Akila and Ubicité (Altitude Group) announce a strategic alliance to accelerate the digital and sustainable modernization of public buildings in France

December 01, 2025

Paris — At the Salon des Maires et des Collectivités Locales, Akila, a digital-twin and artificial-intelligence platform dedicated to building performance, and Ubicité, a national operator of territorial digital solutions and a subsidiary of Altitude Group, announced a strategic alliance designed to accelerate the sustainable, long-term modernization of public buildings at scale.

 

Ubicité: territorial expertise serving public-sector performance

Ubicité designs, integrates and operates long-term, sovereign data-collection networks that support local authorities strengthen public-sector performance.

As a subsidiary of Altitude Group, France’s third-largest telecom-infrastructure operator, Ubicité draws on more than twenty years nationwide deployment of open and sovereign networks. This experience positions Ubicité as a trusted partner engaged in ambitious modernization strategies.

Ubicité operates across the entire value chain:

  • IoT and LoRaWAN networks
  • Installation and operation of sensors
  • Energy and environmental monitoring
  • Public-building management
  • Territorial operations and field support

With UbiOne, its new 360° territorial monitoring and data-visualization platform, Ubicité provides local authorities with a unified, sovereign environment for visualizing assets, analyzing usage patterns monitoring performance indicators and supporting strategic decision-making

 

Merging territorial infrastructure and building intelligence

Under the partnership, Akila integrates its operational digital twin and unified data model with Ubicité’s territorial IoT ecosystem, creating a seamless digital continuum from real-time sensing through to strategic decision-making.

This collaboration builds on an initial deployment in Côte-d’Or, where Ubicité delivered a sovereign architecture for IoT and public-building data. Akila will now extend this foundation by activating its NVIDIA-powered AI agents to optimize energy performance, maintenance operations, comfort and investment planning.

“Ubicité relies on the national presence of Altitude Group to deliver reliable and sovereign digital services to local authorities. Our alliance with Akila creates a new form of digital continuity between territorial infrastructure and building optimization. It offers a concrete, operational response to the performance and sustainability challenges facing public assets.”

Guillaume Rochette, Managing Director, Ubicité

 

A sovereign model for France and Europe

Akila provides a digital-twin and AI platform deployed across several million m² worldwide. Built on a semantic data model, OpenUSD integration, and a unified reference of assets, the solution turns fragmented data into actionable operational intelligence.

Its AI agents — powered by NVIDIA technologies — automatically optimise HVAC, energy consumption, maintenance, work planning and carbon performance.

“Ubicité’s territorial presence and the strength of Altitude Group make it the ideal partner to deploy the Akila digital twin at scale in France and Europe.” says Pierre-Manuel Patry, EMEA Director at Akila. “Together, we are building a fully sovereign end-to-end modelfrom the sensor layer to investment committees, delivering immediate and measurable results.”

 

An ambitious and replicable roadmap

The partnership includes:

  • Extending the deployment in Côte-d’Or to other additional public buildings.
  • Ensuring complementarity between UbiOne’s territorial monitoring platform and the Akila digital twin (building optimisation).
  • Integrating Akila’s NVIDIA-based AI agents.
  • Developing replicable models for municipalities, departments, metropolitan areas and regions.
  • Building a 100% sovereign digital chain in cooperation with other French and European actors.

Together, Akila and Ubicité aim to provide local authorities with concrete, sovereign and AI-enabled solutions to enhance building performance, reduce carbon emissions, and modernize real-estate portfolios at scale.

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Akila, K2K and ThinkDeep Showcase Shared Vision for the Future of Physical AI at Smart City Expo World Congress 2025

November 04, 2025

Barcelona, 4 November 2025 — Akila, together with K2K and ThinkDeep, will showcase their shared vision for how semantically rich digital twins, video-language models (VLM) and retrieval-augmented AI systems can form an integrated intelligence chain that powers the future of Physical AI in cities and the built environment.

