WINT Water Intelligence
AI and IoT-based leak detection and automatic shut-off for commercial water management and damage prevention.
Website: https://wint.ai/
Cover Block
Open sources
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Company | WINT Water Intelligence |
| Tagline | AI and IoT-based leak detection and automatic shut-off for commercial water management and damage prevention. |
| Headquarters | Goshen, New York [Crunchbase] |
| Founded | 2011 [Crunchbase] |
| Stage | Series D+ [Crunchbase] |
| Business model | Hardware + Software |
| Industry | Cleantech / Climatetech |
| Technology | AI / Machine Learning |
| Geography | Middle East / North Africa |
| Growth profile | Venture Scale |
| Founding team | Yaron Dycian, Moshe Ravid [Crunchbase] [Insurance Business, 2026] |
| Funding label | $50M+ |
| Total disclosed funding | ~$86,000,000 [PR Newswire, January 2022] [TechCrunch, August 2023] [PR Newswire, September 2026] |
Links
Open sources
- Website: https://wint.ai/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wint-waterintelligence
- Careers: https://wint.ai/company/career/
- Product Platform: https://wint.ai/product/platform/
- AI Technology: https://wint.ai/product/technology/
- AI FAQ: https://wint.ai/frequently-asked-questions/
What an Investor Needs First
PUBLIC WINT Water Intelligence sells a combined hardware and software system that monitors water flows, detects anomalies, and can automatically shut off water before leaks become major losses, a proposition that has gained relevance as insurers, contractors, and large property owners pay closer attention to avoidable damage and water efficiency [TechCrunch, August 2023]. Founded in 2011 and described in the source set as an Israeli company with headquarters in Goshen, New York, WINT sits at the intersection of property technology, climate infrastructure, and industrial risk management, with a go-to-market focus on the built environment that includes construction sites, commercial and industrial facilities, and data centers [TechCrunch, August 2023] [Crunchbase] [LinkedIn].
The product case is relatively clear from public reporting: connected meters and sensors feed an AI layer that distinguishes normal usage from leaks or other anomalies, alerts operators, and in some cases closes a valve automatically at the affected location [TechCrunch, August 2023]. That differentiation matters if it holds up in production, because the value is not only lower water consumption but also fewer insurance claims and less severe payout events, with Contractor Magazine citing a Munich Re study that found sites using WINT submitted 73% fewer claims and saw 90% lower payouts than unprotected sites [Contractor Magazine] [TechCrunch, August 2023].
Leadership attribution is somewhat uneven across sources, but the public record consistently identifies Yaron Dycian and Moshe Ravid as founders or co-founders, while Alon Geva is identified as CEO in current profiles [Insurance Business, 2026] [Crunchbase] [LinkedIn, retrieved 2026]. Geva's publicly described background is weighted toward sales, business development, product marketing, and team leadership rather than a purely technical founder profile, which fits a company that appears to be scaling enterprise distribution around a hardware-plus-software platform [LinkedIn, retrieved 2026].
On capital formation, the disclosed rounds point to a company still in active expansion mode: $15 million Series B in January 2022 led by Insight Partners, $35 million Series C in August 2023 co-led by Insight Partners and Inven Capital, and a $36 million Series D in September 2026 co-led by LIP Ventures and Inven Capital, for $86 million total disclosed funding [PR Newswire, January 2022] [TechCrunch, August 2023] [PR Newswire, September 2026]. The investor list also includes strategic names from construction and real estate, which is notable for a business model that depends on real-world deployment and integration rather than software adoption alone [PR Newswire, January 2022].
Over the next 12 to 18 months, the key public questions are less about category relevance than about proof of repeatable scale: whether WINT can convert insurer alignment and large-logo adoption into broader enterprise standardization, whether newer AI modules such as Water Insights and boiler health analysis deepen expansion within accounts, and whether company-reported outcome claims receive more independent validation [PR Newswire, September 2026] [WINT, September 2026] [TechCrunch, August 2023]. The setup is credible, but several of the strongest performance statements still rely on company materials or limited third-party coverage, so the investment case remains most compelling where public evidence supports both deployment breadth and measurable loss prevention.
