Nexxis
Nexxis Technology is a privately held industrial robotics and NDT solutions provider that designs, distributes, and services modular robotic crawlers, drones, and ROVs for confined-space inspection in oil & gas, mining, power, water, and subsea sectors worldwide.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2015
- HeadquartersWebster, United States
- Headcount—
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
Nexxis firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Nexxis
- Legal name
- Nexxis Technology
- Website
- https://nexxis.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2015
- Operating status
- Operating
- Short description
- Nexxis Technology is a privately held industrial robotics and NDT solutions provider that designs, distributes, and services modular robotic crawlers, drones, and ROVs for confined-space inspection in oil & gas, mining, power, water, and subsea sectors worldwide.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Where Nexxis is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Webster
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Offices4 records
Markets served
Nexxis business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Equipment Rental: Short- and long-term rental of NDT and RVI equipment (borescopes, crawlers, drones, UT thickness gauges, laser alignment) under a master rental agreement.
- Equipment Leasing & Rent-to-Own: Long-term leases and rent-to-own contracts for NDT and RVI equipment, providing customers flexible acquisition paths without large upfront capital outlay.
- Equipment Sales (Buy): Direct sale of NDT, RVI, and robotic inspection equipment under master sales contract.
- Custom Robotic Solutions & Engineering Services: Bespoke design, engineering, and manufacture of custom robotic inspection systems (e.g., Powertrain for Alcoa, Magneto, Argus, Snowcat), including end-to-end engineering, integration, and field deployment.
- Equipment Service, Calibration & Repairs: State-of-the-art service, calibration, and repair of own and third-party equipment (GE inspection robotics, Inuktun, Flyability, Riezler), including 24/7 service and technical support.
- Logistics Services: Complex logistics support delivering equipment globally to remote mine sites and challenging locations on tight timelines.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Other | Pay-as-you-go | Rent, Lease or Buy flexible acquisition for NDT and RVI equipment |
Go-to-market motion4 records
Distribution channels5 records
Marketing channels8 records
Nexxis product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Nexxis supplies specialist NDT equipment, remote visual inspection (RVI) technology, and laser alignment tools under a Rent, Lease, or Buy model, and designs and manufactures custom modular robotic inspection platforms (crawlers, drones, ROVs) for confined-space, at-height, vertical, and subsea industrial asset inspection. It also delivers engineering services, calibration/repair, global logistics, and is an authorised service centre for GE, Inuktun, Flyability, and Riezler equipment.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- Magneto: Custom semi-autonomous modular inspection robot developed by Nexxis for navigating complex surfaces and carrying NDT payloads.
- Powertrain
- Zenith
- Lab61
Products and services
- Zenith 4K Vertical Inspection Camera A 4K vertical inspection camera from Interactive Aerial that Nexxis distributes for fully automated vertical inspection of tanks, vessels, silos, chimneys and shafts; supports LiDAR payload integration for digital twin creation.
- VETOL Crawler
Quantifiable outcome
- Up to 4X faster manhole/underground inspections using the RV-Pro 360 wireless inspection tool
- +4 more outcomes
Companies that use Nexxis
Customer profileNamed customers10 records
Segments8 records
Ideal customer profiles3 records
Nexxis technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration1 record
AI capability8 records
Feature6 records
Nexxis partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
15 partnerships are on record, tiered minor, core and flagship.
- SkygaugeminorAnnounced as official Skygauge Certified Service Centre (25 May 2026) to service Skygauge drone customers in Australia.
- Steve Ince / UK expansion partnershipcoreStrategic UK partnership announced via Steve Ince's appointment (June 2025) and the 'Decade of Global Expansion' announcement (January 2025) to extend Nexxis's reach into the United Kingdom market.
- AlcoaflagshipCo-developed the Powertrain modular pipe crawler with Alcoa to inspect hundreds of kilometres of internal pipelines. Powertrain climbs vertically to 28 m, navigates 1.5D bends in 180 mm caustic-resistant pipes, and carries front/back cameras plus a depth-camera payload to quantify anomalies. Strategic case study used in Nexxis marketing.
- Saudi AramcoflagshipCo-developed the SAIR (Saudi Aramco Inspection Robot), a wireless ultrasonic and visual inspection crawler with extended battery life, ~100 m wireless range, in-built methane/CO2/O2 gas monitoring, and a unique wheel design that navigates welds. Approximately 10 patents pending. Co-development partnership positions Nexxis as Saudi Aramco's robotic inspection partner of choice.
- DEKRAminorPartnership announced April 2020 to strengthen industries (asset inspection, certification, and NDT services) with DEKRA's global footprint.
- FlyabilitycoreLong-running reseller/integration partnership for Flyability's Elios 2 and Elios 3 collision-tolerant indoor inspection drones. Nexxis integrates and distributes the Elios platform across mining, power, water/wastewater, and oil & gas in Australia/Asia-Pacific, and co-hosts webinars (e.g., Nexxis & Flyability Mining webinar August 2023).
- Interactive AerialcoreCo-marketing and integration relationship around the Zenith 4K vertical inspection camera/drop camera system, used for sphere tanks, silos, vessels, and vertical shafts. Featured in Nexxis's flagship products and joint interviews (Pierce Thomas, Co-founder of Interactive Aerial, January 2023).
- RinnoVisioncoreReseller/integration of the RinnoVision RV-Pro 360 wireless underground inspection tool with 360° virtual reality camera and 9 m telescopic pole, used in manholes, agricultural silos, mines, tanks, and wells. Used in Nexxis case studies.
- EddyficoreExclusive deal signed (September 2018) that adds Eddyfi advanced NDT products to Nexxis's distribution and benefits for clients in the region.