 

In line with NVIDIA Blueprint for smart city AI – a physical AI framework that combines simulation, training with VLMs, and deploying video analytics AI agents – the three companies are demonstrating how complementary technologies — spanning contextual intelligence, perception, and interaction, can be combined to create a new generation of city-scale AI systems.

 

  • Akila provides the semantically rich digital twin platform, built on OpenUSD and integrating NVIDIA Omniverse libraries as its core environment for GPU-intensive simulation and spatial intelligence. Akila serves as the central layer where upstream data is contextualized in a unified operational model, enabling advanced analysis and scenario simulation at building and city scale.
  • K2K deploys video analytics AI agents that generate structured, semantic narratives from city-wide visual data built with the NVIDIA Blueprint for video search and summarization (VSS) and powered by NVIDIA Cosmos Reason, an advanced reasoning VLM.
  • ThinkDeep enriches the ecosystem with visual data ingestion Agentic AI and Graph RAG (retrieval-augmented generation) pipelines using NVIDIA Metropolis – transforming unstructured operational documents and records into structured knowledge that can be accessed interactively through AI assistants.

 

Together, these capabilities create a context-to-perception-to-interaction chain: from understanding and modeling the physical world through Akila’s digital twin, to extracting real-time intelligence from VLM, to making this knowledge accessible to diverse stakeholders through retrieval-augmented AI systems.

 

“This collaboration reflects a shared ambition to push the boundaries of how AI understands, simulates, and acts upon the physical world,” said Philippe Obry, Vice President at Akila. “By aligning semantically rich digital twins with advanced VLM and RAG technologies — and by leveraging NVIDIA Blueprint for smart city AI Omniverse for high-fidelity simulation — we’re laying the groundwork for a new generation of Physical AI capabilities in cities and infrastructure.”

 

Akila, K2K and ThinkDeep will jointly exhibit at the Smart City Expo World Congress 2025 in Barcelona, from 4–6 November, 2025.

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SNCF partners with Akila to Launch AI-Powered Digital Twin Platform, Pioneering the Future of Transportation Infrastructure – Starting with Monaco’s Monte-Carlo Station

June 11, 2025

Paris, June 11 2025 –– SNCF Gares&Connexions, France’s national railway operator, has joined forces with Akila, a leader in digital twin and AI platforms to deploy a groundbreaking real-time AI and simulation platform at Monte-Carlo train station in Monaco. This project is a major milestone for smart transportation infrastructure and smart cities, and was achieved by implementing the Akila digital twin platform while integrating NVIDIA Omniverse libraries and the newly announced NVIDIA Omniverse Blueprint for Smart City AI to deliver an application of NVIDIA 3-computer Physical AI architecture. 

 

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Akila’s deployment at SNCF Monte-Carlo train station merges three powerful computing layers: simulation with digital twins, AI training, and deployment of AI agents — into a unified system that delivers real-time intelligence and automation to the built environment. By accelerating Akila’s digital twin platform with NVIDIA Omniverse technologies and NVIDIA Omniverse Blueprint for Smart City AI, SNCF is revolutionizing how critical infrastructure is monitored, managed, and integrated with powerful AI agent-driven urban transformation.

 

“This is not just a digital upgrade—it’s a leap into the future of infrastructure,” said Fabrice Morenon, Managing Director, SNCF Gares&Connexions. “With Akila and NVIDIA, we’re unlocking real-time understanding of our stations to boost efficiency, lower emissions, and ultimately serve the public better. This is a major milestone for SNCF group”

 

 

A Digital Twin Revolution in Rail and Transport Hubs

Akila’s platform ingests and consolidates diverse data sources—such as crowd movement, solar heating, airflow, and IoT sensors—to simulate building operations at high fidelity. Through NVIDIA Omniverse technologies, SNCF Gares&Connexions can visualize and interact with 3D digital twins enabling:

  • Emergency simulation to improve safety
  • Energy optimization that has already delivered a 20% reduction in energy usage
  • Faster responses to operational issues, with a 50% cut in intervention times
  • Preventive maintenance to achieve 50% downtime reduction and 100% on-time completion during deployment
  • €30,000 in annual energy savings per site
  • Enhanced training for autonomous systems
  • New use cases in safety, security, and crowd control

This platform also provides a secure, sovereign digital environment thanks to Akila and NVIDIA’s accelerated computing both on-premise and in the cloud, ensuring compliance with SNCF Gares & Connexions’ data governance and cybersecurity standards.

