Milvian provides an end-to-end smart building platform called Aqueduct that unifies hardware, software, and AI to deliver real-time visibility and control across water, energy, air, and assets. The platform includes aQ Assistant, a natural-language interface that answers operational questions with the number, cause, evidence, and next step, and can be deployed in 2 to 6 weeks. It serves 200+ installations across 19 countries, with a focus on measurable outcomes like leak detection, utility savings, and compliance reporting.
Funding
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Problem
Building systems such as meters, chillers, BMS, HVAC, and submeters operate in silos, each speaking its own protocol and producing reports rather than actionable answers. This fragmentation means leaks run for weeks, energy use drifts upward unnoticed, air quality goes unmeasured, and sustainability reporting is assembled manually from outdated spreadsheets. Facility teams are reactive by default, discovering problems only when bills arrive or damage is already done.
Solution
Milvian's Aqueduct platform unifies hardware, software, and AI into a single smart building system that monitors and controls water, energy, air, and assets in real time. The platform includes aQ Assistant, a natural-language interface that answers operational questions in plain language, providing the number, the cause, the evidence, and the next step—all traceable to raw readings and timestamps. Aqueduct integrates with existing meters, chillers, BMS, and HVAC systems, and can be deployed in 2 to 6 weeks, delivering live data without the typical 6-to-12-month implementation timeline. The platform supports automated controls, predictive maintenance alerts, and compliance reporting, enabling facility teams to move from reactive management to proactive, data-driven operations.
Target Audience
Primary customers are facility managers, building owners, and operations teams across commercial real estate, hospitals, manufacturing, stadiums, shopping malls, dairy processing, and other complex facility environments. The platform also serves sustainability and compliance officers who need audit-ready reporting across multiple regulatory frameworks.
Features
- aQ Assistant natural-language query interface that returns the number, cause, evidence, and next step for any operational question, with every answer traceable to raw meter readings and timestamps
- Unified monitoring across water, electricity, gas, HVAC, air quality, and assets in a single platform, eliminating the need for multiple vendors and disconnected point solutions
- Automated leak detection and water monitoring that identifies the specific asset and time of failure, such as a stuck float valve at 02:00, rather than just reporting consumption
- Energy management and optimization with utility bill verification, carbon tracking, and automated controls for HVAC and other systems
- Indoor air quality monitoring with threshold-based ventilation control and occupancy-driven optimization, supporting WELL certification and compliance reporting
- Predictive maintenance alerts and guided diagnostics (aQ Atria) that extend asset life and reduce downtime
- Compliance reporting across multiple regulatory frameworks including NABERS, ENERGY STAR, ESOS, SECR, BRSR Core, and Al Sa'fat, with one measurement standard and multiple reporting templates
- End-to-end deployment model covering assessment, design, professional installation, and ongoing optimization, with 24/7 support for production systems