Aguia

What Aguia does

Aguia (legal name: AGUIA ANALÍTICA AVANZADA S.L.) is a Spanish private company founded in 2022 and headquartered in Oleiros, A Coruña, Galicia. The company sells a single product, Smart Pavement Analytics (SPA), which combines drone-captured aerial imagery with proprietary computer vision algorithms to perform automated road pavement inspection. The system detects and classifies defects such as cracks, potholes, alligator cracking, and peeling, measures crack lengths and defect areas with centimeter-level precision, and computes the Pavement Condition Index (PCI) per the ASTM D6433-23 standard. Outputs are delivered as georeferenced inspection reports compatible with GIS platforms, alongside centimeter-precision orthoimages of the surveyed road and its surroundings. Use cases include prioritization of investment in road networks, preparation of maintenance project specifications, pre-repair pavement condition reviews, and digital twin creation.

SPA is built as a vertically integrated pipeline covering drone flight data capture, automated image processing, defect detection and measurement, standardized PCI computation, and GIS-compatible report generation. The company received AESA authorization for precise drone flight operations in August 2025, a key enabler for scaling beyond visual line of sight commercial inspections. The product is supported by data collected across multiple Spanish regions (Galicia, Madrid, Basque Country), which the company uses to improve model performance.

Aguia operates a professional services revenue model, selling contracted road inspection projects to government road management bodies. Customers identified to date are Spanish public-sector entities: Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa, Comunidad de Madrid, and AXI (Axencia Galega de Infraestruturas). Sales are direct and consultative, supported by active participation in industry events (UNVEX, South Summit Madrid, Smart Roads Congress, AEC events). Go-to-market is reinforced by membership in the Asociación Española de la Carretera (AEC) and a strategic partnership with FEDS Drone-powered Solutions. The company has 1–10 employees (led by co-founders Javier Losada and Juan Pan), is privately held, and has no disclosed institutional funding.

Name

Aguia

Legal name

AGUIA ANALÍTICA AVANZADA S.L.

Website

https://aguian.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Aguia provides AI-powered road pavement inspection using drone imagery and computer vision, serving Spanish government road management agencies with automated defect detection, centimeter-level measurements, and ASTM D6433-23-compliant Pavement Condition Index reports delivered in GIS-compatible formats.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Road Infrastructure Inspection Services

NAICS

Building Inspection Services (54135), Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services (541370)

SIC

Asphalt Paving & Roofing Materials (2950), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial Vision & Quality Inspection (HDAAAEAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

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

Keywords

• Drone-based road inspection
• Pavement condition assessment
• Computer vision analytics
• Infrastructure inspection services
• Georeferenced defect detection

Headquarters

HQ city

A Coruña

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Road Infrastructure Inspection Services: AGUIA provides pavement inspection services to government road management bodies using its SPA solution. Clients include provincial governments (Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa), regional governments (Comunidad de Madrid, Galicia), and infrastructure agencies (AXI). Revenue is generated through contracted inspection projects of specific road segments.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Aguia delivers road pavement inspection services through its Smart Pavement Analytics (SPA) platform, which uses drones to capture aerial imagery of road networks and AI-based computer vision to automatically detect defects such as cracks, potholes, alligator cracking, and peeling. The system measures defect dimensions with centimeter-level precision, calculates the Pavement Condition Index (PCI) in accordance with the ASTM D6433-23 standard, and produces georeferenced inspection reports compatible with GIS platforms. Services are contracted directly with government road management bodies (provincial, regional, and national agencies) on a per-project or per-kilometer basis, with inspections conducted without diverting traffic.

Product overview

Aguia offers a single unified product called SPA (Smart Pavement Analytics). SPA combines drone-based aerial image capture with computer vision AI to automatically detect pavement defects, measure crack lengths and damage areas with centimeter precision, calculate PCI (Pavement Condition Index) according to ASTM D6433-23 standards, and provide georeferenced results in GIS-compatible formats for road infrastructure management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Smart Pavement Analytics (SPA) AI-powered road inspection system that uses drone-captured aerial imagery to automatically detect pavement defects (cracks, potholes, alligator cracking, peeling, edge cracks, patches, stripping), measure crack lengths and defect areas with centimeter-level precision, compute the Pavement Condition Index (PCI) per ASTM D6433-23, and deliver georeferenced inspection reports in GIS-compatible formats. It is offered to public-sector road management agencies (provincial, regional, and national) to support maintenance prioritization, project specification, pre-repair condition review, and generation of road orthoimages.

