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PassiveLogic Secures $74 Million to Scale Physical AI in Real-World Applications

PassiveLogic, a trailblazer in generative autonomy, recently announced a significant funding round, securing $74 million in Series C financing. This infusion of capital is aimed at broadening the company's ambitious vision and addressing the rising global demand for Physical AI in our everyday infrastructure.

The funding round was spearheaded by noa, Europe's largest venture capital firm focused on the building sector, accompanied by new investors such as Prologis Ventures, Johnson Controls, and PSP Growth. Notable existing backers, including Addition and NVentures (NVIDIA's venture capital arm), have joined the funding journey, elevating the total financing to over $125 million.

This latest investment enables PassiveLogic to accelerate the deployment of its fundamental AI platform, which facilitates autonomous control of buildings and infrastructure. As Physical AI, industrial robotics, and humanoid technologies mature, PassiveLogic has delivered the world’s first "robot-of-robots" platform. This revolutionary platform amalgamates sensors, Internet of Things (IoT) systems, energy management, and various forms of automation.

The core of the PassiveLogic platform is its ability to manage the complexity of different building environments, ranging from data centers and hospitals to office towers and industrial sites. It extends generative AI beyond the niche of large language models (LLMs) to the extensive domain of physical systems, empowering users to design tailored autonomous systems and AI agents suitable for the building sector.

In addition to offering fully autonomous, cross-system navigation, the platform includes cutting-edge features such as asset tracking, dynamic energy management, environmental digital twins, and predictive maintenance. This comprehensive system-level intelligence contrasts sharply with the traditional static logic prevalent in the building automation space.

The Hive, PassiveLogic's flagship product, serves as a real-time decision-making engine powered by a local GPU cluster, effectively providing a unified intelligent brain for building functions such as HVAC, energy systems, and logistics. By applying autonomous robotic technologies to infrastructure, PassiveLogic anticipates expanding the existing building automation market—which is projected to reach $191 billion by 2030—to a broader autonomous building market valued at $1.3 trillion.

Gregory Dewerpe, the founder and Managing Partner of noa, emphasized, "As early investors, we recognized PassiveLogic's potential to redefine automation for the physical world. Their platform not only focuses on energy savings but also empowers buildings to understand, adapt, and act autonomously. This type of foundational technology is what the building sector has been missing."

William O'Donnell, the global head of corporate development and growth at Prologis, further noted, "PassiveLogic delivers the kind of innovation we seek—not just as investors, but also as operators. Their platform brings true autonomy to building systems, facilitating real-time intelligent control for entire environments. We are excited to support the team and integrate this technology into our portfolio for smarter large-scale operations."

PassiveLogic aims to tackle a significant environmental challenge since buildings account for nearly 40% of global CO2 emissions. Yet many of them continue to operate with outdated systems developed in the 1990s. With this latest funding, the company is set to expedite the introduction of authentic autonomy in the building sector, allowing systems that are not only more energy-efficient but fundamentally more intelligent, secure, and responsive in all operational facets.

The ecosystem developed by PassiveLogic includes the Hive product, utilizing physics-based digital twins and AI models to make real-time decisions in milliseconds. Sense Nano, their wireless sensor, captures occupancy and environmental data, while Quantum Lens, a mobile app, enables users to create a precisely defined digital twin of any building using just a smartphone. These tools collectively support a scalable architecture adaptable to both new constructions and retrofits across various facilities.

In summary, PassiveLogic is redefining the automation landscape for buildings, replacing outdated control systems with a modern platform driven by autonomous physical AI agents, while also addressing climate concerns head-on. For more information about PassiveLogic, visit www.passivelogic.com.

About PassiveLogic

PassiveLogic manufactures generative AI software for the building environment, redefining how we design, construct, operate, maintain, and manage buildings and industrial systems as infrastructural robots. Leveraging physics-informed AI and digital quantum twins, the company develops next-generation control systems powered by the world’s fastest AI compiler, allowing users to build generative autonomous infrastructures in minutes.

In short, PassiveLogic aims to seize the opportunity to reinvent building automation for a new generation, creating more sustainable systems amid global climate challenges.

About noa

Noa is Europe’s largest venture capital firm dedicated to the building sector, supporting technologies that accelerate the decarbonization of this critical area. Founded in 2019 as A/O, it collaborates with visionary entrepreneurs to transform the entire spectrum of the building world, from structures and materials to energy and environment.
For further details on noa, visit www.noavc.com.