Samotics

What Samotics does

Samotics, founded in 2015 and headquartered in Leiden, Netherlands, develops AI-driven predictive maintenance technology for AC motors and rotating industrial equipment. Its core offering is the SAM4 platform, which applies Electrical Signature Analysis (ESA) to high-resolution current and voltage waveforms captured at the motor control cabinet, enabling fault detection, energy and operational intelligence, and reliability-engineer-reviewed maintenance actions for assets that are submerged, enclosed, hazardous, remote, or otherwise inaccessible to traditional mounted sensors.

The company serves industrial operators across water and wastewater utilities (Yorkshire Water, Southern Water, Anglian Water, Aguas Andinas), metals and mining (Nyrstar, ArcelorMittal), chemicals (DuPont, DSM), airports (Schiphol), pulp and paper (SAPPI), and oil and gas, with a strategic OEM technology partnership with ABB that embeds Samotics' ESA into ABB's upgraded ACS880 variable frequency drives. Reported technical performance includes 95.5% confirmed fault-event recall and a 2.1% post-review false-alert rate across the monitored fleet.

Samotics operates a hybrid revenue model combining SAM4 SaaS subscriptions with proprietary cabinet-installed hardware (NOVAQ/DAQ units and split-core current transformers). Pricing is not publicly disclosed, but disclosed contract economics (Southern Water £7M over six years for 1,458 assets across ~600 sites) and customer-reported outcomes (Yorkshire Water £10M+ benefit, Nyrstar 800% ROI in 11 months, Schiphol 9 of 9 failures detected) indicate multi-year enterprise contracts with hardware-plus-software bundling. The company is venture-backed (€14.5M Series A led by 83North in December 2021, €20M EIB financing in January 2025), employs more than 100 people across 25 nationalities, and operates legal entities in the Netherlands, United Kingdom, and United States.

Name

Samotics

Legal name

Samotics B.V.

Website

https://samotics.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Samotics is an AI-driven predictive maintenance company that uses Electrical Signature Analysis from motor control cabinets to detect faults in AC motors and rotating industrial equipment, serving water utilities, metals and mining, chemicals, airports, and oil and gas operators.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Asset Condition Monitoring

NAICS

Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals (334515), Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables (334513)

SIC

Instruments For Meas & Testing Of Electricity & Elec Signals (3825), Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823)

akta.pro primary industry

Predictive Maintenance & Condition Monitoring (IMAIAMAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Condition Monitoring & Reliability Services (Vibration/Oil Analysis/RCM) (IMAIACAL)

Keywords

• Predictive maintenance
• Condition monitoring
• Electrical signature analysis
• Industrial asset monitoring
• Motor fault detection

Headquarters

HQ city

Leiden

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. SAM4 SaaS Subscription: Ongoing condition monitoring subscription using the SAM4 platform. The system combines measurement hardware (cabinet-installed or drive-embedded), cloud analytics, reliability engineering review, and workflow integrations as part of a continuous monitoring service.
2. Hardware (DAQ and NOVAQ): Measurement hardware including split-core current transformers, voltage taps, modem kit, and data acquisition units (DAQ or NOVAQ) installed at the motor control cabinet to capture current and voltage waveforms for the SAM4 system.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Samotics sells the SAM4 AI-driven condition monitoring platform that uses Electrical Signature Analysis (ESA) to read current and voltage waveforms from motor control cabinets of industrial AC motors and rotating equipment. The offering combines cabinet-installed measurement hardware (NOVAQ/DAQ) with cloud-based AI analytics and reliability engineering review to detect mechanical, electrical, and load-side faults (rotor, misalignment, imbalance, bearing degradation, cavitation, blockage, airlock) 2 weeks to 5 months before failure. Customers in water, metals, chemicals, airports, and oil & gas subscribe to the service via multi-year contracts.

Product overview

Samotics offers SAM4 as its primary AI-driven condition monitoring platform, which uses Electrical Signature Analysis (ESA) technology to monitor industrial assets from motor control cabinets. The system combines NOVAQ/DAQ hardware installed at motor control cabinets, cloud-based AI analytics, and reliability engineering review to detect developing faults. SAM4 integrates via REST API or MQTT with CMMS platforms like SAP PM, IBM Maximo, and Infor EAM. The platform is complemented by the SAM4 Dashboard for visualization and reporting.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SAM4: AI-driven electrical signature analysis (ESA) platform for cabinet-based condition monitoring of industrial motors and rotating assets, delivering fault detection, energy insights, and operational intelligence.

