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1. Technology overview
Pano AI is a wildfire detection company launched in 2020 and based in San Francisco, United States. Fire agencies, utilities and landholders usually learn about a new ignition through public calls or satellite passes, which can cost an hour or more; in fire weather that delay is the difference between a contained incident and a landscape fire.
The company sells a detection service rather than standalone hardware. Mountain-top stations carry cameras that scan the surrounding landscape continuously, an AI model flags candidate smoke, and analysts in a staffed intelligence centre confirm incidents before an alert is issued, which keeps false alarms out of dispatch. Satellite feeds are fused into the same picture, and the Pano 360 web platform gives responders live imagery, incident location and situational awareness for decision-making. Named customers on the site include the utilities Xcel Energy, Portland General Electric, Avista, Austin Energy, Core Electric and PSE, alongside the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and state and local fire departments. In June 2025 the company raised a 44 million dollar Series B, taking total funding to 89 million dollars, with deployments across the United States, Canada and Australia.
2. Highlighted features & specifications
1. Panoramic camera stations: mountain-top units scan the surrounding landscape continuously for signs of smoke.
2. AI smoke detection: models flag candidate ignitions from the camera feed without waiting for a public report.
3. Human confirmation: a staffed intelligence centre verifies each detection before an alert goes out, filtering false alarms.
4. Satellite fusion: satellite data is combined with ground imagery for wider situational awareness.
5. Pano 360 platform: live imagery, incident location and shared situational picture for responders and utility operators.
6. Track record and scale: 44 million dollar Series B closed in June 2025 for 89 million dollars total, with deployments in the United States, Canada and Australia.
