London-based Hammer Missions, an AI firm innovating how homeowners, architects, engineers and contractors examine constructed buildings with drone know-how, has raised €1.6 million in new funding to speed up its AI know-how growth and strategic enlargement into North America.
The spherical noticed participation from ACF Traders, and angel traders together with Graham Hunter (Founder and former Chair at GeoSLAM), Martin Grant (former CEO, Power at Atkins) and Stephen Bullock (serial tech investor and former President at E100 Angels).
Varun Sarwal, CEO at Hammer Missions, mentioned, “We constructed our drone software program with simplicity at its core, to assist trade stakeholders collect actionable knowledge for any sort of constructing construction. We’re working with distinctive purchasers and companions, and stay up for utilizing the funding to develop internationally and enhance our product providing to stay on the slicing fringe of inspection know-how within the constructed setting.”
Based in 2019 by Varun Sarwal, Hammer Missions is an AI software program agency specialising in serving to homeowners, architects, engineers and contractors examine constructed buildings utilizing drones and AI. Hammer Missions has been utilized in over 20,000 drone flights and 5000 3D knowledge tasks.
The agency has been working with main AEC corporations comparable to Thornton Thomasetti and SGH within the US and continues so as to add worth to constructing assessments globally.
In keeping with Hammer Missions, constructing inspections play a important position in making certain the protection, high quality, and compliance of constructed buildings. The UK’s Constructing Security Act underscores the necessity for rigorous development and upkeep practices for buildings.
Nevertheless, Hammer argues that conventional inspection strategies usually require the deployment of specialized gear on web site, a course of that’s time-consuming and costly.
Hammer’s AI software program resolution maps and inspects buildings and generates tailor-made 3D inspection experiences by way of automated drone flights. It captures complete knowledge on constructing belongings, reportedly lowering the time and value concerned. It may be used for functions comparable to roof & facade investigations, defect detection and thermal forensics.
Its built-in AI software program streamlines the information evaluation and reporting course of, permitting trade professionals to shift their focus from laborious knowledge evaluation to utilizing their time to make knowledgeable, actionable choices and suggestions on constructing security.
Sam Fennell, Accomplice at ACF Traders, mentioned: “Hammer Missions radically modifications the economics for constructing homeowners who must carry out correct assessments of the buildings they personal and handle. Many giant buildings are exhausting and costly to entry, lowering the power to evaluate them for security or preventative upkeep. Because of Hammer they’ll now do that rapidly, precisely and affordably. We’re happy to be backing Varun and his group because it builds by means of its subsequent part of development.”
