What Technosylva does

Technosylva, Inc. is a privately held SaaS company founded in 1997 and headquartered in La Jolla, California, that builds AI-driven wildfire and extreme weather risk intelligence for electric utilities and fire agencies. The platform integrates proprietary fire behavior modeling, weather science, and machine learning, running on what the company describes as the world's largest dedicated wildfire supercomputing environment, executing nine billion wildfire simulations daily and supporting more than 20,000 incidents annually across nine countries in North America, Europe, and South America. Core products include FireSight™ (multi-year wildfire planning and asset-level risk prioritization), FireRisk™ (real-time wildfire operations and PSPS decision support), Extreme Weather Operations (storm prediction and grid-impact forecasting), Flood Planning (physics-based flood modeling on Oak Ridge National Labs infrastructure), Tactical Analyst™ (Common Operating Picture for fire agencies), and fiResponse™ (multi-agency incident management); a Campus 2.0 learning platform supports customer onboarding and training.

The company sells primarily through direct enterprise field sales to investor-owned utilities, cooperatives, and public fire agencies under multi-year subscription contracts, with quote-based pricing tied to territory scope and modules deployed. Marquee utility customers include PG&E, SDG&E, CenterPoint Energy, Xcel Energy, Puget Sound Energy, Idaho Power, APS, Oncor, Portland General Electric, PacifiCorp, FortisAlberta, Liberty Utilities, and several others; fire-agency customers include CAL FIRE, the U.S. Forest Service, and multiple state forestry commissions. In November 2024, Technosylva formed a partnership with KatRisk to enter the insurance and financial institution vertical (climate catastrophe risk modeling in 190+ countries), and in early 2026 added Schneider Electric and Pano AI as ecosystem partners and appointed a new CFO. The company is backed by TA Associates (2022) and General Atlantic's BeyondNetZero climate fund (2024), holds ISO 27001 certification, and operates an engineering and R&D office in León, Spain in addition to its La Jolla headquarters.

Name

Technosylva

Legal name

Technosylva, Inc.

Website

https://technosylva.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Technosylva is a private SaaS company that provides AI-driven wildfire and extreme weather risk intelligence to electric utilities, fire agencies, and insurance firms through subscription-based simulation, forecasting, and incident management platforms.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Wildfire and Extreme Weather Risk Intelligence Software

NAICS

Computer Systems Design Services (541512), Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services (541360), Environmental Consulting Services (54162)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Climate Hazard & Catastrophe Modeling (Flood, Wind, Wildfire, Heat, Sea-Level Rise) (EUABALAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Early Warning, Event Monitoring & Forecasting (Extreme Weather Alerts, Nowcasting) (EUABALAJ), Insurance Underwriting, Pricing & Accumulation Tools (P&C, Specialty, Parametric) (EUABALAF), Flood Risk Modeling, Mapping & Forecasting (Hydrology/Hydraulics, Digital Twins) (EUANAEAH), Risk Scoring, Hazard & Geospatial Analytics (FSAOAIAE)

Keywords

• Wildfire risk intelligence
• Extreme weather forecasting
• Fire behavior modeling
• PSPS decision support
• GIS-based hazard analytics

Headquarters

HQ city

Bellevue

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. SaaS Wildfire Risk Intelligence Platform: Subscription-based SaaS platform providing wildfire simulation, risk forecasting, and operational decision-support to electric utilities and fire agencies. Customers include major California utilities and firefighting agencies. Investment from TA Associates and General Atlantic's BeyondNetZero fund supports continued platform development and market expansion.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Technosylva sells a SaaS risk intelligence platform that combines wildfire simulation, real-time weather, fuel moisture analysis, machine learning, and consequence modeling into a unified operational view for electric utilities and fire agencies. Core offerings include wildfire planning (FireSight™), wildfire operations and PSPS decision support (FireRisk™), extreme weather and multi-hazard operations forecasting, physics-based flood planning, Common Operating Picture and incident management tools (Tactical Analyst™, fiResponse™), and a separately distributed climate catastrophe risk modeling subsidiary (KatRisk) for insurers and financial institutions.

