Across energy, utilities, mining, and heavy industry, the physical world is under growing operational strain. Infrastructure built decades ago now operates under new constraints: extreme weather, aging assets, expanding regulatory requirements, and accelerating demand driven in part by AI-era electrification. Power grids are absorbing unprecedented load from hyperscale data centers; oil & gas operators must monitor hazardous environments with greater precision; renewable operators must keep increasingly distributed assets safe and compliant.
In this environment, visibility has become an essential component of resilience — and visibility at industrial scale increasingly requires autonomous systems.
Percepto is a leading provider of complete, fully autonomous industrial site-management solutions. What drew us to the company was not the hardware alone — though its engineering rigor is evident — but the completeness of the platform. Percepto combines ruggedized drones, multimodal sensors, computer vision, autonomy infrastructure, and automated reporting into a single, integrated system capable of continuous, remote inspection. The value is not simply more efficient data capture; it is the ability to improve safety, compliance, and operational reliability across critical sites.
A Market Reaching Its Autonomy Threshold
Even before evaluating Percepto directly, the macro signals were clear. Global energy demand is rising sharply, driven by electrification and the build-out of AI data centers. Utilities and industrial operators are under pressure to run more safely, more efficiently, and with greater operational discipline. Traditional inspection workflows — periodic, manual, and labor-intensive — are no longer adequate for this new operating environment.
At the same time, AI and edge autonomy have matured to the point where continuous, real-time monitoring in complex physical environments is now feasible. Climate volatility, expanding infrastructure footprints, and increasing regulatory expectations have accelerated the need for high-fidelity, automated oversight. Autonomy is no longer experimental; it is quickly becoming an operational requirement for critical infrastructure.
Percepto is positioned directly at this inflection point.
A Complete, Field-Tested Autonomy Platform
PerceptoCore — the intelligence layer of the platform — orchestrates missions, processes multimodal sensor data, identifies anomalies, compares conditions over time, and generates regulatory-grade reports automatically. This integrated approach reduces operational overhead for customers, simplifies compliance, and enables continuous inspection without human presence.
The platform has been validated in some of the world’s harshest industrial environments: oil and gas refineries, power-generation facilities, remote mining operations, and utilities facing wildfire and extreme-weather exposure. These deployments reflect a key reality: the bar for reliability in industrial settings is exceptionally high. Percepto has earned its standing through performance in environments where both safety and uptime are non-negotiable.
A meaningful component of Percepto’s capability stems from technology originally pioneered in Israel’s defense and aerospace sectors. The founding team’s background in ruggedized drone systems and autonomous navigation helped shape a platform purpose-built for demanding industrial applications — a natural fit within the Dual-Use innovation landscape.
Business Fundamentals Built for Scale
Industrial operators represent a structurally attractive customer base: large, well-capitalized organizations with long-term needs, high switching costs, and clear ROI when safety, compliance, and uptime improve. Percepto’s deployments with customers such as Chevron, Exxon, Florida Power & Light, and international energy providers demonstrate strong market validation across multiple sectors.
The business model strengthens with scale. As sites are added, software margins expand, deployment costs decline, and workflows become standardized. Many customers progress from single-site pilots to multi-site rollouts, creating recurring revenue and long-term visibility. Regulatory leadership — including FAA Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) approval — further differentiates the company by enabling true continuous operation, a barrier few competitors can replicate.
A Team Built for Industrial-Grade Autonomy
Percepto’s founders — Dor Abuhasira, Raviv Raz, and Sagi Blonder — bring deep expertise in telecommunications, AI, computer vision, and drones, shaped by years working in high-stakes environments where reliability is paramount. They understand the operational realities of hazardous sites, the discipline required to meet regulatory standards, and the complexity of enterprise adoption cycles. Their persistence over the company’s multi-year journey toward product-market fit has played a central role in establishing Percepto as a leader in this emerging category.
Why Percepto Fits the BGV Model
Percepto sits at the intersection of the themes that define BGV’s Enterprise 5.0 and Dual-Use strategy: intelligent automation, operational resilience, and cross-border commercialization. With operations across Silicon Valley, Tel Aviv, Paris, Bangalore, and Tokyo, we are active in the markets where autonomous industrial solutions are scaling fastest. This allows us to support Percepto’s global expansion while strengthening partnerships across energy, utilities, and heavy industry.
Our work through the Ethical AI Governance Group (EAIGG) also aligns with Percepto’s commitment to safe and responsible deployment — an essential requirement for technologies operating across critical infrastructure.
Looking Ahead
As industrial operators shift toward autonomous oversight, the need for reliable, continuous site intelligence has emerged as a core operational requirement. Percepto is one of the few companies already delivering this at scale. The combination of strong customer traction, deep technology, and favorable market tailwinds gives Percepto the potential to become a defining company in this category — and that strategic positioning is the core reason we invested.