 

 

Transforming Real Estate Operations in Real Time

Akila’s real-time AI and simulation platform is helping SNCF Gares&Connexions shift from static building management to dynamic, predictive infrastructure operations. SNCF’s service providers, like French computer vision specialist XXII, are now fully integrated into the Akila platform—offering advanced monitoring and data insight in a user-friendly interface.

 

Real-Time AI, From Edge to Cloud

This integrated platform lays a foundation closely aligned with the NVIDIA Omniverse Blueprint for Smart City AI, a reference framework for building, testing, and optimizing AI agents in SimReady digital twins:

  • Simulate: Build a SimReady digital twin of specific locations and facilities with the Omniverse blueprint. Remote operators and partners can visualize and interact with infrastructure across locations in a digital twin. Powered by high-speed GPU, this computing enables deep simulations, operational forecasting, and predictive analytics.
  • Train AI models: Currently, Akila uses SNCF’s historical and real-time data to train its AI Assistant agent. It plans to augment its training data with synthetic data generated from NVIDIA Cosmos.
  • Deploy AI Agents: With real-time sensor fusion and computer vision technology from NVIDIA Metropolis, AI agents can generate and act on insights derived from cross-system analytics while maintaining a safe and healthy environment for occupants. This includes understanding station energy, thermal loads, crowd movement, airflow, and IoT sensors.

 

 

From Monaco to the World

This initiative is more than a local success — it is a model for how cities and transport networks can embrace physical AI to build resilience, sustainability, and efficiency.

Akila and its partners are already adapting this model to airports, ports, and logistics hubs across Europe, the United States, and the Middle East — where the appetite for smart infrastructure is growing rapidly.

“The experience and insights gained through this project are already proving invaluable,” said Philippe Obry, Vice President of Akila. “We are now working with cities and asset owners to scale this platform across global portfolios — enabling a real-time digital nervous system for the built environment.”

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Monthly Recap : November

December 05, 2024

IMMODAYS & IBS

Akila attended two trade shows in November.

IMMODAYS in Deauville and IBS in Paris. It was a fantastic opportunity to connect and exchange ideas with leaders in the industry.

We wanted to thank everyone who attended, and took the time to visit us.
Whether it was in Deauville or in Paris, each interaction reinforced our passion for driving progress in the real estate and building sectors.

FPT partnership

This month, our Commercial leadership team also had the privilege of meeting with the chairman and executive teams of FPT Software, Tanihara Toru to launch an exciting collaboration focused on the Japanese market.

FPT is a major player in technology development and distribution across APAC, and their solution Vert Zero complements Akila’s mission to empower building owners and occupiers with smarter portfolio management solutions.

As a provider of advanced tools for carbon assessment and roadmap planning, Vert Zero complements Akila’s mission to empower building owners and occupiers with smarter portfolio management solutions. By integrating Vert Zero into Akila’s platform, we’re looking to bring even greater value to our customers, enhancing their capacity to track, optimize, and reduce their carbon footprint.

The partnership was officially sealed during a signing ceremony represented by Mr. Tran Duc Tri Quang, Data Director of FPT IS, and Mr. Philippe Obry, Vice President of Akila.

Looking forward to what we can achieve together!

 

NVIDIA x AKILA

Akila is proud to announce it is now a member of the NVIDIA Inception program, a program that nurtures startups revolutionizing industries with technological advancements.

