Clockworks develops custom Artificial Intelligence solutions designed to simplify complex, manual business processes. They focus on building robust, scalable AI applications that deliver consistent performance and integrate seamlessly into existing operations. The company ensures these tailored AI tools are affordable and immediately functional, turning intricate workflows into straightforward tasks.
Funding
$340K raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Product
Problem
Manual meter readings for gas, electricity, and water are inefficient, prone to errors, and costly for utility companies and their customers. Traditional methods lack real-time data and can lead to inaccurate billing and delayed insights.
Solution
Clockworks provides an intelligent imaging platform that automates meter readings using computer vision and AI. The platform, centered around its Blicker product, digitizes meter data from photographs taken with mobile devices, eliminating manual processes and improving accuracy. By leveraging advanced image recognition technology, Clockworks enables utility companies and their customers to collect meter readings quickly and accurately. The solution processes over 200 million meters, offering significant cost and time savings while providing actionable insights derived from the digitized data.
Target Audience
The primary target audience includes utility companies, service engineers, and their customers seeking to streamline meter reading processes, reduce operational costs, and improve data accuracy.
Features
- Image recognition technology for digitizing gas, electricity, and water meter readings from photographs
- Mobile application for capturing meter images
- AI-powered data extraction and validation
- Cloud-based platform for data processing and storage
- Integration with utility company billing systems
- Real-time data analytics and reporting
- Support for various meter types and formats
- ONNX format conversion for fast model loading on Azure spot instances