Treeswift

Treeswift

Robotics and AI-Augmented Asset Inspections

New York
17 employees
software_development, robotics, ai, hardware, enterprise
Series A · $16.8M
Founded 2020

About Treeswift

Treeswift is revolutionizing decision-making for critical energy infrastructure in the face of rising threats like severe storms and wildfires. In the U.S. alone, hundreds of thousands of miles of transmission lines and millions of miles of distribution lines need to be carefully monitored and maintained to reduce hazards. The largest of these hazards is interaction with vegetation that can cause outages or fires. With the rapid growth of renewable energy this infrastructure footprint is expected to more than double in the coming years creating more assets to defend than ever before.

Treeswift’s mission is to deliver scalable technology to manage large-scale distributed infrastructure, starting with managing the risks posed by vegetation to power lines and extending to asset management, construction planning, and disaster recovery. We deliver transformative impact to our customers by innovating across the technical stack. LiDAR and imagery data is collected by sensor packs mounted on backpacks and vehicles that seamlessly integrate into customer operations. We then deploy AI to transform raw data into actionable analytics delivered to decision-makers in our software platform. After just a year and a half since our first utility pilot we are working with three of the five largest utilities in the United States and rapidly expanding our footprint across new customers and use cases.

To tackle this challenge we are bringing together a team of mission-driven experts from with deep industry experience in robotics, enterprise software development and field work. We bring together former Palantir leadership, PhDs from the best robotics programs, alumni of Skydio, wildfire firefighters and forest service alumni. We hope you’ll join us on this journey to revolutionize field work, starting with the energy sector.

Benefits

  • • Comprehensive medical, dental and vision insurance
  • • Life insurance package and disability coverage
  • • Stock options
  • • Paid leave for new parents
  • • Unlimited PTO
  • • 401k

Company details

Team Size17
LocationNew York
Industrysoftware_development, robotics, ai, hardware, enterprise

Funding

Total raised

$16.8M

Last stage

Series A

Investors

PPathbreaker Ventures
Crosslink Capital
NNational Science Foundation
Susa Ventures
DDraft Ventures

Founders

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Steven Chen

PhD in Computer and Information Science from University of Pennsylvania. Former options trader at Susquehanna International Group. Founded Treeswift in 2020 to bring robotics and drone technology to forest monitoring and vegetation management.

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Michael Shomin

Michael Shomin

PhD in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University. Co-founded Treeswift in 2020, leading the technical and robotics development of the platform.

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Elizabeth Hunter

PhD in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics from University of Pennsylvania. Co-founded Treeswift in 2020, overseeing operations.

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What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.