Anvil Labs provides a platform that uses drones, AI, and 3D scanning to automate inspections, monitoring, and planning of industrial sites such as bridges, highways, and utilities. Their solution delivers faster, lower‑cost inspections with automated compliance reporting and spatial analysis, reducing the need for multiple visits and minimizing human error.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Engineering and construction firms often rely on manual, labor‑intensive inspections that require multiple site visits, generate high costs, and produce data prone to human error. Compliance reporting and defect detection are typically slow, leading to project delays and costly rework.
Solution
Anvil Labs provides a drone‑based inspection platform that captures high‑resolution aerial imagery and generates AI‑enhanced 3D scans of industrial assets such as bridges, highways, utilities, and mining sites. The data are processed into orthomosaics and detailed models, then delivered through the Asset Viewer—a secure, collaborative web interface that automates compliance checks and highlights defects. AI algorithms analyze the scans to identify anomalies faster and more accurately than manual visual surveys. Users can access results instantly, share them with stakeholders, and plan remediation without additional field trips, reducing inspection time by up to 75% and lowering overall costs.
Target Audience
Primary customers are engineering firms, construction contractors, asset owners, and drone service providers that need efficient, data‑driven inspection and monitoring of large‑scale infrastructure projects.
Features
- Drone fleet deployment with integrated sensors for rapid aerial data capture across large infrastructure assets
- AI‑driven defect detection and automated compliance reporting embedded in the processing pipeline
- High‑resolution 3D modeling and orthomosaic generation from photogrammetry and LiDAR data
- Asset Viewer platform offering secure, role‑based access, project hosting, and collaborative review tools
- Pay‑as‑you‑go data processing at $3 per gigapixel for flexible, high‑quality reality capture
- Project hosting fee of $49 per mission to manage and share individual inspection datasets
- Subscription pricing at $99 /month for unlimited platform access and team collaboration