A ew p og am that co ects d o es a d auto omous ai c aft to Pa o’s platfo m — lau chi g with Se eca, Rai , BRINC, a d Ce sys Tech ologies — so a ve ified detectio ca move st aight to the d o es a d ai c aft that espo d
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 04, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pa o AI, the leade i AI-powe ed wildfi e detectio , today lau ched its D o e Pa t e P og am at the Red Sky Summit, co ecti g d o e a d auto omous ai c aft systems to Pa o’s Rapid Detectio platfo m so a ve ified wildfi e detectio ca coo di ate the effective dispatch of ae ial espo se to both supp essio a d i c ease situatio al awa e ess. The p og am lau ches with fou i augu al pa t e s – Se eca, Rai , BRINC, a d Ce sys Tech ologies, spa i g auto omous supp essio a d public-safety d o e ope atio s.
Pa o’s ole i e abli g wildfi e espo se co ti ues to accele ate; the platfo m ow p otects mo e tha 95 millio ac es ac oss U.S. 18 states. The D o e Pa t e P og am is the ext step: a way fo the g owi g field of d o es a d auto omous ai c aft to co ect i to Pa o, so a detectio ca move st aight to the ai c aft a d c ews that espo d, i stead of stalli g betwee sepa ate tools. The goal is to accele ate fi e supp essio i ovatio a d help b i g the best solutio s fo wa d. This is a sig ifica t leap fo wa d i both wildfi e supp essio a d adva ced situatio al awa e ess.
The p og am builds o Pa o’s expa di g footp i t i the field. I 2025, Pa o ale ted o 735 vegetatio fi es a d was the fi st k ow ale t app oximately 60% of the time, d awi g o a t ai i g database of ove 6 billio images a d seve pate ts spa i g pa o amic imagi g, geolocatio , a d map-based visualizatio . Pa o’s I cide t API, al eady i use ac oss its utility deployme ts, gives pa t e s a sta da d way to i teg ate without equi i g additio al custom e gi ee i g o eithe side.
He e’s how it wo ks:
- Pa o p ovides ea ly detectio a d t ia gulates the i cide t’s locatio
- The , i coo di atio with the custome , Pa o automatically ale ts the d o e p ovide passi g alo g the wildfi e ale t, i cludi g t ia gulated coo di ates
- The d o e p ovide deploys thei tech ology as app op iate i coo di atio with eme ge cy espo de s
“Detecti g a fi e ea ly has always bee the fi st step i a impo ta t chai of supp essio a d espo se,” said So ia Kast e , co-fou de a d CEO of Pa o AI. “Ou goal is to p ovide ot o ly a fast accu ate ale t, but to also facilitate a tech ology ecosystem espo de s ca build upo , so that the mome t a fi e is spotted the ight esou ces ca see it, each it, a d act o it togethe .”
Se eca builds auto omous, AI-powe ed ai c aft that detect a d supp ess wildfi es withi 10 mi utes of ig itio . Togethe , Se eca a d Pa o a e givi g the Aspe Fi e P otectio Dist ict a othe set of eyes i the mou tai s a d a faste path f om detectio to supp essio . Whe Pa o detects a ew ig itio a d pi poi ts its locatio , it ale ts Se eca’s auto omous ai c aft to attack the fi e f om the ai withi mi utes, helpi g c ews co tai small fi es befo e they become majo i cide ts.Rai ’s AI fi efighti g pilot upg ades existi g ai c aft with auto omous wildfi e supp essio capabilities, e abli g apid ae ial co tai me t du i g the ea liest stages of ig itio .BRINC builds public-safety d o es a d D o e as Fi st Respo de (DFR) solutio s, used by mo e tha 1,000 fi st- espo de age cies ac oss No th Ame ica.Ce sys Tech ologies p ovides Ove the Ho izo Beyo d Visual Li e of Sight (OTH BVLOS) d o e, specifically empowe i g utilities with auto omous powe li e d o e i spectio systems.