With this program, Akila will have the opportunity to work with industry leading experts and other AI-driven organizations, to help bringing buildings to life digitally.

Akila is exploring the use of real-time realistic rendering, very large & dynamic models, natural language processing and other simulation tools appropriate for building operations.

Akila latest feature releases

Akila’s teams have been working hard this month to improve our platform and launch new features to help you with your work every day.

We have published a blog article about those new features, you can read more about it here.

 

SIMI 2024

Akila will be present at the SIMI, le salon de l’immobilier d’entreprise, in Paris from the 10th to the 12th of December.

Meet Pierre-Manuel Patry and Matthieu de Broca to discover how AKILA can improve your performance and accompany your decarbonation

Do not hesitate to book a demo today!

 

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📍 NIVEAU 1 – B35.9 (Expertise Decarbonation)

 

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Our LinkedIn page is the perfect place to learn more about our mission, explore our newest solutions, and to get the latest updates about Akila!

Don’t miss out—follow us on LinkedIn today and be part of the conversation on how to drive a sustainable future!

 

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Akila latest features

November 25, 2024

Akila is always developing new solutions to enhance operational efficiency and user experience.

Our teams have been working on several new features and improvements across our platform, suites and mobile app.

Here’s a closer look at what’s new in Akila and how these features can empower your workflows.

Akila New Features

Platform

Password Expiry

Passwords are now set to expire after 90 days, ensuring updates of your credentials to maintain system access and uphold security standards.

Linking Alarms to Work Orders

Add work orders on the Alarm Log page, this will enable you to close the loop on actions related to alarm resolution, and to provide additional details to on-site personnel.

The increased transparency and traceability in handling alarm logs ensures that all relevant personnel have access to the most up-to-date information.

Low Stock Alarms

Alarms can be added on the Alarm Configuration page to receive notifications when stock parts are low. This will not only alert you when inventory levels are depleted, but also plays a crucial role in maintaining seamless operations by ensuring a consistent and sufficient supply of parts.

By streamlining inventory management, it reduces downtime, and supports proactive restocking strategies, ultimately contributing to cost savings.

Annually Repeating Holidays

You can now set holidays to repeat annually on the Site Settings page, allowing for better planning and management of inspection schedules during holiday periods and saving configuration time.

Real-time Data Point

Real-time data points are now accessible by clicking “Auto Refresh” on the “Data Point List” tab of Equipment Data Point page. With the click of the “Auto Refresh” button, you can also experience seamless, automatic updates to the data, enabling swift identification of any abnormal conditions.

Energy

Portfolio Energy Monitoring

A client-level user can now view cross-site energy data to compare the energy usage of different monitoring objects across different sites on the Portfolio Energy Monitoring page.

This is configured by linking monitoring points to monitoring objects on the Monitoring Point Configuration page, enabling the calculation and comparison of energy usage across various monitoring objects. You can also click “Sync Daily Usage” to sync the meter’s historical usage and daily usage to view the data more quickly.

Portfolio Energy Monitoring offers multidimensional search capabilities, enabling you to swiftly analyze and compare the energy performance of different monitoring objects, thereby enhancing operational efficiency.

Digital Twin

Real-time Equipment Status Monitoring

Equipment statuses can now be monitored within the Digital Twin page. This new functionality allows for continuous oversight of equipment status, enabling proactive measures to inspect equipment, maintain product line quality, and ensure on-site security.

Display Equipment Attributes from BIM

The attributes and parameters of equipment are now available from the BIM Model to get more specific information on the Digital Twin page.

Maintenance & Workspace

 Support Different Holiday Settings in a Plan

 You can now set various holidays when adding or editing an inspection plan, allowing the plan to accommodate specific configurations for multiple holidays.

Show Inspection Plan Tag

Adding and assigning unique tags to different inspection plans is now available, similar to the categorization system used for work orders. In this way, it improves the manageability of inspection plans, especially for sites with a high volume of inspections, saving time for operators.

