
At SEW.AI, an electronics engineer turned marketer is making the case that the future of energy and water will be won with data, empathy and rooms where people still disagree productively.

Before he sold enterprise software, Prateek Chakravarty filed reports from remote oil rigs. Now the Zinier CEO is betting that useful AI begins with muddy boots, thick gloves and the stubborn details of work in the field.

A failed sewer robot gave the Long Island contractor a useful grievance. He answered with machines that work inside live utility pipes - and a company built around fewer holes, shorter closures and better Tuesdays above ground.