What VODA.ai does

VODA.ai is a Boston-based artificial intelligence company that builds decision-support software for water utilities. Founded in 2017 by George Demosthenous and Jim Fitchett, the company operates a SaaS platform centered on its proprietary daVinci machine learning engine, which analyzes pipe attributes, break history, soil conditions, weather, pressure data, and land use to predict water main failures, quantify risk, and prioritize capital investment. The platform comprises modular products including Pipe Risk Management, Capital Planner, Condition Assessment, Logger Placement, Lead Management (LeadFinder/LeadZero), Analytics, Collection Inspections (wastewater), and two products launched in June 2026 — VODA.ai Meters (meter accuracy analytics for revenue recovery) and VODA.ai Advisor (a conversational and agentic AI decision support tool). The company reports that daVinci has been applied to over 1 million miles of pipe and 2 million service lines across 31 US states and 8 countries, with a validated 94% break prediction accuracy at Greenville Water. The platform is ISO 27001:2022 certified, and VODA.ai has won the Smart Water Summit's Best Smart Water Solution award for five consecutive years through 2025.

The company sells exclusively to water utilities (municipal and government) and the engineering consultants that serve them, primarily through direct enterprise field sales organized by US region, supplemented by channel partners including Oldcastle Infrastructure (CRH), Arcadis, HDR, Brown & Caldwell, and Kennedy Jenks, plus technology integrations with Itron, RedZone Robotics, and Echologics. Pricing is fully customized, scales with utility size (miles of pipe, asset count) and modules deployed, and is structured as multi-year subscriptions with a risk-free guarantee: customers pay nothing if the model fails to meet agreed success criteria. VODA.ai has raised a $10 million Series A (June 2025) led by CRH Ventures with L-Stone Capital, following earlier strategic investments from Ferguson Ventures (2023) and Innospark Ventures (2020). The company operates with 11-50 employees out of its Boston headquarters at 50 Milk Street.

Name

VODA.ai

Legal name

VODA.ai

Website

https://voda.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

VODA.ai is a Boston-based AI company that builds decision-support software for municipal water utilities, using its proprietary daVinci machine learning engine to predict pipe failures, prioritize capital investment, and recover meter revenue across 31 US states and 8 countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Water Infrastructure Analytics Software

NAICS

Water, Sewage and Other Systems (2213), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518)

SIC

Water Supply (4941), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) & Smart Meter Analytics (Meter Data for NRW) (EUANAKAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

End-to-End Enterprise AI Platforms (MLOps & Model Lifecycle Management) (HDAEANAA)

Keywords

• Water utility software
• Pipe risk management
• Infrastructure asset analytics
• Capital planning software
• Lead service line compliance

Headquarters

HQ city

Boston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. SaaS Software Subscription: VODA.ai operates as a subscription-based SaaS company. Pricing is customized based on each utility's system size, data, selected solutions, and project scope. The subscription covers access to the daVinci AI platform, risk modeling outputs, dashboards, reports, and ongoing model updates. Pricing scales with factors such as miles of pipe, asset count, and number of modules/use cases selected.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

VODA.ai provides AI-powered decision support software for water utilities through its proprietary daVinci machine learning engine. The cloud-based SaaS platform ingests utility data (pipe attributes, break history, soil conditions, weather, pressure, land use) and generates pipe-level failure risk predictions, capital investment prioritization, lead service line identification, meter accuracy analytics, and condition assessment plans for drinking water and wastewater utilities.

Product overview

VODA.ai is an AI-powered decision support software platform for water utilities, built around its proprietary daVinci machine learning engine. The platform consists of core modules including Pipe Risk Management (failure prediction), Capital Planner (capital investment optimization), Condition Assessment, Logger Placement, Lead Management, and Analytics. Recent additions include VODA.ai Meters (meter accuracy analytics for revenue recovery launched June 2026) and VODA.ai Advisor (conversational AI decision support launched June 2026). The platform serves both water and wastewater utilities, enabling defensible infrastructure decisions to prevent failures, prioritize capital spending, and protect revenue. Solutions are offered as an integrated SaaS platform with modular components that build on the core risk prediction engine.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• daVinci: Proprietary machine learning model/AI engine that predicts water main breaks and pipe failures for utilities.

Products and services

• Pipe Risk Management Predicts where water main failures are most likely by analyzing multi-factor risk models. Generates Likelihood of Failure (LOF), Consequence of Failure (COF), and Business Risk Exposure (BRE) scores to prioritize pipe replacement, inspection, rehabilitation, or monitoring. For municipal and private water utilities.
• Capital Planner Strategic capital investment planning tool that uses Business Risk Exposure and user-defined business rules to identify feasible pipe rehabilitation and replacement projects, optimize capital investment, and create defensible Capital Improvement Plans (CIP). For water utility planning and engineering teams.
• Condition Assessment Establishes baseline understanding of pipe network condition and creates data-based inspection and assessment projects based on AI risk modeling and user-defined rules. Integrates with field assessment equipment through partners like Echologics. For water utilities planning field investigations.
• Logger Placement Optimizes placement of acoustic leak monitoring loggers using pipe risk modeling to identify high-risk pipes where acoustic monitoring equipment should be deployed. Supports non-revenue water (NRW) reduction and consequence-based optimization for water utilities.
• Lead Management Machine learning-powered solution for identifying likely lead and galvanized service lines (LeadFinder), prioritizing field verification (LeadZero), and planning LCRI-compliant replacement programs (Lead Planner). For water utilities required to comply with the Lead and Copper Rule Improvements rule.
• VODA.ai Meters AI-powered water meter accuracy analytics solution for revenue recovery. Identifies meters most likely under-registering consumption using existing utility meter reading data, quantifies Volume at Risk and Revenue at Risk, and prioritizes investigation and replacement actions. Requires no new hardware or sensors. For water utilities seeking to address apparent losses.
• VODA.ai Advisor Conversational and agentic AI decision support tool that allows water professionals and engineering consultants to interact with VODA.ai's planning and analytics workflows through natural language. Supports pipe replacement planning, project justification, meter revenue protection, lead service line programs, executive reporting, and scenario evaluation.
• Analytics Reporting and visualization module providing Remaining Useful Life (RUL) predictions for all pipes in a network (up to 100 years), interactive charts, GIS-integrated maps, and table reports for KPIs such as annual failures per 100 miles and failures by install year. For water utility analytics teams.
• Collection Inspections Wastewater solution that predicts defects in collection mains and prioritizes CCTV inspections to lower Inflow & Infiltration (I&I) and Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSOs). Integrates with CCTV inspection solutions including RedZone Robotics. For wastewater utilities and collection system operators.