- GE Inspection RoboticscoreNexxis is a service/repair partner for GE inspection robotics, providing equipment service, calibration, and repairs to customers running GE borescopes and crawlers (e.g., Mentor Visual iQ, XL Flex).
- InuktuncoreNexxis acts as a service/repair partner for Inuktun's Versatrax and other crawler products distributed and supported in the region.
- RiezlerminorNexxis is a service/repair partner for Riezler pipe inspection pushrod camera systems (e.g., MSE-600 PRO).
- Lab61coreSister innovation lab of Nexxis providing R&D, training, and robotics engineering services. Featured in 'A Day in the Life of Lab61' (June 2024) and described as a Robotics Academy offering education partnership programs.
- SIXDE (6D)coreSister company of Nexxis providing complementary engineering / 3D printing services and integrated into Nexxis's end-to-end solutions. Linked from nexxis.com as a partner website.
- University of Western Australia (UWA)minorEducation partnership (referenced in collaboration articles) bringing UWA and industry ideas together and supporting robotics/3D printing training programs.
Scale indicators6 records
Recent moves9 records
Expansion highlights6 records
Nexxis competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Eddyfi Technologies: Direct competitor in advanced NDT equipment (eddy current, UT, phased array, remote visual inspection). Nexxis holds an exclusive distribution partnership with Eddyfi in its region and competes against Eddyfi/NDT Global in adjacent geographies — closely aligned product portfolio and customer base in oil & gas, power, and aerospace.
- Inuktun Services: Direct peer in modular robotic crawlers and remote visual inspection (Versatrax, Spectrum). Nexxis is an authorised service and distribution partner for Inuktun, and the two companies co-compete in the crawler category for pipe, tank, and confined-space inspection.
- Flyability: Swiss maker of the Elios collision-tolerant indoor inspection drone that Nexxis distributes and services in APAC. Closely comparable in industrial confined-space inspection and a long-running reseller/integration partner, though Flyability is a product company and Nexxis is a value-added distributor plus custom integrator.
- Interactive Aerial: Maker of the Zenith 4K vertical inspection camera that Nexxis distributes and co-markets. A direct collaboration partner in the vertical-inspection product line and a credible emerging competitor in automated drop-camera and digital-twin inspections of tanks, silos, and chimneys.
Broad incumbents
- Waygate Technologies (a Baker Hughes business, formerly GE Inspection Technologies): Incumbent in industrial NDT and remote visual inspection, with the Mentor Visual iQ videoscope and XL Flex product lines that Nexxis services as an authorised repair partner. Closely comparable in product category and customer base, but operates at much larger scale across the full NDT stack.
- Olympus Industrial (Evident Scientific): Global incumbent in industrial NDT (ultrasonic, eddy current, videoscopes, phased array) serving the same oil & gas, aerospace, and power customers as Nexxis. Overlaps with Nexxis in distributed-product lines and competes where Olympus sells its own robotic/UT solutions.
- Boston Dynamics (Spot Industrial): Quadruped robot with growing footprint in autonomous industrial inspection (Spot + Spot Arm payloads). Comparable in addressing the same customer pain point (removing humans from hazardous inspections) and overlapping in oil & gas, power, and mining verticals, with deeper software and autonomy investment.
- Applus+ IDIADA: Global testing, inspection, and certification (TIC) services major that operates large industrial inspection crews and competes for outsourced asset integrity work. Comparable in serving oil & gas and energy majors, though services-led rather than robotic-equipment-led like Nexxis.
Emerging players
- Creaform (Ametek): Provider of 3D scanning and digital-twin solutions with overlap to Nexxis's Argus 3D SLAM and digital-twin capability. Comparable in measurement and inspection workflows for industrial assets, though stronger in portable 3D metrology than in robotic crawler/drone inspection.
- ANYbotics: Swiss maker of ANYmal, a quadruped autonomous robot for industrial asset inspection. Directly comparable to Nexxis's autonomous-inspection roadmap and overlaps in oil & gas, power, and mining use cases, though focused on legged locomotion versus Nexxis's crawlers and drones.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
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Nexxis leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles12 records
Nexxis subsidiaries and ownership
Company hierarchySubsidiaries2 records
Nexxis funding detail
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Frequently asked questions about Nexxis
What does Nexxis do?
Nexxis supplies specialist NDT equipment, remote visual inspection (RVI) technology, and laser alignment tools under a Rent, Lease, or Buy model, and designs and manufactures custom modular robotic inspection platforms (crawlers, drones, ROVs) for confined-space, at-height, vertical, and subsea industrial asset inspection. It also delivers engineering services, calibration/repair, global logistics, and is an authorised service centre for GE, Inuktun, Flyability, and Riezler equipment.
Is Nexxis a public or private company?
Nexxis is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was Nexxis founded?
Nexxis was founded in 2015.
Where is Nexxis based?
Nexxis is headquartered in Webster, United States, in the North America region.
How does Nexxis make money?
Six revenue lines are on record. Equipment Rental is the primary driver. The others are equipment Leasing & Rent-to-Own, equipment Sales (Buy), custom Robotic Solutions & Engineering Services, equipment Service, Calibration & Repairs and logistics Services.
Who are Nexxis's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Eddyfi Technologies, Inuktun Services, Flyability and Interactive Aerial. Broad incumbents are Waygate Technologies (a Baker Hughes business, formerly GE Inspection Technologies), Olympus Industrial (Evident Scientific), Boston Dynamics (Spot Industrial) and Applus+ IDIADA. Emerging players are Creaform (Ametek) and ANYbotics.
Does Nexxis have an API?
No public API is recorded for Nexxis.