UptimeAI has launched four AI Reasoning Agents designed to transform critical industrial operations, unveiling them at CERAWeek by S&P Global. The agents address root cause diagnosis, maintenance optimization, process optimization and hazard assessment in high-stakes industrial environments. Unlike traditional predictive analytics tools that only detect anomalies, UptimeAI's agents provide complete decision support by diagnosing root causes, recommending actions and learning from outcomes. The company aims to tackle the industrial expertise shortage as experienced workers retire. CEO Jagadish Gattu said customers are seeing improvements of 2-5% of EBITDA. The agents have been validated with operators across power, oil and gas, chemicals and cement, delivering double-digit ROI within the first year. They are available for deployment within weeks with flexible cloud and on-premises options.

UptimeAI launches AI Reasoning Agents to transform critical industrial operations. New suite of purpose-built agents tackles root cause diagnosis, maintenance optimization, process optimization, and hazard assessment-addressing the industry's most expertise-intensive challenges amidst a shortage of experienced talent. HOUSTON, March 25, 2026 (Newswire.com) - UptimeAI has announced the launch of four AI Reasoning Agents designed to revolutionize how industrial operators make critical decisions across reliability, maintenance, performance, and safety. Unveiled at CERAWeek by S&P Global, these agents represent first-of-kind AI reasoning solutions purpose-built for high-stakes industrial operations. Unlike legacy predictive analytics tools that focus on anomaly detection, UptimeAI's Reasoning Agents provide complete decision support-diagnosing root causes, recommending specific actions, and continuously learning from outcomes. The four agents launched address operational domains where expert judgment has historically been essential but is growing increasingly scarce: Addressing the Expertise Crisis with AI Reasoning "For more than a decade, digital transformation in heavy industry has created a paradox: the more digital tools companies adopted, the more experts they needed," said Jagadish Gattu, CEO and co-founder of UptimeAI. Most technologies stopped at detection-telling you something is wrong-but still required scarce expertise to validate alerts, diagnose root causes, and determine corrective actions. "UptimeAI's mission has been to push beyond detection to 24/7 decision support-leveraging AI to perform the analytical work that has traditionally required decades of individual knowledge and experience," Gattu continued. "These four reasoning agents represent years of R&D focused on capturing expert reasoning patterns and making them available at scale. Our customers are already seeing measurable improvements in performance, reliability, and safety, in the range of 2-5% of EBITDA." Industry Reception: Scaling Expertise at a Critical Time Partners across power generation, oil & gas, and chemicals have expressed enthusiasm for the agents' potential to combat accelerating workforce transitions. With institutional knowledge walking out the door every day, UptimeAI's Reasoning Agents offer a path to scale business impact from digital technology without waiting for the next generation to build expertise. By targeting specific decisions-root cause diagnosis, maintenance prioritization, hazard assessment-they shorten deployment timelines and rapidly impact the metrics that matter. In upcoming research on the APM software market, analyst firm Verdantix describes UptimeAI's offering as integrated, agentic AI-driven root cause analysis and maintenance optimization solution. "UptimeAI delivers an innovative, agent-first approach to APM underpinned by strong explainability and reasoning chain," said Jatinder Devgun, Senior Industry Analyst at Verdantix. "Our 2026 research is placing a greater emphasis on readiness for AI, generative and agentic AI, and explainability. "Companies born in the age of these technologies like UptimeAI are performing quite well in these criteria. We see UptimeAI's market vision and product strategy aligned with where the industrial market is headed regarding AI use cases and adoption." Industry Proven and Available Now UptimeAI's Reasoning Agents have been validated in production with leading operators across power, oil & gas, chemicals, and cement, delivering double-digit ROI within the first year. With flexible cloud and on-prem deployment options and integrations with industrial data sources and software, there's no IT project hurdles to overcome. The agents are available now to deploy within weeks with the data you have, on the infrastructure you choose. About UptimeAI UptimeAI provides AI reasoning agents that help industrial operations teams make goal-oriented, real-time, optimal decisions. With embedded expert-level knowledge and reasoning capabilities, UptimeAI's agents tackle high-impact, expertise-intensive workflows like root cause diagnosis, maintenance optimization, and HAZOP preparation-processes traditionally reliant on decades of domain experience. Trusted by leading global companies across oil & gas, power generation, chemicals, cement, and metals, UptimeAI scales expert decision-making across sites, teams, and assets. With a >95% pilot-to-production success rate, UptimeAI customers are bridging the expertise shortage, creating operational resilience and long-term competitive advantage.

