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Small unmanned hydrogen airships for long range monitoring

Summer 2023Founded 202222 peopleParis, Île-de-France, France

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HyLight builds and operates autonomous airships for long range monitoring. We focus on detecting methane leaks on pipelines and defects on power lines. Our innovation, the HyLighter, is a crossover between drone and airship technology. Like a drone, it is easily controllable and transportable. And, like an airship, it is extremely energy-efficient, enabling it to fly for up to 10 hours at slow speed (22mph) for optimal data collection which represents a range of 220miles. Today, energy infrastructure operators struggle with conducting inspections that are simultaneously: massive and precise. HyLight offers a solution to precisely detect issues on the infrastructure at an industrial scale, and all of this without emitting GHGs. We are 3 co-founders experienced in hardware and energy companies with Masters in Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science and Business from the best Engineering and Business School in France. We have developed 5 different flying aircrafts and signed 5 pilots programs with major energy infrastructure operators. We also have LOIs worth over $3.5M.

Founders Β· 3

Thomas Laporte
Thomas LaporteFounder

Co-founder & CBO at HyLight | My goal is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. At HyLight, I do that by helping our clients replace a bad solution with a high carbon footprint by our great solution with zero carbon footprint. I support utilities in taking care of critical energy infrastructure and help them in detecting defects before the outage.

Martin Bocken
Martin BockenFounder

Co-founder & CEO of @HyLight. I'm a doer at heart, my engineering background helped me to launch several entrepreneurial projects. I devote my energy to creating and designing the innovations that will enable us to live in a low-carbon world tomorrow.

Josef Rokusek
Josef RokusekFounder

Co-founder & CTO of @HyLight. With a boundless passion for innovation and a commitment to sustainable solutions, I've dedicated my life to making a difference in the world. My journey began with a solid foundation in mechanical engineering and sustainable energy. This background provided me with the tools to turn my creative ideas into real-world innovations. My mission? Lead the change in reshaping society's approach to technology, making it environmentally friendly.

Launch

Launched on Y Combinator Β· Jun 2023
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We help utility companies inspect their infrastructure in a sustainable & cost-effective way.

HyLight builds small unmanned hydrogen airships to automatically gather large amounts of precise data for pipeline methane-leak inspections and power-line inspections. The product targets utility companies and aims to provide long-range, high-payload, hovering observations with a sustainable and cost-effective approach, supported by prototypes and a paid pilot with a major European utility.

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IndustrialsClimateHydrogen EnergyB2BClimateEnergyAerospace

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