SmartHelio Autopilot AI Predictive Maintenance for Solar

SmartHelio is a solar software company headquartered in Prilly, near Lausanne, Switzerland, with offices in the United States and a regional office in Noida, India. It describes itself as an AI agent for solar and battery storage operations, helping commercial, industrial and utility-scale operators find faults before they cause lost revenue.

Autopilot is plug-in predictive maintenance software that uses physics-informed AI and machine learning. It connects to existing SCADA and monitoring systems through APIs without extra hardware, builds a digital twin from equipment specifications, then predicts faults in real time, localises failing components such as inverters, identifies root causes, quantifies losses and recommends what to fix first. A diagnostics workspace shows raw irradiance, current and voltage signatures, while site validation reports and a technician app connect findings to field crews. Related tools include an AI audit, BESS analytics, climate risk assessment and the GAIA assistant. Logos on the site include Tata, Adani, Reliance Industries, Acwa Power, Schneider Electric and Verbund.

• Fault dashboard: real-time fault prediction with severity and projected revenue loss.
• Component localisation: pinpoints failing equipment such as inverters, IGBTs and ground faults.
• Diagnostics workspace: raw irradiance, current and voltage plots with custom benchmarks.
• Site validation reports: assign faults to managers and technicians with clear instructions.
• Portfolio dashboard: AI-generated insights and inverter comparison across sites.
• Add-on tools: AI audit, BESS analytics, climate risk assessment and the GAIA assistant.

Solar farm owners could run a one-time AI diagnostic to quantify losses before renewing O&M contracts. C&I rooftop investors managing many factory roofs could predict inverter failures and plan spare parts. Owners adding batteries to solar plants could use BESS analytics alongside PV fault detection.

Operators get results from the first day after onboarding because no new hardware has to be installed. Faults are ranked by projected revenue loss, so field crews work on the most valuable issues first. The company reports an 8% average performance increase across 8 GW of assets under management and more than 20,000 onboarded plants. Flexible pricing lets owners start with a one-time diagnostic or pay per detected fault before moving to a subscription.

Solar operators are moving from reactive repairs to predictive maintenance as fleets age and margins narrow. In Vietnam and Southeast Asia, many rooftop and utility plants already stream inverter and SCADA data, so hardware-free AI analytics can be layered on top to cut downtime without new capital spending.

SmartHelio is headquartered at Route des Flumeaux, Prilly, Switzerland, with a US office in Lewes, Delaware, and a regional office in Noida, India. It reports 8 GW under management and USD 25 million invested in R&D. Supporters listed include MassChallenge, Venture Kick and Innovaud; it was named Start-Up of the Year at RE Start-Up Live 2023. Founding year is not stated on the website.