Partially corroborated -- Core company, product, leadership, and funding facts are supported by TechCrunch, PR Newswire, Crunchbase, LinkedIn, and Insurance Business, but several performance claims rely on company materials or a limited set of secondary references.
Taxonomy Snapshot
| Axis | Value |
|---|---|
| Stage | Series D+ |
| Business Model | Hardware + Software |
| Industry / Vertical | Cleantech / Climatetech |
| Technology Type | AI / Machine Learning |
| Geography | Middle East / North Africa |
| Growth Profile | Venture Scale |
| Founding Team | Yaron Dycian, Moshe Ravid |
| Funding | $50M+ total disclosed, approximately $86M |
Inside the Company
PUBLIC
WINT Water Intelligence presents as a long-built infrastructure software and hardware company rather than a newly formed climate startup. Public company materials and Crunchbase place its founding in 2011, with headquarters listed in Goshen, New York, while the company describes itself as focused on commercial water management, leak detection, and damage prevention through connected devices and software [Crunchbase] [WINT].
The public record also identifies Yaron Dycian and Moshe Ravid among the founding leadership, although title descriptions vary across sources and are clearer for current operating roles than for the original incorporation story [Crunchbase] [WINT]. Current leadership materials identify Alon Geva as chief executive officer, with Dycian in a product and strategy role, which suggests a company that has moved from founder-led formation into a more scaled go-to-market phase [LinkedIn, retrieved 2026] [WINT].
Chronology is easier to verify through financing than through early operating history. Crunchbase and the company-backed financing record show a Series B of $15 million in January 2022 led by Insight Partners, followed by a $35 million Series C in August 2023, and a $36 million Series D in September 2026, bringing disclosed funding to $86 million [Crunchbase] [WINT]. In the same 2026 period, WINT said it had expanded its platform with AI-based Water Insights and water temperature and boiler health analysis, a useful marker that the product scope is broadening beyond leak detection into wider water-system monitoring [WINT].
Partially corroborated -- Core company identity is supported by Crunchbase and the company website, but milestone detail in this section relies partly on company-published materials and current-profile pages.
Under the Hood
MIXED
WINT sells a combined hardware and software system for commercial water monitoring, leak detection, and automatic shut-off, aimed at the built environment rather than consumer plumbing [TechCrunch, August 2023]. Public descriptions are consistent on the core workflow: connected smart meters and sensors monitor water flows in real time, the software flags abnormal usage patterns, operators receive alerts, and the system can automatically close a valve at the affected location to limit damage [TechCrunch, August 2023]. The same product framing appears across the company site, which presents the platform as a tool for water visibility, waste reduction, and damage prevention across commercial and industrial facilities [WINT] [WINT, September 2026].
The more interesting point is where the product claim appears to move from monitoring into risk transfer. WINT says its platform supports a performance water-damage warranty backed by HSB, a Munich Re company, with coverage levels up to $250,000, and separately said in a 2026 announcement that the AI platform cuts claims value by more than 90% under that arrangement [WINT] [WINT, September 2026]. That is directionally supportive of product-market fit in insurance-sensitive environments, but the strongest numerical performance claims still trace back to company materials or partner-linked summaries rather than broad independent technical validation [WINT] [Contractor Magazine].
WINT has also publicly announced adjacent analytical modules rather than a wholly different product surface. In September 2026, the company said it launched AI-based Water Insights and AI-driven water temperature and boiler health analysis, extending the platform from leak prevention toward broader operational monitoring [PR Newswire, September 2026]. Beyond that, there is not enough verified public evidence in the supplied materials to describe a deeper software architecture or model stack, and no tech-stack inference is warranted from the current job postings alone [WINT Careers].
