Cloneable, a pioneering AI startup, has secured $4.6 million in seed funding to advance its platform that clones expert worker knowledge into autonomous AI agents.
The round was led by Congruent Ventures, with participation from First In, Overline, Bull City Venture Partners, and St. Elmo Venture Capital, bringing total funding to $5.35 million since the company's inception in 2023.
Targeting the Knowledge Crisis in Heavy Industries
Founded by Lia Reich, Tyler Collins, and Patrick Lohman—veterans from PrecisionHawk—Cloneable addresses the retirement wave in energy and infrastructure sectors where experienced workers are leaving faster than they are replaced.
The platform shadows human experts in real-time via audio and documentation capture, transforming complex workflows like utility pole design into scalable AI agents without requiring coding or clean data.
Originating from a 2019 wildfire inspection project at PrecisionHawk, the idea stemmed from unscalable manual data review at a PG&E command center, highlighting expertise bottlenecks in critical infrastructure.
Explosive Growth and Real-World Impact
Since launching Cloneable Field in February 2025, the company achieved 100x ARR growth and serves major customers including American Electric Power, Southern California Edison, Burns & McDonnell, TRC, Sigma, and Perdue.
A single engineer processes 4,500 to 5,500 poles annually, but Cloneable's agents handle 2 to 3 million, potentially saving mid-size firms $115,000 to $312,000 yearly in labor costs.
This automation redirects human effort to higher-value tasks, accelerating projects like fiber connectivity that could determine whether entire towns get internet access within 12 months.
Future Horizons and Industry Transformation
With the new funding, Cloneable plans to expand into public utilities, vegetation management, construction, rail, mining, agriculture, and manufacturing.
CEO Lia Reich emphasizes the platform's edge from a decade of industry experience and proprietary data, using small, customer-specific models for cost-effective, tailored automation.
Investor Eliza Cushman from Congruent Ventures praises Cloneable for solving both data capture and agentic AI challenges in underserved markets.
As energy demand doubles by 2050, Cloneable's technology promises to bridge the expertise gap, fostering efficiency and innovation across legacy industries.
Alfred Lee
