Pratexo develops the Power Guardian™ software platform for asset performance management and condition monitoring of complex electrical infrastructure, utilizing real-time analytics to enhance system efficiency and extend asset lifespan. The platform addresses the challenges of data silos across various OEM vendors while ensuring that critical operational data remains private and localized.
Funding
$13M 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
Complex electrical infrastructures often suffer from data silos due to the use of equipment from various OEM vendors, hindering comprehensive asset performance management and condition monitoring. Existing systems struggle to maintain data privacy and localization while providing system-wide visibility and advanced analytics.
Solution
Pratexo's Power Guardian™ is a software platform designed for asset performance management, condition monitoring, and intelligent analytics of complex electrical infrastructure. The platform breaks down data silos between different electrification machine types and OEM vendors, providing a unified view of the entire electrical site. Power Guardian facilitates real-time data processing and analysis at the edge, ensuring critical operational data remains private and local. By leveraging a distributed compute architecture and microservices-based design, the platform consolidates multiple software services into a shared cluster of edge servers, reducing maintenance overhead and simplifying implementation.
Target Audience
The primary target audience includes operations and asset managers in industries such as industrial manufacturing, energy (renewable and fossil fuels), utilities, and data centers, who require reliable and efficient monitoring of complex power systems.
Features
- System-wide visibility through an intuitive, all-in-one view of the electrical site
- Detailed insights on asset performance with tailored views for specific asset types
- Advanced real-time analytics with intuitive visualizations to highlight key electrical data
- Compatibility with green power sources and participation in power balancing markets
- Data convergence, translating machine languages into open internet protocols for seamless data integration
- Microservices-based architecture for dynamic allocation of software services across edge compute layers
- Integration with Intel® OpenVINO for optimized AI inferencing on Intel CPUs, GPUs, VPUs, and FPGAs
- Cybersecurity features including data encryption, certificate-based authentication, and secure boot processes