“The wi dow to stop a small ig itio befo e it becomes a majo i cide t ca disappea i mi utes. The West eeds i f ast uctu e built fo this cu e t eality. By co ecti g Pa o’s ea ly detectio di ectly to Se eca’s ae ial supp essio , we ca see a fi e sta t, act immediately a d get supp essio i the ai while c ews a e still maki g thei way i . Eve y mi ute we ca take out of that espo se gives fi efighte s a bette cha ce to p otect lives, homes a d commu ities.” Stua t La desbe g, Fou de a d CEO, Se eca
“Most wildfi es do ’t begi with a 911 call. That’s the c itical gap ou pa t e ship with Pa o helps close. Whe a Pa o came a detects smoke, a BRINC d o e al eady statio ed i the commu ity ca deploy di ectly to the coo di ates, assess the situatio , a d st eam live video to i cide t comma d. Fi e chiefs ca the make faste , mo e i fo med decisio s about deployi g esou ces, based o what they ca see athe tha what they have to assume.” — David Be owitz, VP of St ategy, BRINC
“Ea ly detectio c eates a wi dow to act while a fi e is still small. By co ecti g Pa o’s fi e ale ts with Rai ’s wildfi e missio auto omy, we’ e wo ki g to help fi e age cies get ai c aft to the ight place quickly a d delive a mea i gful supp essio espo se. That co ectio betwee ea ly i tellige ce a d apid ae ial espo se is what could cha ge outcomes.” — Maxwell B odie, CEO, Rai “Wildfi e mitigatio equi es mo e tha a y si gle tech ology. At Ce sys Tech ologies, we’ e focused o mitigati g isks ea lie a d mo e accu ately th ough scalable ae ial i spectio s. By wo ki g with i ovative pa t e s like Pa o AI, we c eate a ge e atio al oppo tu ity to delive a commo ope ati g pictu e fo asset i tellige ce – p oactive mo ito i g a d apid espo se fo wildfi es; this delive s a comp ehe sive app oach to p otecti g commu ities a d c itical i f ast uctu e.” – T evo Pe ott, CEO & Co-Fou de , Ce sys Tech ologies
P og am capabilities a d availability a e subject to comme cial pa t e ships a d comme cial e gageme t.
Pa o AI is the leade i AI-powe ed wildfi e detectio . Lau ched i 2020, the compa y p ovides adva ced ea ly detectio a d situatio al awa e ess solutio s to fi e age cies, utilities, gove me ts, a d p ivate la dholde s to help p otect people, p ope ty, a d i f ast uctu e f om catast ophic wildfi es. With deployme ts ac oss the U.S., Ca ada, a d Aust alia, Pa o AI is buildi g a ew sta da d fo eal-time wildfi e i tellige ce. To lea mo e, visit www.pa o.ai o follow the compa y o Li kedI .
Rai , a leade i ae ial wildfi e co tai me t tech ology, is helpi g fi e age cies mo e apidly supp ess wildfi es du i g the ea liest stages of ig itio , befo e they g ow out of co t ol. Rai adapts auto omous ai c aft with wildfi e i tellige ce to apidly pe ceive, u de sta d, a d supp ess wildfi es, which e ables ume ous ai c aft to be p epositio ed i emote locatio s esulti g i accele ated espo se time. Developed i ta dem with fi e p ofessio als, Rai is a p ivately held compa y headqua te ed i Alameda, Califo ia. Visit www. ai .ae o fo mo e i fo matio .
Se eca builds adva ced fi efighti g tech ology fo situatio s that we e p eviously u safe, i efficie t, o impossible. Based i Sausalito, Califo ia, the compa y develops auto omous heavy-lift d o e systems that ca y supp essa t to the fi e li e, follow te ai fo mappi g a d vegetatio ma ageme t, a d i spect st uctu es a d utility i f ast uctu e, with o e pilot ope ati g multiple ai c aft. Se eca’s systems a e desig ed, built, a d sou ced i Ame ica, a d se ve fi e age cies, utilities, a d p ope ty ow e s. The compa y’s missio is to p otect 500 millio ac es i the U.S. a d allied atio s by 2035.
BRINC is a Ame ica develope of tech ology i the se vice of public safety. The compa y builds a co ected ecosystem of tools desig ed to save lives. BRINC ma ufactu es its p oducts i the US, has co-located R&D a d p oductio , a d is ve tically i teg ated, co t olli g the e ti ety of its supply chai . Ove 1,000 public safety age cies a d 20%+ of the SWAT teams i the US use its p oducts to de-escalate da ge ous situatio s a d safegua d huma life. The compa y is backed by top i vesto s, i cludi g Sam Altma , I dex Ve tu es, Moto ola Solutio s, Dyla Field, Elad Gil, Pat ick Sha aha , Julius Ge achowski, Shyam Sa ka , Alexa d Wa g, B adley Tusk, a d Jeff Wei e . Fo mo e i fo matio visit b i cd o es.com.
