Recent conflicts have exposed an uncomfortable asymmetry in modern warfare: swarms of small, cheap drones can overwhelm defence systems that cost billions.
Closing that gap between price and effect has become a priority for militaries everywhere, India included, and it is the problem Unmannd was built to work on.
The Bengaluru-based startup, founded in February 2025, builds autonomous aerial platforms for moving supplies, and bringing down hostile drones — two jobs the Indian armed forces increasingly need done.
Unmannd was started by CEO Yeshwanth Reddy and CTO Hemaditya Prasad, both former defence engineers who had built and run drone operations before starting the company.
Their pitch proposed a full-stack model.
