Infravision is an aerial-robotics company rebuilding how the electricity grid gets built. Founded in 2018 by robotics engineer Cameron Van Der Berg, who specializes in high-voltage power systems, and military veteran Chris Cox, the company targets a bottleneck that has become critical in the AI and electrification era: the world needs vastly more transmission and distribution capacity, but stringing high-voltage lines is still done with helicopters and large manual crews, methods that are slow, expensive, dangerous, and environmentally disruptive.
Infravision's answer is the TX System, an integrated platform combining autonomous drones, intelligent ground equipment, and specialized stringing hardware. Drones fly pilot lines across spans, terrain, and obstacles that would otherwise require helicopters or extensive ground access, while computer-vision and control software coordinate the operation. The company describes its goal as making grid construction '10X faster, safer, and more affordable,' bringing helicopter-level capability into a daily-use, truck-based fleet vehicle that crews can operate routinely rather than as a specialized, high-risk exception.
The approach has been validated in the field at meaningful scale. Infravision reports installing more than 2,000 miles of power lines across 40-plus major projects in four or more countries, working with leading utilities and grid operators including PG&E, BC Hydro, and Australia's Powerlink. By cutting the time, cost, and safety risk of line construction, the company helps utilities expand and harden grids faster, an increasingly urgent need as data-center demand, electrification, and renewable interconnection all push for more transmission.
Infravision raised a $91 million Series B led by Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC, with participation from Activate Capital, Hitachi Ventures, and existing investor Energy Impact Partners. The funding accelerates deployment of its TX System and expansion of its fleet and operations. As grid build-out becomes a defining constraint on clean energy and AI infrastructure alike, Infravision is positioning aerial robotics as the faster, safer way to physically construct the lines the energy transition requires.