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BrainBox AI
AIMontreal, QC
Makes autonomous, deep-learning-based HVAC control software that predicts and optimizes commercial building energy use in real time. Now a wholly owned subsidiary of Trane Technologies (NYSE: TT).
Canadian innovation builds a brighter tomorrow.
About
Company site: brainboxai.comMakes autonomous, deep-learning-based HVAC control software that predicts and optimizes commercial building energy use in real time. Now a wholly owned subsidiary of Trane Technologies (NYSE: TT).
Acquired by Trane Technologies (NYSE: TT) for an undisclosed sum; the deal was announced December 17, 2024 and completed January 3, 2025. brainboxai.com
Its technology was deployed across more than 14,000 commercial buildings globally as of the January 2025 acquisition-close announcement. brainboxai.com
In a 2020 pilot with GWL Realty Advisors at two Toronto properties, reported a preliminary HVAC energy-consumption reduction of 25-29% — a specific pilot result, not a company-wide average. brainboxai.com
Products & Services
Company site: brainboxai.comProducts BrainBox AI publishes on its own site. Each card links to the page it was taken from.
AI Control
Autonomous HVAC optimization
The AI technology that autonomously optimizes your HVAC system's energy consumption.
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Building management
Control your entire building portfolio from a cloud building management system.
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Announced rounds only, newest first. Undisclosed amounts are shown as undisclosed.
2023 round extension (round total US$30M)
Jul 6, 2023
US$10.0Mbrainboxai.com2023 investment round
Apr 28, 2023
US$20.0Mglobenewswire.comInvestors: Gouvernement du Québec via Investissement Québec, ABB
Series A (final close, total round)
Jul 26, 2022
US$30.0Mbrainboxai.comInvestors: Export Development Canada, ABB
Series A (first close of US$24M)
Oct 28, 2021
Undisclosedbrainboxai.comInvestors: ABB, Esplanade Ventures, Desjardins Capital
Pre-Series A
Apr 28, 2020
C$12.0Mbetakit.comInvestors: Esplanade Ventures, Desjardins Capital
Total disclosed: C$12.0M + US$60.0MLatest: 2023 round extension (round total US$30M) · Jul 6, 2023
Partnerships
Publicly announced partnerships.
Trane
Technology collaboration integrating BrainBox AI's autonomous HVAC AI with Trane's cloud-based Tracer SC+ building automation system, for multi-site retailers (2023).
Amazon Web Services
Generative-AI building-operations co-pilot built using Amazon Bedrock, announced November 2023 for a Winter 2024 launch.
ABB
Returning lead investor and global partner: Series A lead (2021), 2023 co-investment, and sale of its multi-site retail EMS business to BrainBox AI (2023).
Government & Grants
Government support actually received. Unpublished amounts are left out.
Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC)
People
Sourced from the company's own pages or announcements.
Jean-Simon Venne
President, Founder & Chief Technology Officer
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