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Pano AI is a wildfire technology company providing an AI-powered wildfire detection and situational awareness platform that enables faster, collaborative wildfire response. The enterprise-grade solution uses a network of mountaintop cameras equipped with AI to detect, verify, and broadcast wildfire incidents in real time, delivering visual intelligence and actionable data to first responders, utilities, and…

Native AI · Artificial Intelligence, · San Francisco, United States · EST 2017

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Pano AI is a wildfire technology company providing an AI-powered wildfire detection and situational awareness platform that enables faster, collaborative wildfire response. The enterprise-grade solution uses a network of mountaintop cameras equipped with AI to detect, verify, and broadcast wildfire incidents in real time, delivering visual intelligence and actionable data to first responders, utilities, and landowners. Pano’s platform detects smoke plumes early, automatically confirms incidents, and provides live visual feeds and real-time data to support smarter, faster decision-making. The system helps maintain reliable power supply for utilities by protecting infrastructure amid increasing wildfire risks, equips emergency managers and first responders with actionable intelligence for optimized response and improved firefighter safety, and empowers landowners to coordinate informed, rapid responses before fires escalate. Customers report that with Pano AI, 95% of fires have been kept below 10 acres. The platform serves utilities, fire professionals, and landowners across fire-prone regions. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company has raised approximately $89 million in Series B funding. Investors include Valor Equity Partners, Salesforce Ventures, T-Mobile, DCVC, Congruent Ventures, Convective Capital, Initialized Capital, Giant Ventures, Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures, and Tokio Marine Future Fund.

Business model

Forestry Tech > Forest Monitoring > Fire Detection > Camera

Team background

Company Wise > Boston Consulting Group,

College Wise > Harvard University, Stanford Business School, Stanford University

Institutional investors

Valor Equity PartnersSalesforce VenturesT-Mobile5G Open Innovation LabInitialized CapitalCongruent VenturesJanuary VenturesConvective CapitalDCVCQuiet CapitalGiant VenturesLiberty Mutual Strategic VenturesTokio Marine Future FundGoodLight CapitalClimate Capital

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