# Naman Pushp

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Real Alpha has cut 8 moments of Naman Pushp (Founder, Airbound) talking, from an interview on Core Memory published Nov 4, 2026.

- Role: Founder, Airbound

## What Naman Pushp said

- [Carbon fiber needs its own manufacturing methods](https://realalpha.app/s/carbon-fiber-needs-its-own-manufacturing-methods/)
  Core Memory · Nov 4, 2026 · 5 min
  > “So what we are doing is we are getting into this arduous journey of figuring out the zero to one of manufacturing with carbon fiber” — Naman Pushp · [1:17:07](https://realalpha.app/v/vACBrKGKdH4/?t=4627)
- [Drone delivery competition comes down to unit economics](https://realalpha.app/s/drone-delivery-competition-comes-down-to-unit-economics/)
  Core Memory · Nov 4, 2026 · 3 min
  > “But when it comes to efficiency, that's not the case. Unit economics are something that continuously matter.” — Naman Pushp · [19:48](https://realalpha.app/v/vACBrKGKdH4/?t=1188)
- [Venture capital is fueling India’s hardware startups](https://realalpha.app/s/venture-capital-is-fueling-indias-hardware-startups/)
  Core Memory · Nov 4, 2026 · 8 min
  > “The reality is that deep tech cannot exist without venture.” — Naman Pushp · [54:02](https://realalpha.app/v/vACBrKGKdH4/?t=3242)
- [Airbound designs for payload volume, not just weight](https://realalpha.app/s/airbound-designs-for-payload-volume-not-just-weight/)
  Core Memory · Nov 4, 2026 · 3 min
  > “So I think one of the main differences in our approach is that we realized weight alone is not the issue.” — Naman Pushp · [15:08](https://realalpha.app/v/vACBrKGKdH4/?t=908)
- [Pushp sees India as a better base for Airbound](https://realalpha.app/s/pushp-sees-india-as-a-better-base-for-airbound/)
  Core Memory · Nov 4, 2026 · 5 min
  > “I think India is the better place to build this tech.” — Naman Pushp · [42:04](https://realalpha.app/v/vACBrKGKdH4/?t=2524)
- [Pushp says assertive government sped up Indian reforms](https://realalpha.app/s/pushp-says-assertive-government-sped-up-indian-reforms/)
  Core Memory · Nov 4, 2026 · 3 min
  > “I think that India as a country needed very, very dramatic change and it needed that change very quickly.” — Naman Pushp · [1:05:57](https://realalpha.app/v/vACBrKGKdH4/?t=3957)
- [India could combine innovation with mass manufacturing](https://realalpha.app/s/india-could-combine-innovation-with-mass-manufacturing/)
  Core Memory · Nov 4, 2026 · 6 min
  > “I think I see US as like the innovation hub and China as the manufacturing hub. And like India can be that melding of the two” — Naman Pushp · [1:12:20](https://realalpha.app/v/vACBrKGKdH4/?t=4340)
- [Airbound treats manufacturing as its core scaling challenge](https://realalpha.app/s/airbound-treats-manufacturing-as-its-core-scaling-challenge/)
  Core Memory · Nov 4, 2026 · 4 min
  > “They think that, hey, I've made one, how difficult could making 10 be?” — Naman Pushp · [1:23:39](https://realalpha.app/v/vACBrKGKdH4/?t=5019)

## The episode

- [He's Taking On Amazon With A New Kind Of Aircraft](https://realalpha.app/v/vACBrKGKdH4/) · Core Memory · Nov 4, 2026