Quantifiable outcome

• Inspection of thousands of kilometers with centimeter-level crack detail
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers3 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 capability2 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• FEDS Drone-powered SolutionscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 December 2025Strategic collaboration to elevate smart infrastructure intelligence in the region. The partnership aims to digitize public infrastructure and shift from reactive to predictive maintenance. Key deliverables include digital twin creation of road networks combining aerial data with AI, strict ASTM D6433-23 PCI compliance, centimeter-level crack and pothole detection, and elimination of manual inspections. The alliance positions AGUIA to scale its SPA solution beyond Galicia.
• AEC (Asociación Española de la Carretera)coreGTM or Marketing Partner · 7 October 2025AGUIA joined the Spanish Road Association to drive innovation in road maintenance. The partnership provides access to the AEC's network of road management professionals and platforms for presenting SPA to a broad government audience. AGUIA contributes precise defect detection, fast drone-based inspections, and AI-driven road management solutions to the AEC ecosystem.
• INECOminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2025INECO (a Spanish engineering and consultancy firm) led a drone-based rural services pilot project in the Ribeira Sacra region. AGUIA participated to showcase its SPA solution for road infrastructure monitoring, demonstrating how AI and drones can improve rural infrastructure management.
• SIAM ClusterminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2025The SIAM Cluster collaborated with INECO on the rural drone services pilot in Ribeira Sacra. AGUIA joined this initiative to demonstrate SPA's capabilities for smart road management in rural contexts.
• BFAero (Xunta de Galicia)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022BFAero is a Galicia-region government program (Xunta de Galicia) that accelerates aerospace and UAV startups. AGUIA completed all three program tracks: Incubation (4th edition, 2022), Acceleration (5th edition), and Consolidation (6th edition, 2025). The program provided funding, specialized mentoring, and access to key infrastructure, accelerating AGUIA's development from prototype to market-ready solution.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Cyclomedia: Dutch company specializing in large-scale systematic street-level and aerial imagery capture with AI-driven analysis for infrastructure and asset management. Comparable to AGUIA in using imagery and AI for road asset inspection, though at a much larger, multi-country scale.
• AECOM: Global infrastructure consulting firm that provides road condition surveys, pavement management, and inspection services to public agencies. Comparable to AGUIA as a road inspection service provider to government clients, though as part of a much broader engineering portfolio.
• Yotta (Keltbray Group): UK-based asset management and highway data services provider offering pavement condition surveys and digital-twin solutions for road authorities. Comparable to AGUIA in serving government road managers with standardized inspection and condition data, though at greater scale and breadth.
• WSP: Global engineering professional services firm with extensive road and pavement asset management offerings, including condition surveys and digital inspection. Comparable to AGUIA in serving public-sector road authorities, with broader service portfolio and geographic footprint.

Direct peers

• International Cybernetics Corporation (ICC): US provider of road and pavement data collection services, including automated crack detection and pavement condition surveys. Comparable to AGUIA's road-condition assessment services for transportation agencies.
• RoadBotics: US-based AI road-condition assessment company that uses imagery and machine learning to score pavement condition for municipalities. Directly comparable to AGUIA's SPA in product offering (automated pavement defect detection from imagery) and target customer (government road managers).
• WDM (WDM International): UK specialist in road condition surveys including SCANNER, SCRIM, and automated defect detection. Comparable to AGUIA in delivering standardized pavement condition data to public road authorities, with broader traditional survey instrumentation.
• Vialytics: German provider of AI-based road inspection using smartphone-mounted cameras to detect surface damage and assess road network condition. Shares AGUIA's core value proposition of automated, standardized pavement condition scoring for public-sector road operators.
• Mandli Communications: US firm specializing in road and pavement data collection services using specialized sensing vehicles and automated crack detection. Comparable to AGUIA as a road-condition data provider to government departments of transportation.

Regional players

• INECO: Spanish engineering consultancy owned by Adif/Adif AV that delivers transport infrastructure projects including road and rail inspections. Comparable to AGUIA as a Spain-based infrastructure services firm engaging in road inspection, with broader engineering capabilities and an existing pilot partnership with AGUIA.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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