Claim stands unchecked -- This section combines independent product descriptions from TechCrunch with multiple material performance and feature claims that are still company-sourced.
Market Research
Open sources The market matters now because water risk is moving from a facilities issue to a balance-sheet issue for owners, contractors, insurers, and operators of high-value buildings, even though the public record here is stronger on problem intensity than on third-party market sizing [TechCrunch, August 2023] [Insurance Business, 2026].
The first constraint is evidentiary: the supplied sources do not include a named third-party TAM, SAM, or SOM study for WINT’s exact category. That rules out a conventional sizing model in this section. What the public record does establish is the commercial scope of the problem WINT is selling into, namely water damage prevention and water-use monitoring across the built environment, including construction sites, commercial and industrial facilities, data centers, and large enterprises seeking water-use and emissions data [TechCrunch, August 2023].
That positioning matters because it places WINT across several adjacent budgets rather than a single line item. The product can be read as part of property-risk mitigation, part of water-efficiency software, and part of connected building infrastructure, with insurers and large asset owners as credible economic stakeholders in adoption [TechCrunch, August 2023] [Insurance Business, 2026]. The company’s public materials also point to a performance warranty backed by HSB, a Munich Re company, which suggests an insurability angle rather than a pure sustainability sale, although the underlying performance claims remain company-sourced [WINT, Unknown].
Demand drivers in the cited research are practical rather than thematic. TechCrunch’s reporting frames the wedge around the cost of undetected leaks, which can trigger property damage, business interruption, insurance claims, and remediation costs, especially in commercial properties and construction projects [TechCrunch, August 2023]. Insurance Business separately cites a Munich Re study stating that sites using WINT submitted 73% fewer insurance claims and generated 90% lower payouts than unprotected sites, a data point that, if generalizable, would support demand from both carriers and insured asset owners [Insurance Business, 2026].
A second tailwind is the shift from passive monitoring to automated intervention. WINT’s system is described as monitoring water flows in real time, identifying anomalies, and automatically shutting off water at the affected location, which changes the category from observability software to loss-prevention infrastructure [TechCrunch, August 2023]. That distinction is commercially relevant in data centers, enterprise campuses, and active construction sites, where the value of a system is tied less to reporting and more to avoided downtime and avoided claims [TechCrunch, August 2023].
The adjacent markets are broader than leak detection alone. One neighbor is smart building and IoT infrastructure, where connected meters, valves, and sensors already compete for deployment budgets. Another is ESG and resource-management software, where water data can support conservation, operating efficiency, and green-building frameworks; WINT’s own materials connect water management to ESG outcomes and BREEAM-related positioning, though those claims are company-led and should be treated cautiously [WINT, Unknown]. A third substitute is legacy building management and manual inspection workflows, which remain the default in many facilities until a major loss event or insurance requirement changes the purchasing calculus [TechCrunch, August 2023].
Because the source set does not contain a credible third-party market-size report, the cleaner way to present the market is as a map of evidenced demand vectors rather than a synthetic dollar figure.
| Market vector | What public sources support | Evidence quality |
|---|---|---|
| Commercial property risk mitigation | Leak detection and automatic shut-off for commercial buildings and enterprises [TechCrunch, August 2023] | YELLOW |
| Construction risk management | Construction sites identified as a target environment; insurance claims reduction cited in external coverage [TechCrunch, August 2023] [Insurance Business, 2026] | YELLOW |
| Water efficiency and sustainability | Water-use visibility and waste reduction claims tied to enterprise facilities [TechCrunch, August 2023] [Delta T Equipment] | ORANGE |
| Insurance-linked loss prevention | HSB-backed performance warranty and Munich Re-linked claims reduction framing [WINT, Unknown] [Insurance Business, 2026] | ORANGE |
The table shows a market that is easier to validate through pain points and buyer incentives than through a single published category size. For investors, that usually implies a bottom-up diligence exercise, centered on loss-prevention budgets, insurer incentives, and deployment economics, rather than reliance on a broad climatetech TAM.
