Sees.ai is a technology company.
Sees.ai has raised $5.0M across 2 funding rounds.
Sees.ai has raised $5.0M in total across 2 funding rounds.
Sees.ai has raised $5.0M in total across 2 funding rounds.
Sees.ai's investors include Elbow Beach Capital, WakeUp Capital, Zeroth.
Sees.ai is a UK-based technology company developing an "operating system" for autonomous drone fleets, enabling safe, scalable Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations for critical infrastructure inspection.[1][2][3] It builds proprietary software and sensor technology that attaches to standard drones, capturing high-fidelity, AI-ready data for electricity grid inspections, offshore wind monitoring, oil and gas methane emissions tracking, and more, serving utilities like National Grid to reduce costs, emissions, and risks while improving safety and decision-making.[1][2][6] The company solves the challenge of inefficient, dangerous manual inspections on aging infrastructure amid rising energy demands, with strong growth including a £3.65M funding round in 2025, team expansion from 25 to over 35 employees, and a multi-year national rollout contract with National Grid across its 7,200 km UK transmission network.[5][6]
Sees.ai was founded in 2017 (with operations starting around 2018) in Chichester, England, by a team of experts from ex-Apple, CERN, McLaren F1, and hedge fund backgrounds, bringing decades of experience in safety-critical tech, robotics, autonomy, and high-risk operations.[1][3][4] The idea emerged from the need for a new "robotic operating system" to manage fleets of autonomous UAVs at national scale, addressing pressures on infrastructure like aging electricity grids and the energy transition.[2][3] Early traction included securing the UK's most advanced BVLOS permissions in March 2021 for routine flights in non-segregated airspace over live powerlines, Boeing backing, and pioneering trials with National Grid, evolving into business-as-usual contracts by September 2025.[3][5][6]
Sees.ai rides the convergence of AI-driven autonomy and the global energy transition, enabling efficient monitoring of critical infrastructure amid surging electricity demand, net-zero goals, and aging assets.[2][5] Timing is ideal with regulatory advancements in BVLOS (Sees.ai holds UK-first authorizations) and megatrends like clean energy, where drones cut inspection emissions and costs versus helicopters or manual methods.[3][5][6] Market forces favoring it include UK Government Future Flight Challenge support, investor interest from Boeing and Sustainable Future Ventures, and National Grid's multi-billion digital upgrade, positioning Sees.ai to influence scalable robotics across Europe for resilient grids, methane leak detection, and beyond.[5][6]
Sees.ai is poised to dominate national-scale autonomous drone inspections, expanding its fleet and team with fresh £3.65M funding to roll out across National Grid's network and enter new European use cases like nuclear and rail.[5] Trends like AI efficiency gains and clean energy mandates will accelerate adoption, potentially evolving its OS into a standard for robotic fleets in infrastructure resilience. As the pioneer in centralized BVLOS control, its influence could redefine safe, data-driven operations at grid scale, building on its world-first status to unlock efficiencies vital for the net-zero era.[5]
Sees.ai has raised $5.0M across 2 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $5.0M Venture Round in October 2025.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2025 | $5.0M Venture Round | Elbow Beach Capital, WakeUp Capital, Zeroth | |
| Jul 1, 2019 | $20K Seed | Zeroth |