrammetry and GIS data processing service that converts drone-captured imagery into orthophotos, DEM/DTMs, contour maps, 3D models, point clouds, and volumetric analysis outputs.
• Project Progress Monitoring Services Drone-based project progress monitoring for infrastructure projects including cut-fill estimation, volumetric analysis, and periodic progress reporting with geotagged video integration on the Worksyte platform.
• BIM Solutions Building Information Modeling services incorporating AI technology for architecture, structures, MEP, utilities, road construction, scheduling, and property management across the project lifecycle.
• Aerial LiDAR Services Airborne LiDAR mapping using GPS-monitored drones with on-board sensors for precise elevation and geospatial data, enabling 3D topographic mapping and highly accurate surveys for infrastructure and terrain projects.
• Multispectral Imaging Services Agricultural drone imaging using multispectral sensors (MicaSense RedEdge) capturing RGB, NIR, and NDVI data for crop health monitoring, yield estimation, and precision agriculture applications.
• Mining Survey Solutions Drone-based surveying for mining operations including lease area mapping, stockpile volume analysis (98% accuracy vs. total station/DGPS), bench analysis, haul road monitoring, and encroachment detection for cement, steel, and other mining operators.
• Infrastructure and Transportation Survey Services Drone survey services for railways, highways, airports, and urban development including topographic survey, project monitoring, and GIS feature extraction for Indian Railways, DFCCIL, NHAI, and other transport authorities.

Quantifiable outcome

• 98% accuracy in stockpile volume analysis vs. conventional total station or DGPS surveys
• +9 more outcomes

Named customers30 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability7 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered notable and core.

• India Innovation Growth Programme (IIGP)notableStrategic or Co-development PartnerAirpix is associated with the India Innovation Growth Programme (IIGP), a Government of India initiative under DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, run in partnership with Lockheed Martin and Tata Trusts. The program supports innovative Indian startups with growth and scaling resources.
• Airbus BizLabnotableStrategic or Co-development PartnerAirbus BizLab selected Airpix as one of three Indian startups for its third-season accelerator programme, providing access to Airbus's aerospace ecosystem, mentorship, and technology resources for co-developing drone solutions.
• Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DIPP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAirpix is associated with the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DIPP), a division of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, indicating formal recognition and support as an innovative startup in India's drone ecosystem.
• Axilor VenturesnotableStrategic or Co-development PartnerAirpix was part of Axilor Ventures' winter 2018 accelerator cohort, receiving startup mentoring, funding support, and access to Axilor's entrepreneurial network in India.
• Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (BPCL)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBPCL partnered with Airpix for AI-based on-edge video analytics deployment at retail outlets and drone inspection services. Airpix developed a customized AI solution based on BPCL's requirements, indicating a co-development relationship for digital transformation use cases.

Scale indicators17 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• DJI: Global dominant drone hardware and software platform — a broad incumbent whose enterprise ecosystems (DJI Terra, DJI FlightHub) compete with Airpix's data acquisition and analytics offering across industries.
• PrecisionHawk: US-based commercial drone services and analytics company serving agriculture, energy, and infrastructure — comparable as a vertically-integrated drone data company with AI-driven inspection offerings.
• Parrot: European drone manufacturer with enterprise/professional product lines (senseFly, ANAFI) — a broad incumbent in the small UAS hardware market that competes with Airpix's proprietary drone manufacturing capabilities.

Direct peers

• Skylark Drones: Indian drone-based surveying, mapping, and inspection platform serving infrastructure, mining, and agriculture — directly comparable to Airpix in service offerings, target verticals, and geographic market.
• Sensehawk: India-based drone analytics platform for solar, wind, and infrastructure asset management with AI-driven defect detection — overlaps directly with Airpix's inspection and AI analytics capabilities.
• ideaForge Technology: India's largest indigenous drone manufacturer serving defense, security, and enterprise — directly comparable as a homegrown Indian drone hardware/services company competing in the same ecosystem.
• Garuda Aerospace: Indian drone-as-a-service company offering surveying, inspection, and precision agriculture across India — direct competitor in the same customer verticals and service lines as Airpix.
• Asteria Aerospace: India-based drone manufacturer and data analytics provider serving defense, mining, and infrastructure — comparable as a full-stack Indian drone platform with proprietary hardware.
• Aarav Unmanned Systems: Indian drone services and solutions company providing surveying, mapping, and inspection across mining, infrastructure, and agriculture — directly comparable service portfolio and Indian customer base.

Emerging players

• DroneDeploy: US-based drone data platform for mapping, inspection, and analytics — comparable in product category (cloud-based drone data management and analytics) but with different geographic focus than Airpix.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/airpix_india
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/social-drones

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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