Log Working Hours

You can now add the related working hours when editing work orders. In the past working order execution progress, maybe some un-assigned operators will help to carry out work orders and their working hours are not logged. With this feature, their working hours can be logged, enabling a comprehensive life-cycle work order log.

 

Mobile App New Features

The Akila app is available for iOS and Android users.

Maintenance and Workspace

Alarm Log

The App now includes Alarm functionality, offering real-time updates about equipment issues, which supports various condition-based maintenance scenarios.

Immediate Job Visibility

After scanning the QR code of a location or equipment, operators can quickly identify tasks that can be started immediately in the Today’s To-do list, as well as from the equipment details page. The list will be automatically sorted by their scheduled completion time, ensuring efficient planning and execution of tasks.

Offline Inspection Custom Tag

This new feature allows you to view unique tags to offline inspection plans, similar to the categorization system used for work orders. It improves the manageability of inspection plans, especially for sites with a high volume of inspections, saving time for operators.

Global Android Push Notification

Global Android user can now receive banner notifications from Akila, which help them to get the work order or inspection related information in time, enabling quick actions on dealing with work orders and inspections.

 

Akila Features’ Improvements

Platform

Extended Regional Support for AI Applications

The Akila AI Assistant and Long-term Energy Usage Forecast features are now available in the French region!

Energy

Energy Monitoring Chart Enhancements

The energy monitoring chart has been enhanced by introducing “Totals” and “Details” modes that enable swift access to essential data. Updates include breakdowns by monitoring points across multiple time-granularities, full-screen mode for enhanced presentations, and adjustable window sizing for more convenient analysis.

Maintenance & Workspace

Editable Work Order Type and Job Class

We have introduced an update that allows for the customization of default work order and job class types. You can select both work order type and job class type on a single page when assigning or re-assigning work orders, streamlining the configuration process and saving time

 

With these updates, Akila is smarter, faster, and more user-friendly than ever!

Our teams have been working on these new features to make your job easier: we want to help boost your efficiency and simplify your workflows.

Have a look at those improvement and see the difference for yourself – Akila’s got you covered!

 

 

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Monthly recap : October

October 30, 2024

As October is ending, we’re excited to share this month’s highlights and developments.

From new partnerships to innovative product features, it’s been a productive and inspiring month for our team and our partners.

 

Launch of the 5×5 Framework with Deloitte 

You might have seen it on our Linkedin account, Akila has launched a collaboration with Deloitte.

The 5×5 Framework are comprehensive guides designed to help organizations transform building management strategies with sustainability and efficiency.

These frameworks will offer actionable steps for managing buildings in a future-ready way.

Find out more about our first 5×5: 5 Key Insights for Future-Ready Operations.

 

Partnership with Klepierre 

We’re also delighted to announce that Klepierre Group, a leading shopping center operator in European, has chosen Akila to digitalize two first its shopping centers: Belle Epine (150,000 m²) and Grand Place (70,000 m²). We will deploy our Akila platform, Digital Twin, Energy SUITE and HVAC optimization.

This partnership reinforces our growing presence in retail, leveraging Akila’s digital tools to enhance operational efficiency.

Our referral partner helped us contact Klepierre and thanks to his cooperation, our sales team in EMEA, lead by Pierre-Manuel Patry, was able to meet the customer’s demand and make a proposal that fitted its needs.

Akila x ZEBOX

This month, Akila has also joined ZEBOX, a global innovation hub and accelerator founded by CMA CGM, along with 12 other inspiring companies.

As part of this community, we’re thrilled to collaborate with industry leaders and fellow startups, fostering innovation and expanding our solutions for the built environment.

 

Our new platform features 

In October, we have also launched some new features aimed to boost operational efficiency, here are a few of them :

Automated Alarms linked to maintenance orders, streamlining response times. Read more detailed article here.

