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SewerAI

Automates underground sewer inspection and management

Overview

AutoCode speeds sewer inspections by letting crews assess up to 3,000 feet of pipe per day, far more than the typical 1,400 feet, which cuts idle time and costs. PIONEER is a collaboration and decision‑making platform that helps engineers and asset planners manage and maintain underground networks with centralized data and workflows. SewerAI combines automated inspection throughput with a data‑driven, connected platform and API access to support operations. The goal is to reduce community and environmental risk by improving the accuracy of condition data and maintenance decisions, typically via subscription or licensing.

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About SewerAI

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Why SewerAI is rated
B-
Rated B on Competitive Edge
Rated B on Growth Potential
Rated C on Differentiation

Industries

Data & AnalyticsIndustrial & ManufacturingGovernment & Public SectorEnterprise Software

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Acquired

Total Funding

$18.5M

Headquarters

Walnut Creek, CA

Founded

2019

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What believers are saying

  • Burns & McDonnell made SewerAI a 2026 implementation partner across the United States and Canada.
  • Command Center launched September 2026, cutting report turnaround from hours to 10 minutes.
  • SewerAI claims 2,000 cities, 30,000 miles, and 850,000 surveys, strengthening dataset lock-in.

What critics are saying

  • William Brown challenged SewerAI's June 2026 $342 million buyout in Delaware Chancery Court.
  • ITpipes and Bentley's Blyncsy compress SewerAI's differentiation with adjacent inspection workflows.
  • If JMI integration stalls, sewer contractors can migrate to bundled incumbents and shrink SewerAI's install base.

What makes SewerAI unique

  • PIONEER unifies inspection, coding, QA, and capital planning for sewer assets.
  • AutoCode converts CCTV footage into NASSCO-coded defects faster than manual review.
  • Command Center adds plain-language analytics inside PIONEER for reports, maps, and rehab plans.

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Funding

Total Funding

$18.5M

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Funded Over

4 Rounds

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • Unlimited Paid Time Off
  • Hybrid Work Options
  • Stock Options
  • Wellness Program
  • Mental Health Support
  • Phone/Internet Stipend
  • Home Office Stipend
  • Professional Development Budget

Growth & Insights and Company News

6 month growth

5%

1 year growth

4%

2 year growth

3%
Bloomberg Law
Oct 1st, 2026
SewerAI shareholder challenges $342M buyout of AI plumbing infrastructure software maker

A shareholder is challenging the $342 million buyout of SewerAI Corp., which makes AI-powered software for plumbing-infrastructure robots sometimes called "poop drones." Investor William Brown filed a petition Wednesday in Delaware's Chancery Court to reprice the acquisition by affiliates of JMI Management Inc. Brown's roughly 245,000 shares were cashed out when the sale closed in June. JMI announced the deal days before it closed, describing it as a "major strategic investment" alongside SewerAI's existing backers. The press release did not disclose financial details. Brown's petition reframes the transaction.

SewerAI
Sep 28th, 2026
Burns & McDonnell and SewerAI announce strategic partnership to help utilities modernize infrastructure management.

Burns & McDonnell and SewerAI announce strategic partnership to help utilities modernize infrastructure management. Burns & McDonnell, a 100% employee-owned engineering, architecture, and construction firm, has formed a strategic partnership with SewerAI to help utilities turn inspection data into coordinated plans that prioritize infrastructure investments. Through an implementation partner agreement, Burns & McDonnell will deploy PIONEER(TM) across its Water Group, with 1898 & Co. leading implementation for utilities throughout the United States and Canada.

SewerAI
Sep 15th, 2026
SewerAI launches Command Center: turning inspection data into reports, maps, and Rehab plans in minutes.

