Shutdown
May 2025PitchBook flags Carbic as 'out of business,' which conflicts with other public profiles that still describe the company as active.
Sourceusing ultrasonics + ml to analyze fluid behavior at infrastructure…
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 30, 2026
Overview
Carbic (formerly FlowCommand) is a 2015-founded industrial/oil & gas sensing company that builds non-intrusive ultrasonic sensor + software systems to monitor fluid behavior in pipes and facilities. Public sources conflict on current status and headcount, so I used the most recent Carbic-specific evidence where possible and left unsupported fields null.
Primary product
Universal non-intrusive ultrasonic fluid sensor and monitoring software (UltraFlow / related sensor-platform products)
Founded
2015
Headquarters
400 Treat Ave Unit I, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
Team size
1-10 employees
Industry
Oil and Gas
Sub-industry
Industrial sensors / oilfield management solutions / fluid analytics
Offices
400 Treat Ave Unit I, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
Houston, Texas, United States
Calle Pedregal 24, Floor 3, Molino del Rey, Mexico City 11040, Mexico
Business model
hardware + software
industrial B2B
enterprise monitoring platform
Funding
Stage
Series A (per aVenture; other sources show earlier venture rounds)
Total raised
$6.6M
Latest round
Venture Round · Jan 2019
Latest amount
$6.5M
Jan 2019 · Palm Drive Capital, Bedrock
Apr 2016
Mar 2016
People & investors
Leadership
Founder / CEO (public profiles also show Executive Chairman)
Founder / President of R&D (public profiles also show COO)
Work & culture
Mission-driven and engineering-heavy, with public copy emphasizing smarter, more efficient energy, low-cost deployment, and expertise in engineering, physics, and fluid dynamics.
Compensation
No verified public compensation bands found. One directory source surfaced a Project Manager salary signal in MXN 522,296/month, but broader compensation data is not public.
Product & market
Differentiators
- —non-intrusive clamp-on deployment
- —~20-minute installation with no infrastructure changes
- —self-powered / solar-powered operation
- —cellular and satellite connectivity
- —ML + physics + anomaly detection pipeline
- —real-time monitoring from wellhead to refinery
- —onshore/offshore use
Technology
ultrasonic sensing
machine learning
acoustic imaging
edge computing
cellular modem
satellite modem
solar power
cloud analytics
real-time API
physics-based signal processing
anomaly detection
Modbus
HART
4-20mA telemetry
pulse I/O
Customers
oil and gas operators
water municipalities
midstream pipeline operators
industrial fluid system operators
Competitors
QLM
Gardner Denver
Novosound
H2Ok Innovations
SensorSurf
Fluid Power AI
IoTFlows Inc
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
Estimated ARR: ~$5.1M (GetLatka estimate, 2025)
Signals & risks
Latest news
Tracxn · Jun 2026
Shows Carbic as a funded oil-field management company founded in 2015, with 2 employees as of late May 2026 and a broad competitor set; also highlights funding/investor coverage.
GetLatka · Apr 2025
Estimates Carbic at roughly $5.1M ARR and a $15.3M valuation, and lists Jed Somers as CEO with about 5 employees.
aVenture · Feb 2024
Profiles Carbic as a private venture-backed hardware/software company with 30 employees, Houston HQ, Series A stage, and about $6.6M raised. It also lists competitors and confirms Y Combinator W16 participation.
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