with 🎙️ Elango Thevar – Founder & CEO @ NEER.ai
NEER runs a predictive AI platform that scores every pipe in a water network by failure risk, so small United States utilities can aim each replacement dollar at the assets most likely to break. Founded in 2020, the company turns partial maps and sensor data into a ranked capital-planning model, cutting non-revenue water without a full sensor rollout.
with 🎙️ Ari RAIVETZ – CEO @ Transcend Software Inc.
Transcend Software raised US$33.0M across four venture rounds to automate the first 20 to 30 percent of engineering for any water or wastewater treatment plant, turning weeks of preliminary design into hours. Its 2023 US$20M Series B led by Autodesk funds global rollout of the cloud-based Transcend Design Generator.
with 🎙️ Antoine WALTER – Podcaster in Chief @ GF Piping Systems
💧 GF Piping Systems is the global expert for the safe and reliable transportation of water, chemicals, and gas.
with 🎙️ Wim AUDENAERT – CEO and Co-Founder @ AM-TEAM
💧 AM-TEAM is a company offering leading-edge simulation services for process optimization and design.
with 🎙️ Imre TAKACS – CEO and founder @ Dynamita
💧 Dynamita is the company that markets SUMO, a wastewater process simulator with open model source code.
with 🎙️ Ari GOLDFARB – CEO @ KANDO
Kando reads a city’s sewage in real time, turning wastewater into a population-health signal that flags pandemic outbreaks and pollution sources before they surface. The Israeli company has raised US$30 million across four disclosed rounds since 2018, including Series A and Series B backing, to scale a sensor network that makes wastewater-based epidemiology a live early-warning tool for cities.
with 🎙️ Stéphane GILBERT – CEO and co-founder @ AQUASSAY.
Aquassay raised US$1.5M in 2025, led by Banque des Territoires, to scale a data-driven platform that cuts the hidden operating costs of industrial water. Founded in France in 2015, the company plugs into factory meters and sensors to catch scaling, leaks, and spillage that managers rarely see.
Veolia Water Technologies increases the hydraulic capacity of existing wastewater plants through cloud AI that optimizes biological treatment, deferring civil works and capital spend. The France-based subsidiary supports the digital layer with over 350 proprietary water-treatment technologies and offers the optimization module as a standalone, technology-agnostic service.
💧 Thomas Debruyne is Asia-Pacific Digital Manager for Veolia Water Technologies. He also holds a role of Food & Beverage Market Segment Manager, and is a former Operation Director Network Services, and General Manager Smart Water Services.