CRWN.ai

What CRWN.ai does

CRWN.ai (legal name CRWN AI), headquartered in Kelowna, British Columbia, builds AI-powered acoustic monitoring systems for high-voltage electrical transmission infrastructure. The company was spun out of TerraSense Analytics after roughly three years of internal development and field testing, with three co-founders (Eric Miller as President, Brittany Courvoisier-Nicol as Head of Product, and David Loydon as Head of Operations) who previously built defense-oriented sensing solutions at TerraSense. The product is a single unified platform: rugged, solar-powered field sensors equipped with ultrasonic and RF microphones that capture electrical discharge sounds (corona, arcing, partial discharge, insulator tracking) on transmission structures, paired with cloud-based deep learning models trained on millions of discharge events that classify defects, assign severity scores, and stream GPS-tagged, pole-level alerts to utility operations teams.

The underlying technology relies on proprietary audio signature analysis—a sensing modality distinct from visual inspection and thermal imaging—that the company claims detects failure modes months or years before visible degradation. Hardware is utility-grade, rated from -40°C to +70°C, and supports both LTE and Satellite connectivity for remote, off-grid assets, enabling autonomous 24/7 operation without human operators.

CRWN.ai operates a hardware-plus-SaaS revenue model, selling rugged acoustic monitoring devices combined with ongoing subscription software for real-time monitoring, analytics, and alerts; pricing is not publicly disclosed and is structured around quote-based enterprise engagements. The go-to-market is enterprise field sales targeting electric utilities, transmission operators, and municipalities in wildfire-prone regions, supplemented by grant-funded pilot deployments. Named customers and partners include Fortis BC (paying utility customer) and Electricity Canada (industry association partner), with funding historically sourced from Innovate BC and NorthX Climate Tech (including an approximately $981,000 CAD follow-on in April 2026). The company employs 1-10 people and is privately held.

Name

CRWN.ai

Legal name

CRWN AI

Website

https://www.crwn.ai/

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CRWN.ai builds AI-powered acoustic monitoring sensors that detect transmission line failures for electric utilities and municipalities across North America. The Kelowna-based company sells rugged hardware plus analytics software aimed at wildfire prevention and grid resilience.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Transmission Line Monitoring

NAICS

Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals (334515), Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing (334519)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Instrumentation, Controls & Automation (DCS/PLC/SCADA, SIS, Metering) (EUAEAFAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Fault Location, Isolation & Service Restoration (FLISR) Automation Software (EUADAEAL)

Keywords

• Transmission line monitoring
• Wildfire prevention sensors
• Acoustic anomaly detection
• Predictive grid maintenance
• Utility asset monitoring

Headquarters

HQ city

Kelowna

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Hardware + Software/SaaS Monitoring: Sale of rugged acoustic monitoring devices with ongoing software/subscription services for real-time monitoring, data analytics, and alerts. Sensor hardware deployed on transmission structures combined with cloud-based AI analysis platform delivering actionable intelligence to utility operations teams.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

CRWN.ai sells rugged, always-on acoustic sensor hardware paired with a cloud-based AI analytics platform that continuously monitors high-voltage electrical transmission lines. The system detects electrical discharge anomalies (corona, arcing, partial discharge) using ultrasonic and RF technology, then applies deep learning to predict equipment failures and deliver real-time, pole-level GPS-located alerts to utility operators to prevent wildfires and unplanned outages.

Product overview

CRWN.ai offers a single unified product: the CRWN AI Platform, an AI-powered acoustic monitoring system for electrical transmission infrastructure. The platform combines rugged always-on sensors that detect electrical discharge sounds with cloud-based machine learning analysis to predict equipment failures before they cause wildfires or outages. The system provides real-time alerts with precise GPS location data, defect type, and severity scoring to utility operations teams.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CRWN AI Platform AI-powered acoustic monitoring platform for electrical transmission grid resilience that combines rugged ultrasonic and RF sensor hardware deployed on transmission structures with cloud-based deep learning analytics to detect, localize, and predict electrical discharge anomalies (corona, arcing, partial discharge) in real time. Delivers pole-level GPS-located alerts, defect type, and severity scoring to utility operations teams to prevent wildfires and unplanned outages. Sold to electric utilities, transmission operators, and municipalities managing high-voltage infrastructure.

Quantifiable outcome

• 40-60% reduction in undetected outages
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and strategic.

• Fortis BCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFortis BC, a major BC-based utility, is listed as a customer and partner trusted by CRWN AI for grid monitoring and wildfire prevention solutions on transmission infrastructure.
• Electricity CanadastrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerElectricity Canada, the national industry association for electricity utilities, is listed as a trusted partner, indicating industry recognition and potential advocacy/support for CRWN's grid monitoring technology.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Exacter: Exacter offers overhead distribution and transmission line assessments using non-contact sensing and analytics to detect failing components and fault precursors. It is an emerging player with overlapping predictive transmission monitoring capabilities, including discharge and arcing detection.
• Sharper Shape: Sharper Shape provides drone-based infrastructure inspection and digital asset management for utilities, including transmission and distribution line analysis. It is an emerging adjacent player competing for utility budget allocated to grid asset monitoring and wildfire risk reduction.

Direct peers

• PingThings: PingThings offers an AI/ML analytics platform for time-series sensor data from power grids, including transmission monitoring. It overlaps with CRWN.ai on AI-driven anomaly detection and predictive analytics for utility transmission assets.
• LineVision: LineVision provides sensor-based monitoring of electric transmission lines for dynamic line ratings, asset health, and wildfire risk detection. It is a direct competitor to CRWN.ai, addressing the same utility buyer with continuous transmission asset monitoring rather than periodic inspection.
• Heimdall Power: Heimdall Power supplies sensor units and software for real-time monitoring of transmission and distribution lines, including capacity optimization and asset health. It competes directly with CRWN.ai on continuous transmission line sensing for utility operators.
• Synaptec: Synaptec provides distributed electrical sensing using passive sensors for power network monitoring, fault detection, and asset health across transmission and distribution. It is a direct peer in the sensor-driven grid monitoring category CRWN.ai targets.

Broad incumbents

• Itron: Itron is an established smart infrastructure vendor offering metering, sensing, and grid analytics solutions to electric, gas, and water utilities worldwide. It represents a broad incumbent competitor whose grid sensing portfolio could bundle CRWN.ai-style transmission monitoring.
• Sentient Energy: Sentient Energy provides intelligent distribution grid sensors and analytics for fault detection, asset monitoring, and grid reliability. It is a broader incumbent serving utilities with monitoring solutions overlapping CRWN.ai's functionality at the distribution level.
• Hitachi Energy: Hitachi Energy provides T&D equipment, grid automation, and asset management software globally to utilities. Its broader portfolio of grid monitoring, automation, and asset health solutions represents incumbent competition across CRWN.ai's target buyer market.

Others

• DroneDeploy: DroneDeploy provides a drone and ground-based inspection platform for asset management across energy and construction. It is an adjacent ecosystem participant enabling infrastructure inspection workflows that compete for utility budget with CRWN.ai's continuous sensor approach.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/crwn-ai

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors2 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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