User:Ovedc/Percepto

Percepto is an autonomous inspection and monitoring solution provider, changing how industrial sites monitor and inspect their critical infrastructure and assets.

History
The company was founded in 2014 with the vision of providing software-driven, drone-based autonomous solutions for industrial sites.

Raised $11.5M seed funding on June 1, 2017, and raised $15M Series A funding,on May 22, 2019.

It was the first to Pass level 5 Hurricane Testing - Most Durable Drone-in-a-Box, on July 21, 2020.

In November 2020, Percepto raised $45 million in Series B funding, led by Koch Disruptive Technologies (KDT) and with the participation of USVP and Spider Capital, as well as State of Mind Ventures, Atento Capital, Summit Peak Investments, and Delek US. This brought the total investment in the company to $72.5 million.

In May 2021, Launched first smart home for Boston Dynamics’ Spot®.

In January 2022, Percepto gains first BVLOS approval for US refineries, to its Delek US project.

In April 2022, unveiled world’s largest autonomous commercial drone deployment at Florida Power & Light and opened drone facility in Riviera Beach. Later that year, completed the proof-of-concept phase of its automated drone inspection network for the solar power farm floating in the waters of the Sirindhorn dam basin, some 410 miles east of Bangkok.

In November 2022, Launched new drone and advanced AI analytics for its AIM platform.

Among the many customers the company serves, including many Fortune 500 companies.

Products & Services
Percepto’s AIM platform fully automates visual data workflows from capture to insight, leveraging the Percepto Air drone-in-a-box portfolio, alongside other robots and visual sensors. Using advanced machine-learning and AI, Percepto AIM provides an end-to-end autonomous inspection and monitoring solution, to assess risk, minimize downtime, drive efficiency, increase safety and reduce operational costs.

Visual inspection & monitoring software
Percepto AIM is an end-to-end inspection and monitoring software solution that fully automates visual data workflows, from capture to insights. Percepto AIM emowers industrial sites to employ drones and robots to automate inspections, emergency response and security at their facilities. AIM combines robotics, visual data management and AI.

Drones
Percepto Air features two drones:
 * Percepto Air Max (previously known as Percepto Sparrow) is an advanced drone-in-a-box. Equipped with 24MP RGB and radiometric thermal cameras. Customizable to suit specific inspection or mapping tasks with multiple lens configurations.
 * Percepto Air Max OGI - The only drone-in-a-box with an integrated OGI camera, OOOOa (EPA) certified, detects common VOCs including Benzene, Ethane, Methane, Propane and many others.
 * Percepto Air Mobile is a much lighter system both the drone and the Base. It can be easily mounted on a pickup truck and be moved from one location to another- so it’s truly a mobile drone: move from one site to another, or in the case of a very big site- move between locations on the site.

Acceptance

 * Listed in TIME magazine’s 100 Best Inventions of 2021
 * Company of the Year by Frost & Sullivan
 * Scored Triple Drone Regulation Win, Positioning Percepto at Industry Forefront of sUAS regulations, December 21, 2020.
 * Gold Edison Award for 2021
 * CB insights top AI 100
 * Winning twice at AUVSI XCELLENCE Awards