SewerAI lands major investment to advance underground infrastructure analytics
(UI) - SewerAI has secured a strategic investment led by JMI Equity to accelerate development of its artificial intelligence platform for sewer inspection, condition assessment and rehabilitation planning. The company said the funding will support continued expansion of tools designed to help utilities, engineering firms and contractors manage aging underground infrastructure more efficiently.
The investment comes as municipalities face growing challenges related to aging water and sewer systems, workforce constraints and increasing infrastructure demands. SewerAI's platform uses artificial intelligence and cloud-based analytics to process inspection data, assess asset conditions and support rehabilitation planning.
"Closing that gap requires faster, more accurate ways to inspect, assess and prioritize the systems beneath every city," the company said, noting that traditional infrastructure assessment processes are often slow, labor-intensive and prone to error.
SewerAI said its technology currently supports infrastructure programs in more than 2,000 cities, manages data covering over 30,000 miles of pipe and has processed more than 850,000 NASSCO inspections through its AI-powered analysis platform. Customers include the City of Houston, City of Phoenix, KC Water, HDR and PURIS.
Looking ahead, the company plans to expand AI applications beyond inspection and condition assessment into rehabilitation planning, risk prioritization and capital project development. JMI Equity Partner Chase Thomet said the company is addressing several industry trends simultaneously, including aging pipeline infrastructure, labor shortages and growing adoption of AI-powered automation.
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