SewerAI launches Command Center: turning inspection data into reports, maps, and Rehab plans in minutes. SewerAI today announced the general availability of Command Center, the AI-powered workspace built into PIONEER(TM) that enables utilities, engineering firms, and contractors to turn inspection data into reports, maps, and rehabilitation plans using plain language. The AI workspace built directly into PIONEER(TM) is graduating from open beta to general availability ahead of WEFTEC 2026. This launch gives utilities, engineering firms, and contractors a powerful, plain-language way to search, analyze, and act on their sewer inspection data. WALNUT CREEK, Calif., Sept. 16, 2026 - SewerAI today announced the full launch of Command Center, the AI-powered workspace built directly into its PIONEER(TM) platform, now available to all PIONEER(TM) customers. Command Center debuted in beta on July 31, and today's general release comes two weeks ahead of WEFTEC 2026, where SewerAI will showcase live demos at Booth #1415. Inspection programs generate enormous amounts of data, including CCTV footage, defect codes, risk scores, and GIS layers. Traditionally, turning that data into actionable reports, maps, or rehabilitation plans meant digging through filters, exporting spreadsheets, or waiting on an expert to pull the results. Command Center changes that by allowing customers to simply describe what they need in plain language. The system then queries inspections and assets, runs analyses, and delivers real, ready-to-use outputs. "Infrastructure teams don't need another dashboard to learn. They need answers. Command Center meets people where they already work in PIONEER(TM) and gives them back the time they used to spend digging for information," said Matt Rosenthal, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of SewerAI. "This is the next step in making infrastructure professionals superhuman. Command Center turns years of inspection history into something you can actually act on, in the time it used to take to open a spreadsheet," said Billy Gilmartin, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of SewerAI. Built directly into PIONEER(TM), Command Center enables users to: * Instantly answer questions about a project or account, including inspection counts, review status, or defect breakdowns, without the need for filters or exports. * Prioritize pipes by risk and generate rehabilitation or capital plans, complete with cost assumptions and a detailed priority asset table. * Produce client-ready reports, interactive maps, and NASSCO-format exports, all styled to match a customer's own report templates. * Audit inspections for missing fields, coding inconsistencies, and other data quality issues before they can delay a submittal. * Map lateral and tap connections directly from inspection observations. * Run recurring, scheduled reports that are automatically delivered by email. During its open beta, customers used Command Center to build branded report templates that reduced turnaround time from hours to just 10 to 15 minutes. One municipal customer transformed historical inspection data into documentation for a grant submittal, meeting a September deadline that would have otherwise been missed. "With Command Center, it actually uses my data and analyzes it specifically for my projects. It's amazing," said one municipal customer, who used the platform to rebuild a lateral and tap GIS layer in a single session. "It has been one of the best AI tools we have ever used. There was nothing that it wasn't able to do," said a county utility customer, who gave it a 5/5 rating after a single day of use. About SewerAI SewerAI equips utilities, contractors, and engineering firms, with AI-powered software to inspect, assess, and rehabilitate sewer and underground infrastructure. The company's PIONEER(TM) platform unifies field capture, cloud-based data management, AI-assisted NASSCO coding through AutoCode(TM), and AI-driven capital planning through Risk & Rehab(TM), connecting every step from the field to the master plan. More than 2,000 cities and a national network of contractors rely on SewerAI to deliver faster, more accurate, and more cost-effective infrastructure programs. Headquartered in Walnut Creek,California, SewerAI serves municipalities, utilities, and contractors across North America. Christopher Turley SVP of Marketing Strategy & GTM Operations [email protected] Ready to get started? See how SewerAI can transform your sewer inspection workflow.

Private Equity International
Jun 2nd, 2026
JMI Equity leads the acqusition of SewerAI

SewerAI provides a connected platform designed to help organizations capture, analyze, collaborate around, and act on infrastructure data.

FinancialContent
Jun 2nd, 2026
SewerAI raises major investment from JMI Equity to scale AI platform managing 30,000 miles of underground infrastructure

SewerAI, an AI platform for sewer and underground infrastructure management, has secured a major strategic investment led by JMI Equity. Existing investors Innovius Capital, Epic Ventures and Bentley Systems also participated. The funding amount and valuation were not disclosed. The company's platform uses artificial intelligence to help organisations inspect, assess and rehabilitate ageing underground infrastructure. SewerAI currently supports data from over 2,000 cities, manages more than 30,000 miles of pipe and has completed over 850,000 surveys with its AutoCode AI engine. Customers include the City of Houston, City of Phoenix and KC Water. SewerAI has tripled its customer base over the past two years. The company plans to expand its AI capabilities from inspection into rehabilitation planning and programme management.

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