mCloud Technologies to acquire AI inspection and monitoring technologies from AirFusion
mCloud Technologies Corp to acquire technologies from Boston-based, client of Mark White, AirFusion Inc, a provider of visual inspection and monitoring technology powered by artificial intelligence.
It also acquired from AirFusion its subsidiary AirFusion GmbH, existing customer contacts, and technologies under development from its partner.
mCloud Technologies Corp (CVE:MCLD) (OTCQB:MCLDF) announced Monday that it has signed a contract to acquire technologies from Boston-based AirFusion Inc, a provider of visual inspection and monitoring technology powered by artificial intelligence.
Also, mCloud acquired from AirFusion, its subsidiary AirFusion GmbH, existing customer contacts, and technologies under development from its partner in Warsaw, Poland.
"AirFusion's AI-derived results from wind turbine blade images are the best we have seen, reducing processing times by over 90% without compromising high accuracy," said Dave Weinerth, mCloud's president, Smart Energy. "This acquisition in combination with AssetCare gives mCloud a serious competitive edge over other wind blade inspection providers."
"From AirFusion's existing business alone, we expect to convert up to C$1.2 million in current engagements into full AssetCare recurring revenue customers this year," Weinerth added.
"We are excited about extending AssetCare's AI capabilities to drive new value for mCloud customers," said Edward Mier-Jedrzejowicz, AirFusion's CEO. "For wind farm operators, the combination of mCloud's asset performance management with the AirFusion AI-driven technologies that digest and analyze blade damage images, enables the optimal production of wind energy."
AirFusion's Newton Engine, which uses patent-pending AI to identify and classify damage from images of wind turbine blades, will be embedded into the company's AssetCare platform.
With early deployments having begun in 2019, full production is expected with AssetCare wind customers in the first quarter of 2020. mCloud plans to integrate the Newton Engine to deliver new AssetCare solutions combining drone inspection and AI across all of mCloud's lines of business, namely connected building and oil and gas customers, throughout 2020.
mCloud noted that the full purchase consideration for the acquisition of AirFusion's assets is not material to the company. Due to the sensitive nature of the transaction, the full consideration is not disclosed.
The shares being granted as part of the transaction are 200,000 at close and 200,000 within 12 months based on achievement of performance targets, the Vancouver-based company said.