Skye UTM and Hyperlocal Drone Delivery Platform

Skye Air Mobility was founded in 2019 by Ankit Kumar in Delhi NCR, India, and is based in Gurugram, Haryana. It describes itself as India's largest SaaS-based autonomous drone delivery platform, built to make last-mile logistics faster, cheaper and lower in emissions for retailers, logistics firms and healthcare providers.

The platform links three layers: sky ports where packages are sorted and loaded onto drones, automated landing pods at residential and commercial complexes, and ground staff or autonomous rovers for the final metres. Its proprietary Skye UTM provides real-time airspace awareness, flight monitoring, collision avoidance and intelligent mission planning to manage drone fleets over dense urban areas, alongside fleet management and data analytics. Partners include Blue Dart, Flipkart, Swiggy, Redcliffe Labs and Curefoods, with operations in Delhi NCR and Bengaluru.

• Skye UTM: proprietary traffic management with real-time monitoring, collision avoidance and compliance.
• Mission planning: AI-driven route optimisation for autonomous flights over complex urban airspace.
• Sky ports: central hubs where packages are sorted and loaded onto drones.
• Skye pods: automated landing stations at residential and commercial complexes for secure drop-off.
• Ground layer: human partners or autonomous rovers carry parcels from pod to doorstep.
• Partner integration: APIs and co-branded services for retail, courier and diagnostics partners.

• E-commerce and quick-commerce players piloting drone delivery between dark stores and apartment complexes in new urban areas.
• Diagnostic labs and hospital chains moving samples and medicines between branches in congested cities.
• Industrial parks or island districts linking warehouses to remote drop points.

• Deliveries reach customers in about 7 minutes, with round-the-clock operation for business continuity.
• Each drone delivery cuts carbon emissions by about 520 grams compared with conventional methods; the company reports more than 4 million deliveries and over 1,000 tonnes of CO2 saved.
• Co-branded and API-integrated logistics services let retailers and couriers plug drone delivery into existing order flows.
• Operations follow Indian DGCA guidelines with the required approvals.

Quick commerce and same-day delivery are pushing logistics firms in dense Asian cities to find faster, lower-emission last-mile options. India has opened regulated commercial drone delivery, and Vietnam has started controlled drone delivery pilots, including in Ho Chi Minh City's hi-tech park in 2026, creating demand for proven delivery networks with their own traffic management.

Founded in 2019 by Ankit Kumar; based in Gurugram, Haryana, India, and operating in Delhi NCR and Bengaluru. Raised a 9 million US dollar Series B in 2026 led by IAN Alpha Fund to expand to Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad and Kolkata. Named Drone Tech Startup of the Year 2026; partnership with Arrive AI to deploy 500+ smart mailboxes in India.