Terra Industries is a Nigeria-based defense-technology company, positioning itself as Africa's first defense prime, that designs, manufactures, and deploys autonomous multi-domain security systems across air, land, and eventually sea. Founded in 2024 by Nathan Nwachuku and Maxwell Maduka, the company builds ArtemisOS (an AI-powered operating system for infrastructure security), the Archer long-range VTOL surveillance drone, the Iroko modular UAV, the Duma autonomous unmanned ground vehicle, and the Kallon solar-powered AI sentry tower to monitor, detect, and respond to threats such as terrorism, sabotage, and armed attacks on critical infrastructure including hydropower plants, mines, and power assets. Terra raised $11.75M led by 8VC in January 2026. As a hardware and defense-systems manufacturer it publishes no public API, developer portal, or technical documentation surface; this profile is maintained as a company/provider record in the API Evangelist network.
Terra Industries is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Defense, Defense Technology, Autonomous Systems, and Drones.
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aid: terra-industries
deliveryModel:
model: unknown
open_source: false
commercial: false
callable_host: false
label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
confidence: low
source:
- none
generated: '2026-08-28'
method: derived
accessModel:
pricing: unknown
onboarding: unknown
trial: false
try_now: false
public: false
label: Unknown
confidence: low
source: []
generated: '2026-07-22'
method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/terra-industries.png
name: Terra Industries
description: Terra Industries is a Nigeria-based defense-technology company, positioning itself as Africa's first defense
prime, that designs, manufactures, and deploys autonomous multi-domain security systems across air, land, and eventually
sea. Founded in 2024 by Nathan Nwachuku and Maxwell Maduka, the company builds ArtemisOS (an AI-powered operating system
for infrastructure security), the Archer long-range VTOL surveillance drone, the Iroko modular UAV, the Duma autonomous
unmanned ground vehicle, and the Kallon solar-powered AI sentry tower to monitor, detect, and respond to threats such as
terrorism, sabotage, and armed attacks on critical infrastructure including hydropower plants, mines, and power assets.
Terra raised $11.75M led by 8VC in January 2026. As a hardware and defense-systems manufacturer it publishes no public API,
developer portal, or technical documentation surface; this profile is maintained as a company/provider record in the API
Evangelist network.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/terra-industries/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- 8vc
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
tags:
- Company
- Defense
- Defense Technology
- Autonomous Systems
- Drones
- Robotics
- Security
- Hardware
- Artificial Intelligence
- Africa
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
url: security/terra-industries-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
url: https://terraindustries.co
- type: Portfolio
url: https://8vc.com/companies/terra-industries
x-enrichment:
date: '2026-07-21'
status: minimal
artifacts_added: 1
pass: local-v1
notes: 'Defense hardware manufacturer (autonomous drones, UGVs, sentry towers, ArtemisOS). No public API, developer portal,
docs, OpenAPI, well-known, VDP, or trust-center surface (all 404 / non-resolving; confirmed via WebSearch + homepage fetch
+ live probes). Only real artifact: probed domain-security (TLS1.3/HSTS/CAA; no SPF/DMARC/DNSSEC). apis.yml identity/hygiene
improved.'
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