
Overstory is a company founded in 2018 that provides AI-powered vegetation intelligence software to help electric utilities optimize vegetation management around power infrastructure. Their technology combines AI with remote sensing data such as satellite and aerial imagery, integrating local information like asset locations and wildfire maps to enable data-driven, proactive vegetation management. This approach helps utilities reduce operational costs, mitigate vegetation-related risks including wildfire hazards, and improve grid reliability. Overstory serves over 50 investor-owned utilities, cooperatives, and municipalities across North and South America and Europe, positioning itself as a leader in vegetation risk management for safer, more resilient electrical grids. The company emphasizes collaboration with customers to tailor solutions that fit existing workflows and future-proof operations against climate challenges and workforce limitations.

Overstory is a company founded in 2018 that provides AI-powered vegetation intelligence software to help electric utilities optimize vegetation management around power infrastructure. Their technology combines AI with remote sensing data such as satellite and aerial imagery, integrating local information like asset locations and wildfire maps to enable data-driven, proactive vegetation management. This approach helps utilities reduce operational costs, mitigate vegetation-related risks including wildfire hazards, and improve grid reliability. Overstory serves over 50 investor-owned utilities, cooperatives, and municipalities across North and South America and Europe, positioning itself as a leader in vegetation risk management for safer, more resilient electrical grids. The company emphasizes collaboration with customers to tailor solutions that fit existing workflows and future-proof operations against climate challenges and workforce limitations.
What they do: AI-powered vegetation intelligence for electric utilities to detect and prioritize vegetation risks (encroachment, hazard trees, wildfire risk)
Founded: 2018
Customers: Works with 50+ utilities across the Americas and Europe
Recent funding: $14M Series A announced Oct 19, 2023; later raised a $43M Series B
Vegetation-related risks to power infrastructure, including encroachment, hazard trees, and wildfire risk leading to outages and safety hazards.
2018
Data and Analytics
$14M
Announced Oct 19, 2023
$43M
Series B announced to scale wildfire prevention and grid resilience
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