Quantifiable outcome

• 94% pipe break prediction accuracy (validated at Greenville Water)
• +11 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature9 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Oldcastle Infrastructure (CRH)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 June 2025Oldcastle Infrastructure is CRH's North American water infrastructure business and serves as a key strategic distribution partner for VODA.ai. The partnership enables VODA.ai to access CRH's existing utility customer base, combining AI risk prediction software with Oldcastle's infrastructure product distribution and installation capabilities. The partnership preceded and informed CRH Ventures' Series A investment.
• FergusonminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFerguson, a major distributor of plumbing, waterworks, and HVAC supplies, is listed as a partner on VODA.ai's website, indicating a commercial or distribution relationship beyond the earlier venture investment.
• ArcadiscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorArcadis is a global engineering and consultancy firm specializing in water, infrastructure, and environmental services. Listed as a VODA.ai partner on the company website. Arcadis uses VODA.ai's AI platform to support utility clients with lead service line identification, LCRI compliance, and asset management. Arcadis representatives have publicly referenced VODA.ai's capabilities in industry publications.
• HDRminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorHDR is an architecture, engineering, and consulting firm listed as a VODA.ai partner, indicating a relationship where HDR recommends or integrates VODA.ai's AI platform within its water utility consulting engagements.
• Brown & CaldwellminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBrown & Caldwell is an environmental engineering and consulting firm listed as a VODA.ai partner, serving water and wastewater utilities and likely referring clients to VODA.ai's platform.
• Kennedy JenksminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorKennedy Jenks is a water and wastewater engineering consultancy listed as a VODA.ai partner, indicating a referral or co-selling relationship for AI-powered water infrastructure solutions.
• RVE PartnerminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRVE Partner is listed as a VODA.ai partner on the company's website. Specific nature of the partnership is not detailed in available sources.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Broad incumbents

• Bentley Systems: Bentley Systems acquired Fracta and operates OpenFlows water infrastructure modeling software used by utilities worldwide. Bentley's infrastructure engineering footprint gives it direct relationships with VODA.ai's consulting firm partners (Arcadis, HDR) and utility customers, positioning it as a likely competitor or acquirer.
• Mueller Water Products: Mueller Water Products manufactures water infrastructure components and offers the Hydro-Guard and iCAST smart water network platforms. Their pipe and valve expertise combined with growing digital offerings positions them as a complementary but increasingly competitive player in the AI-enabled pipe management space.
• Suez Digital Solutions: Suez offers Aquadvanced digital water network management software for utilities globally, including leak detection, pressure management, and asset analytics. As one of the largest private water operators and technology providers, Suez competes with VODA.ai at the network analytics and decision-support layer for both water and wastewater utilities.
• Trimble Water: Trimble offers utility asset management, GIS, and field operations software used by water and wastewater utilities. While Trimble's solutions span broader infrastructure verticals, its utility practice competes for the same municipal IT and asset management budgets that VODA.ai addresses.
• Xylem: Xylem is a global water technology leader offering smart metering, network analytics (Visenti), and infrastructure solutions. While Xylem's portfolio spans pumps, treatment, and meters rather than specializing in AI risk prediction, it represents a potential full-stack competitor that could bundle or acquire AI capabilities like VODA.ai's.
• Itron: Itron is a major smart metering and utility analytics vendor that currently partners with VODA.ai but also competes in adjacent areas like meter data management and distribution network monitoring. Itron's installed base of smart water meters and analytics platforms makes it both a strategic channel partner and a potential long-term competitive threat.
• Badger Meter: Badger Meter is a leading manufacturer of smart water meters and metering analytics, serving utilities globally. Their metering analytics and BEACON software suite overlaps with VODA.ai's emerging VODA.ai Meters revenue-recovery product, making them a direct competitive threat as the meters product matures.
• Veolia Water Technologies: Veolia is a global environmental services giant with digital water utility offerings including Aquadvanced network management and asset analytics. As one of the largest water operators worldwide, Veolia competes at the systems-integration and analytics layer where VODA.ai plays, though Veolia's scope extends well beyond software into operations and infrastructure.

Direct peers

• Fracta (Bentley Systems): Fracta, acquired by Bentley Systems, is the most directly comparable AI pipe failure prediction competitor. Both companies apply machine learning to utility pipe attributes, break history, and environmental factors to predict water main failures—offering near-identical product value propositions to overlapping municipal utility buyers.

Others

• Esri: Esri's ArcGIS platform is the dominant GIS system used by water utilities to map their pipe networks. VODA.ai integrates with Esri's platform for visualization, but Esri also offers its own spatial analytics and asset management extensions that utilities could leverage alongside or instead of VODA.ai's risk modeling.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors7 records

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M&A

Investments

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