GGBa · Jun 2026
Covers SmartHelio's strategic investment from quantumEDGE Ventures and its expansion plans as an EPFL spin-off based in Lausanne.
Software to prevent downtime in a solar plant
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Overview
EPFL spin-off building AI-driven solar and BESS operations software. SmartHelio positions itself as a physics-informed, auditable AI layer for solar asset management, with GAIA for autonomous operations and Autopilot for fault detection, diagnostics, forecasting, and workflow automation.
Primary product
GAIA autonomous energy operations platform built on Autopilot
Founded
2019
Headquarters
Prilly, Vaud, Switzerland
Team size
20-30 employees (public LinkedIn/company-profile estimate); some official marketing pages claim a larger global team
Industry
Services for Renewable Energy
Sub-industry
Solar and BESS asset management software
Offices
Prilly, Vaud, Switzerland (HQ)
Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
Zurich, Switzerland
Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Business model
Annual SaaS subscription
One-time diagnostics
Pay-per-fault billing
Enterprise portfolio monitoring
Funding
Stage
Series A / strategic investment
Total raised
$5.9M
Latest round
Strategic Investment · Jun 2026
People & investors
Leadership
Chief Executive Officer
Co-Founder and COO
Co-Founder & CTO
Head of Product
Lead Data Scientist
Operations Manager / Head of Customer Service
Work & culture
Mission-driven, international, and fast-growing team focused on making solar energy more profitable and sustainable. Public materials emphasize solar engineers and AI researchers, customer impact, transparent/deterministic AI, and close collaboration with research institutions.
Compensation
Public job posts mention market-standard salary, performance-based bonuses, and ESOPs; no public salary bands were found.
Benefits
Health insurance
Dental insurance
Accidental insurance
Family well-being bonuses
ESOPs
Performance bonuses
Monthly professional and personal productivity workshops
International environment
Exposure to Swiss and European research institutions
Hands-on cleantech/AI/cloud/IoT work
Product & market
Pricing
Annual subscription for monitoring, fixed-fee one-time diagnostics, and pay-per-fault usage-based billing
Differentiators
- —Physics-informed AI and non-black-box diagnostics
- —Integrates with existing SCADA/CMS via API
- —No additional hardware required
- —GAIA agent for autonomous monitoring/reporting/ticketing
- —Traceable and auditable outputs with human control
- —Day-1 insights with reduced data requirements
- —Portfolio-level solar and BESS operations
- —Claims 8GW of assets under management
Technology
SCADA/CMS API integrations
JavaScript
Python
React
PostgreSQL
MongoDB
Docker
GitHub Actions
Jenkins
Grafana
Prometheus
PyTorch
MLflow
Django
Jupyter
GraphQL
HubSpot CRM
Power BI
microservices
physics-informed AI
Customers
Shell
Dominion Energy
ENEOS
NTT
Tata Power
Mitsui Fudosan
Verbund
Schneider Electric
Competitors
Clever Solar Devices
Skyfri
Raycatch
Power Factors
Terabase Energy
Meteocontrol
Solar-Log
GreenPowerMonitor
Solcast
AlsoEnergy
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
approximately $2.4M/year (third-party estimate)
Estimated monthly visits
6.1K
Latest news
SmartHelio · Jun 2026
Official company announcement describing the quantumEDGE strategic investment, the GAIA autonomous energy operations platform, and expansion priorities.
PV Tech · Jun 2026
Reports SmartHelio secured new investment from quantumEDGE Ventures to expand its AI-powered solar and BESS analytics platform, especially into the Middle East and North Africa.
pv magazine · Sep 2024
Covers SmartHelio's AI-powered suite, including climate risk assessment and forecasting capabilities, and its claims around irradiance and failure prediction accuracy.
TechCrunch · Dec 2022
Describes SmartHelio's $5M raise, its predictive maintenance software for solar plants, and investors including Y Combinator, Collab Fund, Serpentine VC, ACE & Company, Pegasus Tech Ventures, Gaingels, Soma Capital, and angels.
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