Regulatory and macro support is present, but it is indirect in the sources provided. The research links WINT to customers seeking water-use and emissions data, which fits the broader trend toward tighter reporting and efficiency expectations for large buildings, though no cited source here specifies a controlling regulation or mandate [TechCrunch, August 2023]. More tangible is the macro backdrop of water scarcity, rising property-loss sensitivity, and insurer focus on preventable claims, all of which make the category more legible to enterprise buyers than many earlier sustainability tools [PR Newswire, January 2022] [Insurance Business, 2026].
Partially corroborated -- This section relies on one independent news report and one independent trade publication for market demand evidence, with some adjacent-market framing and warranty context supported only by company materials.
Competition and Substitutes
MIXED
WINT sits in a crowded problem space but a narrower product lane, where the competition is less about another named startup in the source set and more about whether buyers solve water risk with dedicated shutoff intelligence, building-management controls, insurer mandates, or manual facilities workflows [TechCrunch, August 2023] [WINT, Unknown].
The public record here does not identify direct startup peers by name, so the competitive map has to be drawn by function rather than logo. On one side are incumbent building and facility systems, which already touch mechanical infrastructure and can act as the default procurement path for operators of commercial and industrial buildings. On another are specialist leak-detection and metering approaches, including sensors, submeters, and monitoring tools that may identify abnormal consumption but do not necessarily combine detection, software analytics, and automatic shutoff in one stack, based on the capabilities attributed to WINT in the cited coverage [TechCrunch, August 2023]. A third substitute sits with insurers, general contractors, and facility teams that address water risk through process controls, inspections, and post-loss remediation rather than continuous monitoring.
That matters because WINT's positioning appears to be strongest where the cost of a single incident is high and the buyer can justify both hardware deployment and software oversight. TechCrunch's reporting places the company in construction sites, commercial and industrial facilities, data centers, and large enterprises, and also names Microsoft, Google, Mastercard, HP, and Dell as customers [TechCrunch, August 2023]. If those references reflect active production deployments rather than pilots, the company has at least some evidence of landing demanding enterprise environments, which is a stronger signal than a general sustainability pitch alone [TechCrunch, August 2023].
The clearest edge visible in public sources is the attempt to link operational monitoring to financial outcomes. WINT combines connected smart meters, sensors, AI software, and automated shutoff, and the company has also publicized a performance warranty backed by HSB, a Munich Re company, with coverage levels up to $250,000 [TechCrunch, August 2023] [WINT, Unknown]. Contractor Magazine separately reported that sites using WINT submitted 73% fewer insurance claims and generated 90% lower payouts than unprotected sites, citing a Munich Re study [Contractor Magazine]. If that insurer-linked value proposition continues to hold up in underwriting and claims data, it is more durable than a pure dashboard product, because it ties the sale to avoided losses and risk transfer rather than utility savings alone. The edge is still somewhat perishable, however, because the strongest performance claims in the source set are company-originated or partially corroborated rather than broadly validated across independent field studies [WINT, September 2026] [Contractor Magazine].
The main exposure is channel ownership. WINT appears to sell a category that touches construction, insurance, facilities, sustainability, and building operations at once, which can widen the top of funnel but also complicate who owns budget and deployment. The source set does not establish that WINT controls a dominant distribution channel, and its current hiring mix, including enterprise account executive roles in the UK and on the U.S. West Coast plus a pre-sales engineer role, suggests the company is still building direct go-to-market capacity rather than relying on an entrenched partner network [WINT Careers]. That leaves it vulnerable to adjacent providers that already sit inside large building retrofits, mechanical systems procurement, or insurer-preferred vendor lists.
