What it sells
Unmanned airships for inspecting our critical assets
Business model breakdown
Buyer: who owns the budget?
UnverifiedAsset-integrity/maintenance owners at infrastructure operators (gas networks, rail, power grid, water); named trusted-by logos SNCF, Enedis, NaTran, Terega, Suez.
Trigger: what makes them buy now?
Aging networks, rising wildfire and gas-leak risk and pressure to cut emissions, while helicopter and short-range drone inspections are costly and polluting.
Workflow: what inputs become what output?
Autonomous hydrogen-powered airship flies up to 10 hours carrying LiDAR, imagery and gas-detection sensors, AI analyses the data for millimetre-level defects across hundreds of km per mission, replacing helicopter/drone patrols.
Economics: what it saves and how it charges
UnverifiedLikely inspection-as-a-service per mission or km of network, replacing helicopter and drone inspection spend; no prices published.
Distribution: how it reaches customers
Direct enterprise sales to energy, utilities, transport, local government and environmental agencies via contact/demo ("See HyLight in action").
Funding history and coverage
| Round date | Stage | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-15 | Series A | €13M | Rubio Impact Ventures (lead) | pulse2.com |
| 2026-10-13 | — | €13M | — | news.google.com |
| 2026-10-13 | — | €13M | — | tech.eu |
| 2026-10-12 | — | €13M | — | news.google.com |
| 2026-10-12 | — | €13M | — | news.google.com |
| 2026-10-12 | — | €13M | — | news.google.com |
| 2026-10-12 | — | €13M | — | eu-startups.com |
| 2026-10-12 | — | €13M | — | news.google.com |
| 2026-10-12 | — | €13M | — | news.google.com |
| 2026-10-12 | — | €13M | — | news.google.com |
| 2026-10-12 | — | €13M | — | news.google.com |
| — | Y Combinator Summer 2023 | — | Y Combinator | ycombinator.com |
Profiles summarize public reporting and company websites. Business-model notes are MaxBC's reading of that material, not confirmed facts; unknowns are left blank rather than guessed. Updated 2026-10-17.