AI-Powered Usage Anomaly Detection, increasing data reliability : The AI now directly detects usage anomalies of the meters (only for calculated data points), and the AI-suggested usage will automatically replace the original abnormal usage on the Equipment Data Point page, but you can still manually edit  for correction. We have also improved the accuracy of the AI’s judgment to ensure that the suggested values provided by the AI are more precise.

 Operation Log for Site Managers, enabling quick tracking and response to on-site activities: Site managers now have the capability to monitor key operational activities, enabling them to track the sources of unusual issues and prevent problems on the Operation Log page.

 

Upcoming events in France

Akila will be present at a few upcoming events in France :

ImmoDays: November 5-6 in Deauville

IBS (Intelligent Building Systems): November 13-14 in Paris

SIMI (French Real Estate Industry Fair): December 10-12 in Paris

We’re excited for our European team to connect with industry professionals and to meet you there!

 

Stay tuned for more updates and in the meantime, for more insights, check out our recent blog posts such as Decarbonizing Heavy Industry: AI-Driven Solutions.

Thank you for being part of Akila’s journey!

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Enhancing preventative maintenance: How Akila’s new feature streamlines asset management

October 25, 2024


Preventative maintenance is the proactive approach to equipment maintenance, involving regular inspections, servicing, and repairs to prevent issues before they could occur, ultimately extending asset lifespan.

Akila’s new feature, launched on October 15th, enhances this approach by directly connecting automated alarms to maintenance work orders and inspections, ensuring faster responses and streamlining the asset management process.

By addressing potential problems before they occur and potentially leading to equipment breakdowns, preventative maintenance helps reduce costs, minimize downtime of equipment, and improve operational efficiency.

However, many maintenance systems lack real-time monitoring or don’t implement it well enough to allow for predictive alarms. Maintenance actions are too often delayed due to the disconnect between performance data and the actions needed to address issues, resulting in inefficiencies in the maintenance workflow.

This is where Akila’s latest feature steps in.

The Importance of Preventative Maintenance

In traditional maintenance processes, issues are often only addressed after an issue has arisen and the equipment has therefore failed. This way of working leads to emergency fixes and unplanned downtime, which can disrupt operations, not only for users but also for maintenance teams.

When equipment stops working it also implies costs as it implies downtime and a break in productivity. These costs are higher most of the time than if the equipment had been monitored closely and minor issues had been fixed earlier, leading to no or less downtime.

Preventative maintenance offers a major improvement by focusing on routine inspections and scheduled maintenance. By keeping equipment in optimal working condition, it minimizes unexpected failures and extends the life of assets, making them more reliable and efficient. It also helps ensure compliance with safety standards, further protecting both employees and equipment.

Despite the benefits, challenges in implementing preventative maintenance programs remain, especially because many systems don’t offer real-time monitoring or effective alarm setups. Even when alarms are present, performance data is often siloed from maintenance actions, leading to delays in response times. Without a direct connection between monitoring systems and the teams responsible for repairs, issues may escalate unnecessarily.

This is the gap Akila’s new feature seeks to fill, allowing maintenance teams to act quickly and decisively when alarms are triggered.

 

Akila’s New Feature: Connecting Alarms to Maintenance Work Orders

Akila’s new feature takes preventative maintenance to the next level by integrating alarm systems with work order creation. Whenever an issue is detected on equipment, action is taken by the system quickly and maintenance teams are informed. This highlight of any issue in real-time allows maintenance managers to assess the situation and quickly initiate the necessary actions.

Here’s how it works: Akila’s platform continuously monitors equipment performance through digital twins. The system is able to detect any malfunction by analyzing the data sent from the sensors. If any malfunction or anomaly is identified, such as a performance anomaly or diminished output an alarm is triggered.

This alarm alerts managers to the issue, enabling them to create a work order that links the alarm directly to the necessary maintenance actions.

By highlighting potential problems as they arise, this system allows maintenance teams to address issues before they escalate into larger, more costly failures. The quick transition from detection to response ensures that no time is lost in addressing potential concerns.