Products and services

• SAM4 Platform AI-driven cabinet-based condition monitoring platform for industrial AC motors and rotating equipment. Captures high-resolution current and voltage at the motor control cabinet, applies physics-first, AI-optimized ESA against asset baselines and a library of failure fingerprints, and delivers engineer-reviewed fault alerts with recommended actions. Targets submerged pumps, enclosed drives, ATEX-zone motors, rooftop fans, and other hard-to-reach assets in water, metals, chemicals, airports, oil & gas, and pulp & paper industries.
• NOVAQ DIN-rail-mounted measurement hardware component installed alongside power supply at the motor control cabinet. Captures electrical signals used by the SAM4 platform to perform condition monitoring.
• DAQ Data acquisition hardware component used with split-core current transformers and voltage taps to capture three-phase current and voltage from the motor control cabinet for the SAM4 system.

Quantifiable outcome

• 95.5% confirmed fault-event recall rate (from 2,087 reviewed events on the monitored fleet in the last 12 months)
• +10 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability3 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ABBcoreTechnology or IntegrationABB embedded Samotics' ESA technology into its upgraded ACS880 variable frequency drives. This validates the cabinet — not just the machine — as a credible monitoring point. For customers already running ABB's upgraded ACS880 drives, the signal for SAM4 monitoring is already available through the drive's existing measurement hardware, enabling seamless integration.
• Southern WatercoreOthersSouthern Water entered a £7 million, six-year partnership with Samotics in December 2025 to deploy the SAM4 electrical signature analysis system for condition monitoring across critical water infrastructure assets in southern England. Following a successful one-year trial detecting 63 equipment failures and avoiding £5M in potential damage, the system now monitors 1,458 critical assets across approximately 600 sites, with expansion planned for 2026.
• Aguas AndinasminorOthersSamotics partnered with Chile's largest water utility Aguas Andinas for asset monitoring deployment.
• Anglian WatercoreOthersSamotics and Anglian Water jointly won the 'Asset Management initiative of the year' award at the Water Industry Awards 2022 for SAM4's monitoring strategy at Anglian Water.

Scale indicators14 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Augury: Augury is an AI-driven predictive maintenance platform for rotating industrial equipment, combining vibration and temperature sensors with machine learning. It is the closest direct competitor to Samotics in terms of AI-based condition monitoring sold to industrial enterprise customers.

Broad incumbents

• SKF: SKF is the global leader in vibration-based condition monitoring and rotating equipment services, with deep installed bases across manufacturing and process industries. It represents the incumbent approach that Samotics explicitly positions itself as complementary to (and differentiated from).
• Baker Hughes (Bently Nevada): Bently Nevada, part of Baker Hughes, is a long-established provider of condition monitoring and protection systems for rotating machinery in oil & gas, power, and process industries. Comparable as a broad incumbent offering overlapping PdM capabilities to similar industrial customers.
• Emerson (AMS / Movilizer): Emerson's Asset Management Solutions (including the Movilizer/AMS platform) provide enterprise-scale condition monitoring and reliability software for industrial plants. Comparable as a broad industrial incumbent with overlapping reliability and asset performance monitoring offerings.
• ABB Ability: ABB Ability is ABB's broader industrial IoT and condition monitoring portfolio that competes with — and is strategically intertwined with — Samotics via the ACS880 ESA embedment. Highly comparable as both a competitor and partner in industrial asset monitoring.
• Honeywell Connected Plant: Honeywell Connected Plant offers asset performance monitoring and predictive analytics for process industry customers (oil & gas, chemicals, pulp & paper). Comparable as a broad incumbent serving overlapping verticals with similar PdM use cases.
• Siemens Industrial AI (Insights Hub / MindSphere): Siemens' industrial AI and IoT offerings (formerly MindSphere, now Insights Hub) provide asset monitoring and analytics for discrete and process manufacturing. Comparable as a broad industrial incumbent with portfolio-level PdM capabilities overlapping Samotics' target customers.
• Fluke Reliability (Fortive): Fluke Reliability (part of Fortive) provides condition monitoring hardware, software, and services for industrial maintenance teams. Comparable as a broad incumbent in reliability and PdM tooling serving overlapping maintenance buyer personas in industrial settings.

Emerging players

• Uptake: Uptake is an industrial AI software company applying machine learning to asset performance and reliability across manufacturing and heavy industry. Comparable as an emerging AI-driven PdM player targeting similar industrial enterprise buyers, though with a broader software-platform orientation.
• SparkCognition: SparkCognition applies AI to industrial asset monitoring, predictive maintenance, and operational intelligence across energy, manufacturing, and defense. Comparable as an emerging player with overlapping AI-for-industrial-assets use cases and a similar enterprise sales motion.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds8 records

Investors6 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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