Petroleum Development Oman partners with UptimeAI to unlock the next frontier of asset reliability and performance. PDO, Sultanate of Oman leader in Exploration and Production, implements UptimeAI's Operational Excellence Solution to empower operators with expert-level insights across its assets. HOUSTON, TEXAS / ACCESS Newswire / November 26, 2025 / Petroleum Development Oman (PDO), the leading exploration and oil producer in the Sultanate of Oman, has partnered with UptimeAI to deploy it's AI-powered Operational Excellence solution and optimize equipment operations across its fleet. The partnership is being supported by Karad Systems, UptimeAI's regional representative in the GCC region, helping facilitate collaboration and deployment across PDO's sites. This initiative is part of PDO's new operations and maintenance strategy to leverage artificial intelligence to accelerate the journey toward reliable, efficient plant operations and deliver long-term value to the Sultanate. PDO selected UptimeAI following a multi-vendor evaluation involving predictive analytics and AI platforms. UptimeAI was chosen for its ability to scale across the enterprise, powered by operations-friendly, explainable, expert-like reasoning that enables optimal real-time decisions. Unlike generic predictive tools, the solution combines built-in failure mode reasoning with deep learning models to detect issues early, trace the root cause, and prescribe corrective actions, all while automatically learning from operator feedback and consolidating tacit knowledge across sites. This gives PDO's operators confidence in the alerts, as the associated recommendations are fully transparent, effective, and explainable. To meet PDO's stringent cybersecurity and data governance standards, UptimeAI's Operational Excellence (OEx) solution will be locally cloud-hosted in Oman. In this enterprise-wide deployment, the AI Expert solution will monitor all major rotating and static assets, including compressors, turbines, pumps, and valves, with seamless integration into PDO's ERP system 'SAP' and performance dashboards, ensuring real-time visibility and proactive maintenance. 'PDO remains committed to cost discipline and competitiveness while safely, efficiently, and sustainably growing its core oil and gas business. Under its journey of transformation, PDO is positioning itself as a pioneer in Oman energy transition by deploying advanced technologies that maximize equipment's utilization, enhance reliability, and reduce maintenance costs across all assets. Prediction Technology through this partnership will enable continuous operator learnings and provide reliable, actionable recommendations to plant operators, represents an optimal solution to scale across PDO's facilities and drive measurable value in operational excellence,' said Eng. Ali Al Lamki, Digital & IT Director of Petroleum Development Oman. 'Birminghamnews is thrilled to partner with PDO. PDO has long been recognized for its pioneering spirit. That commitment to innovation and digitization is exactly why its journey together has been so fruitful. UptimeAI goes beyond generating threshold-based alerts. Its AI Expert reasons like seasoned engineers across roles, ingesting data to deliver prescriptive actions operators can trust. PDO's focus on scalability and operator acceptance aligns perfectly with its mission to unlock the next level of operational excellence,' said Jagadish Gattu, CEO of UptimeAI. Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) is the leading exploration and production company in the Sultanate of Oman. With a proud history spanning over eight decades, PDO is committed to responsibly developing the Sultanate of Oman's hydrocarbon resources while delivering sustainable value to its stakeholders. As a leader in the energy sector, PDO has continually invested in cutting-edge technology and innovative solutions to optimize oil and gas production, ensuring long-term energy security for the nation and contributing to economic growth, alongside a set goal of achieving net zero emissions by 2050. For more information, please visit www.pdo.co.om/en/. About UptimeAI UptimeAI's solution mimics experts in solving and learning operational issues faster based on its patented self-learning loop, empowering operations teams to address reliability and performance issues with significantly less effort. UptimeAI uniquely combines artificial intelligence with subject matter knowledge to continuously learn, explain root causes, predict problems, and provide prescriptive diagnoses at scale. The company's customers include several in the Fortune 100, and it has helped large industrial enterprises succeed in their digital transformation journeys by improving reliability and process efficiency while reducing maintenance costs in as little as six months. For more information, please visit www.uptimeai.com or contact Birminghamnews at [email protected]. In the GCC region, UptimeAI is represented by Karad Systems, its authorized agent supporting sales, deployment and customer success across the region.