2026-01-20, 6:34:34 a.m.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — January 20, 2026 — Leads & Copy — ZenaTech, Inc. (Nasdaq: ZENA), a technology solution provider specializing in AI (Artificial Intelligence) drone, Drone as a Service (DaaS), enterprise SaaS, and Quantum Computing solutions, has launched the IQ Quad drone.
The newest autonomous Vertical Take off and Landing (VTOL) AI drone is purpose-built for fast and accurate surveys and was designed and manufactured by ZenaTech’s subsidiary, ZenaDrone. The IQ Quad was developed to serve key survey and mapping markets through the company’s Drone as a Service platform including construction, real estate development, urban planning, and public works customers.
In the coming weeks, the company plans to deploy the IQ Quad across select Drone as a Service locations for on-site integration and testing followed by a wider roll out to its US and global DaaS locations.
ZenaTech’s Drone as a Service platform delivers on-demand and subscription-based drone solutions that modernize traditional field services, including surveying, inspection, maintenance, power washing, inventory management, and precision agriculture.
Shaun Passley, Ph.D., ZenaTech CEO, said this launch represents a meaningful step forward in the company’s strategy to deliver purpose-built autonomous AI solutions for high-value, data-intensive industries. Passley added that land surveying is a large, growing and underserved market, where speed, accuracy, and repeatability are critical, and the IQ Quad was engineered by ZenaDrone from the ground up to meet those exact requirements.
Passley said the company believes the IQ Quad will significantly improve the productivity of its survey professionals while strengthening its vertically integrated Drone as a Service platform and meaningfully expanding recurring revenue opportunities.
The IQ Quad is a medium-class, field deployable enterprise quadcopter-design drone for diverse land surveying applications across industries. It supports a range of high-resolution sensors, including 4K cameras, LiDAR, multispectral, and thermal sensors to capture detailed aerial data in complex environments. The IQ Quad is equipped with features such as advanced obstacle detection, terrain-following sensors, and 360-degree situational awareness cameras to enhance safety and performance.
The drone platform was designed to deliver comprehensive, survey-grade insights with operational efficiency and versatility. It is engineered to collect highly accurate geospatial data to produce professional-grade land maps and 3D terrain models used in surveying, infrastructure, and development projects.
The ZenaDrone IQ Quad features a durable, weather-resistant carbon fiber airframe, autonomous recharging via landing on a charging station, and its folding arms ensure portability and easy storage. With a payload capacity of 2–3 kg, the drone is adaptable to various interchanging survey equipment. It offers flight endurance of up to 45 minutes and a range of up to 5 km.
Industry analysts project the global drone-specific surveying market to be growing at over 19% per year, from $2 billion today, to over $11B by 2033. Other analysts project the broader surveying and geospatial services, and mapping market could reach $50B in the next ten years as drone-enriched services and advanced data insights increasingly displacing traditional methods and workflows.
By acquiring established, revenue-generating service businesses and upgrading them with advanced drone technology, automation, and data analytics, the company is building a scalable, multi-service DaaS network with immediate cash flow and long-term growth potential. This strategy enables faster, safer, and more precise service delivery for business and government customers, while creating recurring revenue, operating leverage, and a defensible technology-enabled services platform. In the first year of operation, the company has established 19 US and three international DaaS business locations.
ZenaTech (Nasdaq: ZENA) is a technology company specializing in AI drone, Drone as a Service (DaaS), enterprise SaaS and Quantum Computing solutions for mission-critical applications for commercial, government and defense. Since 2017, the Company has leveraged its software development expertise and grown its drone design and manufacturing capabilities through ZenaDrone, to innovate and improve inspection, monitoring, safety, security, compliance, and surveying processes. With enterprise software customers using branded solutions in law enforcement, government, and industrial sectors, and drones being implemented in these plus agriculture, defense, and logistics sectors, ZenaTech’s portfolio of solutions helps drive exceptional operational efficiencies, accuracy, and cost savings. The Company operates through global offices in North America, Europe, Taiwan, and UAE, and is growing its DaaS business and network of locations through acquisitions.
ZenaDrone, a wholly owned subsidiary of ZenaTech, develops and manufactures autonomous business drone solutions that can incorporate machine learning software, AI, predictive modeling, Quantum Computing, and other software and hardware innovations. Created to revolutionize the hemp farming sector, its specialization has grown to multifunctional drone solutions for industrial surveillance, monitoring, inspection, tracking, process automation, and defense applications. Currently, the ZenaDrone 1000 drone is used for crop management applications in agriculture and critical field cargo applications in the defense sector, the IQ Nano indoor drone is used for inventory management and security in the warehouse and logistics sectors, and the IQ Square is an outdoor drone designed for inspections use in commercial and defense sectors.
Linda Montgomery
ZenaTech
312-241-1415
investors@zenatech.com
Source: ZenaTech, Inc.
