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Imubit Put an AI on the Refinery Controls - The Bet Is Whether Operators Will Let It Drive
Most industrial AI stops at the dashboard. Imubit wants its reinforcement-learning models to touch the controls - a higher-stakes proposition now running across more than 100 applications in refineries, chemical plants, cement kilns and other process facilities.
CruxOCM
CruxOCM is a Calgary-based industrial automation company building software that gives energy control rooms an 'adaptive cruise control' for their pipelines. Its robotic industrial process automation (RIPA) platform runs on top of existing SCADA and DCS systems to automate complex, procedure-heavy operations - starting and stopping pumps, holding steady flow, reducing drag - so operators can run the same assets with more throughput, lower operating costs, and improved safety, all while keeping a human in the loop.
Phaidra
Phaidra is a Seattle-based industrial AI company that builds self-learning, reinforcement-learning control agents for the world's most complex mission-critical facilities - chief among them the data centers powering the AI boom. Founded in 2019 by alumni of Google DeepMind and the HVAC and defense industries, Phaidra's software plugs into existing building automation and SCADA systems without new hardware, learns a facility's behavior, and continuously adjusts cooling, power and workload setpoints to cut energy use while improving reliability. The company raised a $50M+ Series B in October 2025 led by Collaborative Fund with participation from NVIDIA, positioning itself to make 'AI factories' radically more resource-efficient.