What Fischer Block does

Fischer Block, Inc. is a private AI and deep learning company headquartered in West Chester, Pennsylvania, founded in 2013 to apply machine learning to energy and power system asset monitoring. The company's core technology combines proprietary SMART Block® edge-intelligent sensor hardware — which captures and analyzes over 30 million electrical waveform cycles per device per day without requiring outage-based installation — with the wave iQ® cloud-based analytics platform, powered by the Atlas AI™ machine learning engine and the proprietary h2RS™ high-resolution structured dataset. The platform targets predictive maintenance, fault detection, partial discharge detection, harmonic monitoring, and nuisance-trip avoidance for critical power infrastructure.

The company sells across multiple verticals including grid modernization / electrical utilities, wind energy, solar energy, oil and gas, connected plant / industrial manufacturing, and data centers, with named deployments including a multi-year New Jersey Offshore Wind Farm engagement, Southwest Hydro Operation, an automotive manufacturing plant, and a COVID-19 vaccine research facility. Revenue is generated through three streams: hardware sales of SMART Block® edge devices, recurring subscription/software revenue from the wave iQ® analytics platform, and managed data services including real-time monitoring, custom configurations, custom reports, and data archiving. Distribution is direct enterprise sales via phone (1-800-756-5600) and email ([email protected]), supplemented by industry-specific website content, webinars, and earned media in trade publications.

Cumulatively, the company has raised approximately $4.03M across five funding events from 2014 through 2018, with the largest round of $3.48M in September 2018 led by ACT Capital Management and Pacera Larson Ventures. The company holds an extensive registered trademark portfolio and references U.S. and foreign patents in its terms of service, but operates with a small team (11-50 employees) and no disclosed channel partner or reseller network. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; customers are directed to direct sales engagement.

Name

Fischer Block

Legal name

Fischer Block, Inc.

Website

https://fischerblock.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Fischer Block is a private AI/ML company that sells edge-intelligent SMART Block® sensors and the wave iQ® analytics platform to utilities, renewable energy operators, industrial plants, and data centers for predictive maintenance and power system asset monitoring.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Asset Monitoring Software

NAICS

Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing (334519), Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals (334515), Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (33451)

SIC

Measuring & Controlling Devices, Nec (3829), Instruments For Meas & Testing Of Electricity & Elec Signals (3825), Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823)

akta.pro primary industry

Asset Health Analytics & Digital Twins (AI/ML, risk/health indices, predictive maintenance) (EUADAJAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Condition Monitoring Sensors & IoT (online/offline monitoring, edge devices) (EUADAJAD), Edge AI Hardware & NPUs (SoCs, modules, accelerators) (HDAAAJAC)

Keywords

• Predictive maintenance
• Power asset monitoring
• Edge AI sensors
• Grid analytics software
• Energy AI platform

Headquarters

HQ city

West Chester

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, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. AI/ML Platform and Software Services: The company generates revenue through its wave iQ® platform which includes machine learning analytics, predictive maintenance capabilities, and real-time monitoring software. The platform is offered as a cloud-based solution with edge intelligence components.
2. Hardware - SMART Block® Edge Devices: Revenue from sale of SMART Block® edge intelligent sensors and monitoring hardware. These devices are installed without outages and without wiring, serving as the edge computing nodes for the wave iQ® platform.
3. Data Services: wave iQ® Data Services including real-time monitoring, custom configurations, automated statistical analysis, professional session management, custom reports, data archiving, and e-training services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Fischer Block sells an AI/ML-driven asset monitoring and predictive analytics platform for electrical power systems. Its SMART Block® edge intelligent sensors install without outages or wiring and capture over 30 million waveform cycles per device per day, running Atlas AI™ machine learning locally. The wave iQ® cloud platform, supplemented by the h2RS™ high-resolution dataset and SCADA+ integration, delivers predictive failure analytics, harmonic monitoring, partial discharge detection, and fault location to grid operators, renewable energy operators, data centers, and industrial plants.

