Tolo

What Tolo does

Tolo is a Los Altos-based, early-stage startup that provides remote asset inspection through custom-built cameras paired with a patent-pending software platform called Parallax Imagery. The platform enables users to inspect geographically distributed valuable assets as if physically on site, with full 3D maneuverability, zoom detail beyond human vision, and measurements generated in seconds. The company was founded by two engineers, Iain (formerly Lead Engineer on Google's StreetView team) and Thomas, initially to combat the Mountain Pine Beetle epidemic affecting North American forests, and has since broadened its focus to agriculture, utilities, and energy customers with dispersed infrastructure.

Tolo's product stack comprises custom hardware cameras and the Parallax Imagery software platform, augmented by machine learning and artificial intelligence analytics applied to inspection imagery to surface asset status and reliability insights. Revenue mechanics span hardware sales of cameras, subscription or usage-based access to the Parallax Imagery software platform, and AI/ML-enabled data analytics. The go-to-market is product-led through the company website with a demo-request call-to-action, combined with consultative direct enterprise sales targeting government forestry agencies, farms, and utility operators.

The company is privately held with no disclosed institutional funding beyond a 2021 Cleantech Open accelerator participation, founder-controlled ownership, and no published revenue or headcount. Publicly disclosed scale signals describe Tolo as a small startup founded in a basement, with a customer base ranging from forestry agencies to small family farms but no named enterprise contracts.

Name

Tolo

Legal name

Tolo

Website

https://tolophoto.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Tolo provides AI-enabled remote asset inspection through custom cameras and its patent-pending Parallax Imagery platform, serving forestry agencies, farms, utilities, and energy operators with geographically distributed valuable assets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Remote Asset Inspection Software

NAICS

Building Inspection Services (54135), Building Inspection Services (541350)

SIC

Photographic Equipment & Supplies (3861)

akta.pro primary industry

Inspection Services (Ground, Aerial/Drone, Helicopter, Climbing) (EUADAJAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Aerial Surveying & Crop Scouting (Imaging, Mapping, Stand Counts) (AFACAIAJ), Drone/UAV Data Capture & Processing Software (AFAAAFAH)

Keywords

• Remote asset inspection
• Parallax imagery software
• Computer vision analytics
• Infrastructure inspection cameras
• AI asset monitoring

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Altos

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Hardware Sales (Custom Cameras): Tolo sells custom-built cameras designed for remote asset inspection in industries such as energy, forestry, and agriculture.
2. Software Platform (Parallax Imagery): Subscription or usage-based access to the Parallax Imagery software platform for inspection, maneuverability, zoom, measurements, and report generation.
3. AI/ML Analytics: Machine learning and artificial intelligence analysis of inspection data to provide insights into asset status and reliability.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Tolo combines custom-built inspection cameras with its patent-pending Parallax Imagery software platform to enable remote inspection of geographically distributed valuable assets. The software allows full 3D maneuverability around assets, zoom detail beyond human vision, and AI/ML-driven analysis of inspection data to provide insights into asset status and reliability for customers in forestry, energy, agriculture, and utilities.

Product overview

Tolo offers a unified asset inspection solution combining custom-built cameras with the patent-pending Parallax Imagery software platform. The hardware captures visual inspection data while the software platform enables remote, interactive inspection with maneuverability, zoom, measurement capabilities, and AI-powered analysis. Together, they serve geographically distributed assets across energy, forestry, agriculture, and utility industries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Parallax Imagery: A patent-pending software platform that allows users to inspect objects as if they were in the field with them. The inspection software allows full maneuverability around an asset, as well as zoom detail greater than the human eye. Measurements can be taken in seconds, and detailed reports can be generated and shared easily.

Products and services

• Parallax Imagery Platform A patent-pending software platform that enables remote asset inspection through parallax imagery technology. It allows full maneuverability around an inspected asset, zoom detail greater than the human eye, measurements in seconds, and the generation of detailed, easily shareable reports. Combined with AI/ML analysis, it surfaces insights into asset status and reliability for customers in forestry, energy, agriculture, and utilities.
• Custom-Built Inspection Cameras Specialized cameras designed by Tolo for capturing high-quality imagery of geographically distributed valuable assets. Originally engineered to identify Mountain Pine Beetle infestations in trees, the cameras are used alongside the Parallax Imagery software platform to enable remote inspection across forestry, agriculture, energy, and utility applications.

Quantifiable outcome

• Inspections can be performed anywhere at any time, eliminating need for physical presence
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 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

AI capability3 records

Feature1 record

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• DroneDeploy: Drone-based capture and inspection software platform widely used in agriculture, construction, and energy. Comparable to Tolo as a remote asset inspection software product with verticalized AI analytics.
• senseFly (Parrot): Fixed-wing drone hardware and inspection workflow bundles for agriculture, forestry, and surveying. Comparable to Tolo as a remote imagery inspection provider with agricultural and forestry buyers.
• PrecisionHawk: Drone-based data collection and analytics for agriculture, energy, and forestry inspections. Comparable to Tolo across target verticals and the analytics-on-imagery value proposition.
• Pix4D: Photogrammetry software that turns drone and handheld imagery into inspection-grade 3D models and measurements. Directly comparable to Tolo's measurement, maneuverability, and report-generation value proposition.
• EagleView: Provides high-resolution aerial imagery and analytics for property and infrastructure inspection. Comparable to Tolo as a remote, imagery-first asset inspection platform selling software on top of captured imagery to enterprise and government buyers.
• Nearmap: Subscription-based aerial imagery and inspection-grade geospatial data for infrastructure, government, and insurance use cases. Highly comparable to Tolo in business model (imagery-as-a-service) and target verticals.

Broad incumbents

• Planet Labs: Satellite-based daily earth observation imagery and analytics used for forestry, agriculture, and infrastructure monitoring. Overlaps with Tolo as a remote asset monitoring/inspection data provider at much broader geographic scale.
• Maxar Technologies: High-resolution satellite imagery and geospatial analytics for government and enterprise infrastructure monitoring. Comparable as a remote-asset inspection data incumbent with overlapping forestry, utility, and government buyers.
• DJI Enterprise: Dominant drone hardware and enterprise inspection software provider serving agriculture, utilities, public safety, and construction. Competes broadly with Tolo in remote-asset inspection but at vastly larger scale and with a wider portfolio.

Emerging players

• Hivemapper: Decentralized mapping network producing fresh street-level imagery via dash-mounted cameras, with emerging inspection and asset-monitoring use cases. Comparable to Tolo as a novel imagery capture approach feeding downstream inspection and analytics.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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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