Product overview

Technosylva offers a unified multi-hazard risk intelligence platform with specialized products for electric utilities and fire agencies. The core platform integrates Wildfire Planning (FireSight™), Wildfire Operations (FireRisk™), Extreme Weather Operations, and Flood Planning modules, supplemented by Tactical Analyst™ for situational awareness and Common Operating Picture capabilities, fiResponse™ for multi-agency incident management, and Campus 2.0 for customer training. KatRisk, a subsidiary, provides climate catastrophe risk modeling specifically for insurance and financial institutions. The platform performs nine billion daily wildfire simulations and manages 20,000+ fire incidents annually, supporting utilities and fire agencies across North America, Europe, and South America.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• FireSight™ Wildfire planning solution that prioritizes asset-level mitigation investments using historical weather patterns, climatology, and millions of validated fire simulations, combining probability of outage and failure with consequence modeling for electric utilities.
• FireRisk™ Real-time wildfire risk forecasting and operations platform used by fire agencies and utilities for near-term mitigation, resourcing and placement, and Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) decisions, running hundreds of millions of simulations nightly with on-demand fire spread predictions in under 30 seconds.
• Extreme Weather Operations AI-enabled extreme weather operations platform for electric utilities that forecasts grid impacts, anticipates outages, and supports crew mobilization up to 5 days in advance of extreme weather events, combining historical utility hazard data with real-time meteorology and AI storm prediction.
• Flood Planning Physics-based flood modeling solution leveraging Oak Ridge National Labs supercomputer to provide high-resolution flood risk insights for asset-level risk assessment and infrastructure investment decisions, covering storm surge, fluvial, and pluvial flooding.
• Basic Wildfire Monitoring Entry-level wildfire monitoring solution providing territory-wide daily fire danger outlooks with 48-hour lead time, Fire Potential Index metrics, and utility asset overlays for teams of any size in emerging fire risk areas.
• Tactical Analyst™ Next-generation Common Operating Picture system for fire agencies integrating Wildfire Analyst simulations and fiResponse dispatch services into a single centralized view with real-time location tracking, mobile field data integration, and WFA risk forecasting for fire agencies.
• fiResponse™ Enterprise-wide incident management system coordinating emergency response across all hazard incidents with CAD system integration, IRWIN connectivity, real-time resource tracking with AVL/AFF/GPS, and multi-agency data sharing and synchronization for fire agencies.
• Campus 2.0 Expanded online learning platform offering in-depth product tutorials, science resources, and wildfire risk mitigation materials for utility and fire agency professionals, with content refreshed quarterly to support customers at all experience levels.
• Urban Conflagration Modeling First-of-its-kind urban conflagration model that predicts fire spread in populated areas, including WUI Fuel Mapping with 12 unique fuel types and a machine learning-based Dynamic Building Loss Factor for built environment fire risk.
• KatRisk Climate catastrophe risk modeling subsidiary that quantifies risk from floods, storm surges, hurricanes, hail, wildfires, and tornadoes across 190+ countries, supporting underwriting, credit, and portfolio management decisions for insurance and financial institutions.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 90% reduction in customers impacted by PSPS shutoffs
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers20 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

AI capability10 records

Feature13 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core, supporting and minor.

