utilities
How Neara uses AI to protect utilities from extreme weather
Over the past few decades, extreme weather events have not only become more severe, but are also occurring more frequently. Neara is focused on enabling utility companies and energy providers…
Overstory snags $14M Series A to use AI to help utilities cut their wildfire risk
Utilities have long known about the hazards posed by trees growing close to power lines, but the successive disasters have thrown the issue into sharp relief.
Thread, which develops a platform to autonomously inspect utility assets, raises $15M
Thread (not to be confused with Threads), a startup developing a robotics platform to collect inspection data for utilities, today announced that it raised $15 million in a Series A…
Electric utilities have been anticipating a surge, but Musk says their predictions are far too modest.
WeaveGrid gets $35M Series B to help electrical grid cope with coming wave of EVs
WeaveGrid’s enterprise SaaS integrates data from utilities, automakers, and drivers to help utilities manage the load EVs place on the grid.
With $20M A round, Promise brings financial flexibility to outdated government and utility payment systems
The last year has been one of financial hardship for billions, and among the specific hardships is the elementary one of paying for utilities, taxes and other government fees —…
Gridware is building early-detection sensors for power grid failures and wildfires
Like corporate financial accounting, the power grid never draws headlines when things are going well. No journalist writes “The power remains on,” or discusses the extensive work it takes to…
Mobileye is using its sensors to create detailed maps of the UK
Mobileye, the Israeli-based automotive sensor company acquired by Intel in 2017, is leveraging the huge amounts of data it can collect to help build precise maps of the U.K.’s roads…
Geospatial imaging service Enview raises $6 million to manage energy and utility infrastructure
Over the past 20 years there have been 11,459 accidents across the network of oil and gas pipelines that crisscross the U.S. The toll in human lives and financial damages…
Researchers propose an open ‘internet of water’ tracking use, quality and costs
Where did the water coming out of your tap come from? How is it filtered and purified? How much does it cost the city and state per gallon to deliver?…
An ideal electric utility costs less, is good for the planet and reduces the chances of losing power completely. And it doesn’t ask us to give up creature comforts like…
How IIoT is revolutionizing utilities
The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is creating huge opportunities in the water and wastewater industries, adding value to both the utility and the consumer. Connected machines are reshaping the…
Later is a simpler replacement for Apple’s reminders
If you tend to turn to email to send yourself short reminders, instead of using a more feature-rich to-do list or task-management application, a new app called Later wants to…
Examining the cybersecurity landscape of utilities and control systems
According to a federal indictment announced March 24, 2016, seven attackers with links to the Iranian government executed cyberattacks against dozens of banks from 2011 to 2013. Public announcements of…
Avast expands beyond security with new storage-optimizing app called Photo Space
Avast is a company best known for its security software, but the days where everyone’s first download to their Windows PC is an anti-virus program are fading into the past. The 25-year…
If you have albums and shoeboxes stuffed with old photos, a startup called Photomyne wants to help you scan those photos, in order to bring them online where they can be saved…
Oracle scoops up cloud utilities solution Opower for $532 million
Last week Oracle bought Textura for $663 million, giving the database giant a vertical construction solution in the cloud. Today it bought Opower for $532 million giving it a vertical…
Clearbit Connect’s new Gmail widget can help you find anyone’s email address
LinkedIn’s acquisition of the popular email add-in Rapportive, and its subsequent demolition as its new owner ripped out some of its best features, left a lot of users angry and scrambling…
FileThis 2.0 Will Organize Your Statements And Bills, Remind You When To Pay
As more consumers shift to using online services for managing their banking, bills, payments, and more, some of our most important personal and financial documents are scattered across a number…
Portal, a recently launched Android app that lets you move large files between your computer and your smartphone via your Wi-Fi connection, has today made its way to iOS. The…
GridGlo Raises $1.2 Million To Help Utilities Understand How Customers Use Electricity
A New York research firm that turns massive amounts of data into streamlined information, CUBRC (pronounced “coo-brick”) invested $1.2 million in seed finance, and established a strategic partnership with GridGlo…
Hats off to Joshua Callaghan of Los Angeles for coming up with a way to not only hide those utility boxes you see all over your neighborhood, but to also…
Faculty members at the University of Delaware have built an electric car that’s capable of selling back excess stored energy to utility companies depending on the demands of the electrical…