Zeitview Asset Insights for Solar and Energy Inspection

Zeitview, the trading name of DroneBase, Inc., is a US asset intelligence company for energy and critical infrastructure, founded by CEO Dan Burton as DroneBase and headquartered in Santa Monica, California. It runs one of the largest drone pilot networks, with coverage in more than 80 countries, and serves solar, wind, utilities, oil and gas and property owners.

For solar, Zeitview captures high-resolution visual and thermal data, including back-of-module imagery, using fixed-wing aircraft, drones, remote drone-in-a-box systems and mobile devices. AI machine vision with expert analyst review detects physical issues such as cracked glass and soiling and electrical faults such as string outages, potential induced degradation and overheating modules. Results appear in Asset Insights, a severity-coded portfolio map with a field app for remediation, and EPC Insights supports construction projects. It reports 600 GW of PV inspected in 70+ countries.

• Multi-platform capture: fixed-wing aircraft, drones, drone-in-a-box and mobile devices.
• Thermal and visual analytics: detects string outages, PID, overheating modules, cracked glass and soiling.
• Asset Insights: severity-coded portfolio map with issue details and imagery.
• Field app: remediation photos and severity clearing from the site.
• EPC Insights: aerial data for tracking solar construction projects.
• Multi-industry coverage: wind, utilities, methane detection for oil and gas, and property inspections.

• Owners of utility-scale solar farms in Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan running annual thermal inspections to recover lost yield.
• Rooftop solar portfolio operators tracking faults across hundreds of factory roofs.
• EPC contractors monitoring construction progress on new solar and storage projects.

• Global capture network of 80,000 pilots means owners can inspect portfolios across many countries without building in-house drone teams.
• AI plus expert review classifies physical and electrical faults by severity, helping prioritize O&M spend.
• Field teams upload remediation photos in a companion app, keeping portfolio status current.
• API-based Asset Insights lets data flow into the owner's existing systems.

Global solar capacity is growing quickly, and owners need low-cost, repeatable inspections to protect yield and warranty claims across distributed portfolios. Drone-in-a-box systems and AI analytics are making frequent inspections affordable. Vietnam has one of Southeast Asia's largest solar fleets, much of it now several years into operation and needing systematic O&M data.

Legal name DroneBase, Inc., doing business as Zeitview; founded by Dan Burton as DroneBase. Raised 60 million USD led by Climate Investment with Valor Equity Partners, Union Square Ventures and Y Combinator. Acquired methane detection company Insight M in 2026.