• Pano AIcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 February 2026Strategic partnership to integrate wildfire risk modeling with real-time incident detection technologies. The collaboration aims to provide utilities and fire agencies with a unified operational view combining predictive wildfire intelligence and live camera-based fire detection for improved wildfire response and decision-making.
• Schneider ElectriccoreTechnology or Integration · 2 February 2026Technosylva's wildfire risk modeling integrated into Schneider Electric's One Digital Grid Platform (EcoStruxure ArcFM Web, Energy Transmission Operation software). Schneider Electric's platform integrates partner technologies from Microsoft, AiDASH, Technosylva, and Neara to provide predictive risk modeling, automated workflows, and real-time situational awareness for utilities across the Western US and Europe.
• AiDASHcoreTechnology or IntegrationPartnership to deliver integrated wildfire and vegetation intelligence by combining Technosylva's wildfire modeling with AiDASH's satellite-based vegetation risk monitoring. Utilities gain precision to target high-risk areas, limit PSPS events, and strengthen grid resilience. Advanced integrations bridge internal data silos between wildfire risk and vegetation management.
• U.S. Forest Service Missoula Fire LabcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerScientific partnership with researchers at the USFS Fire Lab studying all aspects of wildland fire from fuels to fire management systems. Collaborates on tool development that matches operational constraints of responders in the field.
• NASAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNASA remote sensing products are used for monitoring wildfire activity with hotspots and images from MODIS and VIIRS available at FIRMS. Technosylva calibrates models with NASA data for enhanced modeling of fuel moisture and soil conditions, and characterizes fuels using LANDSAT images and GEDI LiDAR data.
• San Jose State UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeading-edge tools and policies created at SJSU are used worldwide to understand and mitigate the physical and social effects of fire.
• EsrisupportingTechnology or IntegrationEsri Partner Network Silver member. Esri is the global leader in GIS mapping software platforms, integrated into Technosylva's operational platform.
• GlobalstarsupportingTechnology or IntegrationGlobalstar provides worldwide mobile voice and data communications services beyond cellular technology, supporting Technosylva's field operations in areas without cellular coverage.
• SimTablesupportingTechnology or IntegrationSimTable is a world leader in agent-based modeling providing solutions for emergency management, wildland fire, and public safety.
• Spot (Find Me Spot)supportingTechnology or IntegrationLeading provider of satellite location tracking services integrated into Technosylva's platform for resource tracking and firefighter safety.
• KatRiskcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnosylva and KatRisk joined forces in November 2024. KatRisk, a Technosylva company, is the global leader in climate catastrophe risk modeling for insurance and financial institutions worldwide, supporting clients in over 190 countries with models for floods, storm surges, hurricanes, hail, wildfires, and tornadoes.
• Symfos (acquired by KatRisk)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKatRisk, a Technosylva company, acquired Symfos in January 2026 to expand its insurance analytics platform with pricing and portfolio management tools for insurers facing climate-driven catastrophes.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• Reax Engineering: Reax Engineering provides wildfire risk analytics and burn modeling for electric utilities and fire agencies, including asset-level ignition and consequence modeling. Direct overlap with Technosylva's FireSight and FireRisk offerings and shared utility buyer base.
• AiDASH: AiDASH delivers satellite-based vegetation management and wildfire risk intelligence to electric utilities. Overlaps with Technosylva in the utility vegetation management and grid hardening workflow and is also a formal integration partner.
• Neara: Neara builds a physics-based digital twin platform for utility infrastructure used for climate risk, vegetation, and asset analytics. Competes for the same utility climate-resilience budget and partners inside Schneider Electric's grid platform.
• KatRisk (Technosylva subsidiary): KatRisk, a Technosylva company, provides catastrophe risk modeling for the insurance industry covering flood, hurricane, storm surge, and wildfire. Sits inside the same corporate family but competes head-to-head with catastrophe model vendors for insurance clients.
• ImageTrend: ImageTrend provides incident management, records, and analytics software for fire and EMS agencies. Overlaps with Technosylva's Tactical Analyst and fiResponse incident management products for the fire agency buyer.

Broad incumbents

• Verisk (AIR Worldwide): Verisk owns AIR Worldwide, a long-established catastrophe modeling platform used by global insurers and reinsurers. Competes with the KatRisk/insurance side of Technosylva and offers broad multi-peril models across property catastrophe lines.
• Moody's RMS: RMS, part of Moody's, is one of the dominant catastrophe risk modeling platforms for insurers and reinsurers worldwide. Overlaps with Technosylva/KatRisk on flood, hurricane, and wildfire peril models serving insurance underwriters.
• Esri: Esri is the dominant GIS platform globally and is a technology partner to Technosylva. While not a direct wildfire risk modeling competitor, Esri's ArcGIS platform is the foundational layer on which Technosylva's geospatial analytics are built and could be extended into risk modeling.

Emerging players

• Jupiter Intelligence: Jupiter Intelligence provides climate risk analytics for physical and transition risk used by financial institutions, corporates, and governments. Competes with the insurance-side offerings and with the climate analytics portions of the utility platform.
• Pano AI: Pano AI offers AI-enabled camera-based wildfire detection and situational awareness for utilities and fire agencies. Complementary to Technosylva's predictive analytics and a formal integration partner, but expands into overlapping decision-support workflows.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles19 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors2 records

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M&A2 records

Investments

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