Built on three decades of science. Backed by Europe's best.
Institutional partners, blue-chip clients and a rare investment opportunity in the digitalisation of water and added value resource recovery.
Not built in a garage, built in a lab.
AIS is the commercial expression of 30+ years of research at NOVA University Lisbon , co-developed with Frontier IP Group - a specialist in turning deep-tech science into scalable IP. Today, AIS is trusted by leading European utilities and industrial operators, and selected by the European Commission in a EIC Pathfinder project and as a partner in two active Horizon Europe programmes.
Become a partnerScientific foundation
NOVA University Lisbon
30+ years of environmental bioengineering research and 15,000+ peer-reviewed citations.
Co-founder & IP partner
Frontier IP Group
Specialist in turning deep-tech science into scalable, commercial intellectual property.
European Commission
Horizon Europe & EIC
Partcipated in a EIC Pathfinder project, and in 2026 is part of two major European consortia under the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking - SOWISE+ and PHACTUS.
Industrial partners
Arla, ETSA, Bondalti, among others
Working with leading industrial operators across dairy processing and food & beverage sectors.
Let's build the digital backbone of water together.
For utilities, research institutions, technology integrators and consortium partners looking to collaborate with AIS.
A rare entry point into the digitalisation of water and resource recovery - at the moment regulation makes it inevitable.
Market size
€95B
Global wastewater treatment services market.
Across Europe, the revised Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive is introducing stricter discharge limits, energy efficiency mandates and compliance traceability requirements - creating urgent and non-discretionary demand for exactly what AIS delivers.
Operators who are not compliant today face growing financial and legal exposure.
7
Wastewater plants served
Across Europe and Africa, serving urban and industrial operators.
4
Sectors with proven experience
Municipal wastewater treatment, food and beverage processing, dairy processing and recovery of animal by-products.
SaaS
SCALABLE SAAS MODEL
Land with one solution, expand through cross-sellable modules, and scale recurring revenue through usage-based pricing.
€32M
INDUSTRIAL SCALE PHA PLANT
AIS technology integrated into a €32M industrial PHA production project, creating a pathway for replication across European biorefineries.
Measurable, defensible value creation.
UPWATER™ and UPWASTE have the capability to deliver return on investment to clients within the first year of deployment - per plant.
ROI within year one
Client can unlock savings as soon as AIS recommendations are implemented, with pricing designed to preserve a compelling ROI.
No hardware. Weeks to deploy.
Software-only platform that immediately reduces the three largest operational cost lines: energy, chemicals and waste disposal.
Stickier every year
SaaS recurring revenue model with a client base that compounds in value as operational data accumulates.
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