Somerville, Massachusetts solar-asset software company founded 2015 by two MIT engineers; its Solar Sentry drones now automate PV inspections.
Raptor Maps is a solar-asset software company headquartered in Somerville, Massachusetts, founded in 2015 by MIT engineers Nikhil Vadhavkar, chief executive, and Eddie Obropta, chief technology officer. The company is backed by venture investors including Y Combinator, Blue Bear Capital, Microsoft's Climate Innovation Fund, and Maverix Private Equity.
Its Solar Management Platform is a map-based digital twin that aggregates inspection and performance data from multiple sources into a single interface for solar plant owners, operations and maintenance (O&M) teams, and engineering-procurement-construction (EPC) firms. Raptor Solar Sentry is a line of remotely operated, autonomous drones that run scheduled, alert-triggered, or on-demand inspection missions over solar sites, capturing aerial thermal and RGB imagery that the platform's algorithms process to detect and localize panel-level anomalies such as hot cells, delamination, soiling, and vegetation encroachment. Field technicians use the RS Mobile App, which works offline, to act on findings on site, and the company integrates with drone hardware from multiple manufacturers rather than one vendor's equipment.
Raptor Maps serves utility-scale and commercial solar operators, O&M providers, and EPC firms across North America and internationally.
Primary type & automation activities this supplier delivers:
Drone inspection analytics platform for solar PV; processes thermal and RGB imagery to detect and localize panel anomalies across large portfolios.
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WEBSITE
https://raptormaps.comHEADQUARTERS
United States
Company Facts
Founded
2015
Primary Role
Software/Algorithm
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Primary Region
North America
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