Closing the Loop in Equipment Lifecycle Management

Akila’s new feature not only streamlines maintenance tasks but also provides a comprehensive view of the entire equipment lifecycle, from installation to ongoing maintenance. Continuous monitoring and real-time data give teams the ability to monitor equipment performance closely, ensuring that anomalies are detected and addressed as quickly as possible.

With these insights, maintenance teams can keep an eye on the performance of every single equipment, ensuring that any anomaly will be detected and address in the quicker possible way and prioritize daily work more effectively.

Not only can this feature help the maintenance teams to keep assets in the best condition, but Akila also gives them the tools to manage efficiently their work. Indeed, it provides powerful insights into equipment such as recurring issues helping the teams with decision-making. That way, maintenance teams can plan preventative tasks and inspections, but also prioritize their day-to-day work according to the emergency occurring as they are now aware with the help of alerts.

Akila’s platform also allows them to track the progress of their work order, and coordinate when necessary so the maintenance teams stay ahead of potential problems, preventing disruptions.

This system-wide visibility enhances operational efficiency, helps allocate resources more effectively, and contributes to smoother, more reliable performance.

 

By linking real-time monitoring and actionable maintenance task, Akila significantly improves preventative maintenance. With this new feature, maintenance teams will now be able to respond swiflty to issues by creating work orders more rapidly as they will now be connected to alarms. As a result, maintenance teams to be more efficient and prevent minor issues from turning into huge breakdowns.

Akila’s platform and its tools are becoming essential as it allows for effective asset management. Its real-time insights give unprecedented control to property managers over their assets, enabling them to detect issues quicker than ever. Akila helps organizations work at their best while protecting their equipment and resources for the future. As the landscape of asset management evolves, integrating such cutting-edge technology will be vital for businesses striving to maintain peak efficiency and ensure long-term operational excellence.

 

 

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Akila joins ZEBOX community to accelerate growth and innovation

October 02, 2024

Akila is thrilled to announce that we have joined the ZEBOX community, a global innovation hub and startup accelerator founded by CMA CGM along with 12 other inspiring companies.

This exciting collaboration positions Akila alongside a network of forward-thinking startups, enabling us to scale our solutions and drive impactful innovation.

By joining ZEBOX, Akila will gain access to invaluable resources, including expert mentorship and the opportunity to collaborate with global partners. This partnership will allow us to further enhance our solutions and contribute to solving pressing global challenges in sustainability, operational efficiency and digital transformation.

“Joining the ZEBOX community is a powerful opportunity for Akila to accelerate our growth and innovation. This collaboration will allow us to enhance our solutions and expand our impact in sustainability and operational efficiency,” said Céline Taravant, Head of Global Accounts at Akila.

We look forward to collaborating with the ZEBOX network and driving forward our mission to create transformative impact within the industry.

About Akila

Akila is a cloud-based digital twin data platform for the built environment. It is our mission to transform the full lifecycle of properties to be more sustainable through data. Akila gives building owners and tenants unprecedented control over the performance of their buildings with the Akila Platform and operational SUITES, scalable to entire portfolios.

Since 2021, Akila has been expanding rapidly. As of today, we have a team of 150+ people across Asia, Europe, and North America, with in-house engineering, AI, and R&D teams. Akila’s customers span many industries and property types, from retail to hospitals, and factories to office towers totalling over 10 million square meters managed across 300 deployment sites.

We are striving to be the go-to platform for decarbonizing buildings for organizations across the world.

About ZEBOX

Founded in Marseille in 2018 by Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman and CEO of the CMA CGM Group and CEVA Logistics, ZEBOX’s mission is to connect startups with large companies, enabling them to co-innovate, drive growth, and scale solutions to meet today’s and future global challenges. Since its creation, over 15 corporate partners, all leaders in their fields, have joined ZEBOX’s ecosystem.

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