Over the next 18 months, the most plausible competitive outcome is not winner-take-all but vertical sorting by buying motion. WINT is well placed if buyers continue to frame water events as an insurable operational risk, especially in data centers, construction, and enterprise real estate where downtime and remediation costs can dominate the ROI case [TechCrunch, August 2023] [Insurance Business, 2026]. In that scenario, WINT is the likely winner if insurer relationships and strategic real-estate backers help compress sales cycles and validate performance in the field [PR Newswire, January 2022] [PR Newswire, September 2026]. The likely loser if buyers instead treat the problem mainly as a generic building-controls feature is the stand-alone water-intelligence layer itself, including WINT, because the company would then face procurement pressure from larger incumbent systems already embedded in facilities operations. With no named direct startup competitors confirmed in the sources, the competitive risk is best understood as adjacency pressure rather than a documented head-to-head knife fight.
Partially corroborated -- Competitive analysis relies on named public sources for WINT's product scope, customers, hiring, and insurer relationship, but the source set does not identify direct named competitors, so parts of the market map are analytical interpretation built on partial public evidence.
Opportunity
PUBLIC
The prize here is not another building sensor vendor, but a credible shot at becoming the control layer for how large property owners, contractors, and insurers monitor water risk and water efficiency across the built environment.
That outcome is reachable because WINT is selling into a problem with direct budget owners and visible loss economics, not an abstract sustainability narrative. Its system combines connected smart meters, sensors, and AI software to monitor water flows in real time, identify anomalies, and automatically shut off water before major damage occurs [TechCrunch, August 2023]. The company has also shown an ability to raise repeat institutional capital across a $15 million Series B in January 2022, a $35 million Series C in August 2023, and a $36 million Series D in September 2026, for $86 million disclosed in total [PR Newswire, January 2022] [TechCrunch, August 2023] [PR Newswire, September 2026]. Just as important, the buyer map appears broader than a single niche: TechCrunch reported customers including Microsoft, Google, Mastercard, HP, and Dell, while the 2022 financing brought in construction and real estate participants such as Suffolk Construction, Tidhar, Electra, Ashtrom, Rogovin, and Israel-Canada [TechCrunch, August 2023] [PR Newswire, January 2022]. That mix suggests a path from point solution to standard infrastructure across new construction and existing commercial assets.
The clearest upside case is that WINT becomes the default water intelligence and shutoff stack for high-value commercial properties and construction sites, then extends into adjacent operating workflows. Public evidence already points to the pieces required for that expansion: automated leak detection and shutoff at the edge [TechCrunch, August 2023], a water-damage warranty with coverage levels up to $250,000 backed by HSB, a Munich Re company [WINT], and newer AI-based Water Insights plus water temperature and boiler health analysis launched in 2026 [PR Newswire, September 2026]. The company is not yet proven, in public data, as a broad enterprise platform. But the shape of the product surface and the strategic investor base make the platform case more than aspirational.
