Cloneable, the Raleigh‑based AI startup, closed a $4.6 million seed round led by Congruent Ventures, bringing total capital to $5.35 million. The fund fuels expansion into utilities and infrastructure, where the company claims its agentic platform can replicate expert workflows in hours. The deal signals growing investor appetite for industry‑specific AI.

Founded by former PrecisionHawk engineers Lia Reich, Tyler Collins and Patrick Lohman, Cloneable emerged after the 2019 California wildfires exposed a talent gap in infrastructure inspection. Reich recalled watching utility crews manually scrub footage, sparking the idea to clone expert judgment. Today, the firm targets a sector where 2.4 seasoned workers retire for every new hire.

Cloneable’s new agent can complete a structural calculation for 25 utility poles in under two minutes—an eight‑hour job for a human engineer. The firm estimates a single engineer can handle 4,500–5,500 poles annually, while an agent processes 2–3 million. For a mid‑size firm, that translates to $115,000–$312,000 in annual labor savings.

Revenue streams split between seat‑based licenses for field devices and token‑based fees for agent usage. With customers like American Electric Power and Southern California Edison, Cloneable reports a 100‑fold ARR increase since February 2025. The startup’s model addresses a market gap by delivering cost‑effective, industry‑tailored AI to transform infrastructure operations.