Product overview

Fischer Block offers an AI-powered platform-plus-modules architecture for energy and power system asset management. The core offering consists of SMART Block® edge intelligent sensor devices combined with the wave iQ® analytics platform, powered by Atlas AI™ for autonomous learning. The platform processes electrical waveform signals to provide predictive analytics, fault detection, and real-time monitoring across electrical grids, renewable energy (wind/solar), industrial plants, oil & gas, and data centers. Additional products include SCADA+ for dashboard integration, h2RS™ datasets for enhanced prediction accuracy, and various trademarked sub-brands including ASAP Pro/LIVE/iQ/AI, Wave iQ, Energy Wise, Motor Sense, Wind View, and PQ Detect. Data Services including real-time monitoring, custom reports, and professional session management are also provided. The architecture emphasizes edge intelligence where SMART Block® devices make autonomous decisions locally while syncing with the wave iQ® cloud platform for broader analysis.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• wave iQ®: Data analytics platform providing monitoring, dashboards, and insights for asset performance.
• SMART Block®
• SCADA+
• Atlas AI™
• h2RS™
• ASAP Pro
• ASAP LIVE
• ASAP iQ
• ASAP AI
• Energy Wise
• Motor Sense
• Wind View
• PQ Detect
• Got Wind?
• Smart Cover
• Smart Block

Products and services

• wave iQ® Platform AI-powered data analytics platform that applies machine learning algorithms to electrical waveform signals captured by SMART Block® edge devices, delivering real-time monitoring, predictive analytics, automated statistical analysis, dashboards, and actionable insights for power system assets. Used by utilities, renewable operators, data centers, and industrial plants.
• SMART Block® Edge Sensors Edge intelligent sensor hardware that installs without an outage and without wiring. Each device captures and analyzes over 30 million waveform cycles per day, running Atlas AI™ locally for real-time decisions at the edge. Deployed at grid, wind, solar, oil & gas, data center, and industrial sites.
• SCADA+ Software module that brings results of high-resolution waveform capture into SCADA dashboards in real time, combining intelligence at the edge with existing utility monitoring infrastructure to predict and prevent failures.
• wave iQ® Data Services Managed data services including real-time monitoring, intuitive dashboards, remote monitoring, data archiving, custom configurations, automated data analytics, session management, tile-view paneling, custom reports, data access controls, training modules, and on-screen annotations for power system asset programs.

Quantifiable outcome

• Improved prediction accuracy when incorporating h2RS™ insights into AI models
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles7 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature10 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Sentient Energy: Sentient Energy provides intelligent sensors and analytics for distribution grid monitoring with fault detection and waveform analytics — directly comparable to Fischer Block's SMART Block® + wave iQ® stack for utility asset health.
• 8Power: 8power builds vibration and power line monitoring sensors with embedded analytics for critical infrastructure, overlapping with Fischer Block's edge-sensor-based predictive maintenance for power assets.
• Utilidata: Utilidata applies AI at the grid edge for real-time optimization of distribution networks, sharing Fischer Block's edge-AI architectural philosophy and utility-focused GTM.
• Tantalus Systems: Tantalus delivers smart grid edge intelligence and AMI-grade data analytics for investor-owned and public power utilities — a comparable utility-edge analytics + sensor offering.

Broad incumbents

• Itron: Itron is a large incumbent in smart metering and grid edge intelligence with utility-scale distribution, providing the broader competitive context for Fischer Block's grid modernization play.
• Landis+Gyr: Landis+Gyr is a global smart metering and grid infrastructure incumbent — overlapping in utility asset monitoring and predictive analytics but as part of a much broader portfolio.
• GE Vernova: GE Vernova (spun from GE) provides grid software, asset performance management, and digital twins for utilities — a broad incumbent whose GridOS and APM offerings compete with Fischer Block's predictive analytics value proposition.
• Schneider Electric: Schneider Electric's EcoStruxure platform spans power quality, asset monitoring, and energy management across data centers, industrial, and utilities — a broad incumbent with overlapping analytics capability.
• ABB: ABB provides electrical asset health monitoring, switchgear, and digital solutions for utilities and industry — an incumbent whose installed base and protection relay portfolio create competitive pressure for niche sensor vendors.
• Siemens: Siemens Smart Infrastructure offers grid and asset monitoring solutions including SICAM and Spectrum Power — a broad incumbent with deep utility relationships and integrated protection, control, and analytics.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fischer-block-inc.

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds5 records

Investors7 records

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

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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