| Scenario | What happens | Catalyst | Why it's plausible |
|---|---|---|---|
| Insurer-backed standard | WINT becomes a preferred risk-mitigation layer for commercial properties and construction projects, with insurers and brokers treating automated water shutoff as a best-practice control. | Expansion of the HSB warranty relationship and broader use of claims-reduction evidence in underwriting [WINT] [Contractor Magazine]. | Sites protected by WINT reportedly submitted 73% fewer insurance claims and resulted in 90% less payouts than unprotected sites, according to a Munich Re study cited by Contractor Magazine [Contractor Magazine]. |
| Construction-to-portfolio expansion | WINT lands at the construction phase, then remains in place as the permanent operating system for water management after handover to owners and operators. | Strategic investors and customers from construction and real estate, plus product expansion from leak prevention into ongoing water analytics [PR Newswire, January 2022] [PR Newswire, September 2026]. | The 2022 round included strategic participation from Suffolk Construction, Tidhar, Electra, Ashtrom, Rogovin, and Israel-Canada, which indicates relevance at the build stage where water damage risk is acute [PR Newswire, January 2022]. |
| Enterprise infrastructure wedge | WINT turns marquee enterprise accounts into a repeatable template for data centers, industrial facilities, and large corporate campuses. | Further adoption among large enterprises already referenced publicly and demand for water-use visibility alongside damage prevention [TechCrunch, August 2023]. | TechCrunch reported customers including Microsoft, Google, Mastercard, HP, and Dell, and described WINT as serving construction sites, commercial and industrial facilities, data centers, and large enterprises [TechCrunch, August 2023]. |
The compounding mechanism is straightforward if execution holds. Every installed system gives WINT more observed flow behavior, more anomaly cases, and more operating proof around when to alert versus when to shut off, which matters because the company says its AI continuously learns from each water system and is powered by a large dataset, even if those claims remain company-sourced [WINT]. On the commercial side, one buyer can create several paths to expansion: a contractor can standardize WINT across projects, an owner can roll it across a portfolio, and an insurer or warranty partner can strengthen the ROI case for adoption. The public evidence that WINT already spans construction, commercial facilities, data centers, and enterprise buyers suggests that some early version of this cross-channel distribution loop is in place [TechCrunch, August 2023] [PR Newswire, January 2022].
The size of the win is best framed as strategic infrastructure value rather than a narrow hardware outcome. No public market comparable or named third-party TAM study is provided in the cited materials, so a valuation range would be conjectural. A reasonable upside frame is this: if the insurer-backed standard or construction-to-portfolio scenario plays out, WINT could become a category-level control point for water risk in high-value buildings and projects, with value driven by recurring software, embedded hardware, and underwriting relevance (scenario, not a forecast). The cited customer set, repeat financing, and warranty relationship are enough to keep that upside case on the table, even though the public record still leaves open questions on revenue scale and deployment breadth [TechCrunch, August 2023] [PR Newswire, September 2026] [PR Newswire, January 2022].
Partially corroborated -- Built primarily on TechCrunch and PR Newswire, with some material upside evidence relying on company statements and a cited trade-publication summary of Munich Re study results.
Sources
Open sources
[Crunchbase] WINT - Crunchbase Company Profile & Funding | https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/wint-wi
[Insurance Business, 2026] Detecting and preventing water leak damage using artificial intelligence | Insurance Business | https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/technology/detecting-and-preventing-water-leak-damage-using-artificial-intelligence-466336.aspx
[LinkedIn] WINT - Water Intelligence | LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/company/wint-waterintelligence
[LinkedIn, retrieved 2026] Alon Geva - WINT - Water Intelligence | LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/alon-geva-51a3a42/
[PR Newswire, January 2022] WINT Announces a $15 Million Round for Water Sustainability and to End Water Waste and Damage in the Built Environment | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/wint-announces-a-15-million-round-for-water-sustainability-and-to-end-water-waste-and-damage-in-the-built-environment-301457913.html
[PR Newswire, September 2026] Wint Raises $36 Million in Series D Funding to Scale AI-Powered Water Intelligence Globally | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/wint-raises-36-million-in-series-d-funding-to-scale-ai-powered-water-intelligence-globally-302873443.html
[TechCrunch, August 2023] 'Water intelligence' startup Wint nabs $35M to help companies find and stop leaks | https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/10/water-intelligence-startup-wint-nabs-35m-to-help-companies-find-and-stop-leaks/
[WINT] Commercial Water Management & Leak Prevention Solutions | Wint | https://wint.ai/
[WINT Careers] Careers | Wint | https://wint.ai/company/career/
Articles about WINT Water Intelligence
- WINT's AI Now Stops Leaks at Microsoft, Google, and Mastercard — The 13-year-old company has raised $86 million to scale its AI-powered leak detection and automatic water shut-off systems for enterprise buildings and construction sites.