Unleash Live Orb AI Drone Inspection Platform

Unleash Live is a computer vision company founded in Sydney, Australia, with a presence in Sydney and Los Angeles. For about ten years it has turned camera sensors on drones, docks and fixed cameras into an intelligent data system for utilities, mining, oil and gas, transport, public safety and renewables.

Orb automates inspections of dispersed and hard-to-reach assets such as poles, lines, substations and solar and wind farms. Teams define assets, capture profiles and schedules once; the AutoFly ground control system flies hardware-agnostic drones and the AutoDock option runs unattended missions. AI Apps trained on the customer's asset classes detect and grade faults, experts confirm findings in a feedback loop, and results become work orders in SAP PM, IBM Maximo or ESRI ArcGIS. Companion products Prism and Mobius cover continuous site monitoring and custom AI App building.

• Plan once: assets, capture profiles and schedules defined once for repeatable missions.
• AutoFly and AutoDock: automated drone flight control and unattended dock-based missions.
• AI App Library: production computer vision apps for defect detection and severity grading.
• Expert review loop: confirmations and reclassifications retrain the models.
• Enterprise integration: SAP PM, IBM Maximo, ESRI ArcGIS and open API.
• Prism and Mobius: continuous site monitoring and custom AI App development.

• Power distribution companies automating pole and line inspections and sending defects to their maintenance system.
• Solar and wind farm operators running scheduled dock-based inspections at remote sites.
• Mining and port operators monitoring stockpiles, conveyors and safety zones with drones and fixed cameras.

• Up to 70% less manual inspection effort, with a reported 91% F1-score across deployed AI Apps.
• Hardware-agnostic: works with existing commercial drone fleets, avoiding vendor lock-in.
• Findings flow directly into SAP PM, IBM Maximo or ArcGIS work management, closing the loop from capture to repair.
• Cloud, on-premise or hybrid deployment to meet data residency requirements.

Utilities and resource companies are scaling drone programs from pilots to routine operations, which requires automated capture, AI analysis and integration with maintenance systems. Drone docks and remote operations are spreading as regulators allow more beyond-visual-line-of-sight flying. Asia-Pacific grid and mining operators are a natural market for these programs.

Founded in Sydney, Australia; locations listed as Sydney and Los Angeles. Co-founder and CEO Hanno Blankenstein. Awards include AFR AI Awards 2025, Australia AI Awards 2025 (Responsible AI) and Forbes Asia 100 to Watch 2025. Customers include Ausgrid, BHP, Transport for NSW and Worley.