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Building a more resilient grid for the communities that depend on it
Risk should be deeply understood when so much is at stake. This simple truth lies at the heart of our purpose.
The future we want to build
The future does not have to be defined by growing risk; it can be defined by a grid strong
enough to power progress, protect communities, and withstand a changing world.
Fiona Spruill, CEO, Overstory
Recognized for industry-defining growth and innovation
Inc 5000, Time100 most influential companies, Deloitte Fast500
A global team driven by a shared mission
Overstory combines storm forecasts with vegetation data, historical outages and customer impact to show where failures are most likely, where it matters most, and where crews can act.
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From Amsterdam to the North American grid
Our story began with a simple belief: a clearer understanding of the natural world could lead to better decisions for the people living in it.
Indra den Bakker and Anniek Schouten found Overstory to apply machine learning and satellite imagery to the climate crisis. After winning several competitions, they join Techstars in Lisbon to incubate the idea.
Portuguese utility becomes Overstory’s first customer. The company’s focus sharpens from forests broadly to the vegetation risk threatening power reliability and contributing to catastrophic wildfires.
With a European base established in Amsterdam, the platform expands across the Americas and Europe, delivering tree-level risk across tens of thousands of network miles.
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Fresh capital accelerates North American expansion and deepens Overstory’s science, from imagery and detection models to a validation loop with certified arborists.
The business doubled its customer base and the miles it analyzed, in its most successful year yet. In the fall, Indra den Bakker passes away at 35, after a courageous battle with cancer.
A $43 million round led by Blume Equity funds international growth and advanced risk models. Overstory launches next-generation Wildfire Intelligence, powered by a proprietary fuel-detection model, and serves six of North America’s ten largest utilities. Read more about our Series B →
Overstory earns recognition from TIME100, the Inc. 5000 and The Economist, while expanding its platform to integrate weather, asset and work-order data into a unified view of utility risk.
Risk intelligence that grows with our natural world
We started with vegetation. Now we’re connecting the data, science and systems utilities rely on to answer more questions, anticipate more risk and strengthen grids around the world.
One interconnected intelligence layer, purpose-built for utilities and powered by AI, that guides teams as they act across the network.
Deeper fuel, ignition and spread modeling will help utilities anticipate changing conditions, prioritize action and get ahead of risk.
We love the power of machines but we nurture each other as humans.
Meet the team
Our leadership team combines years serving the utility industry with equally deep experience in scaling technology and building community.
Leaders
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Beside them are the 100+ people who make up our equally dedicated team, covering computer-vision research, data science, meteorology, engineering, and the industry’s largest group of certified arborists and foresters.
Backed by innovators who believe in a more resilient grid
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Help us keep communities safe
We’re hiring across engineering, product, and go-to-market. Join us and spend every day working on a safer future for our world.