Wildfire detection startup Pano extends its $20M series A with another $17M

Not all use cases for AI make sense, but Pano AI makes a life-saving contribution in the “yes” column. Just last week, the company was able to send early warnings of the Kutch Road Fire, which broke out near Kutch Mountain in Yamhill County, Oregon. The company showed me how it was able to detect fire and issue a warning 14 minutes before the first 911 call — illustrating its value to firefighters, even as the licensing cost per station clocks in at $50,000.
The company’s solution is to mount high-definition remote-controllable cameras. They can be operated manually by a human operator, or …
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