Originally Posted by
bullfrog
I am an investor in IKE, but do have some reservations, mainly over whether its the best solution for data collection in the field. I can't help thinking that for a quick and dirty assessment of pole conditions, a drone would be best. It's the scale of the problem that I'd struggle with if I was the CEO of a utility company. I'd do a drone or fly by with a high resolution camera/GPS to assess overall network condition. IKE seems to be in the more detailed asset inspection phase, which is nice for accountants to work out renewal budgets, optimised depreciated replacement cost, etc, but probably doesn't add much for the operations managers.
A very niche solution provider. Could be huge, but could be cut off by a rough and ready outfit giving the pole companies a "good enough to get started" solution.