ALAN WONG – IND TECHNOLOGY
In December, we shared that IND Technology had secured new backing to help scale our early fault detection system across Australia and internationally.
Three months on, the focus has shifted to execution and this phase is not particularly visible. It’s the work of moving from interest to deployment – integrating into existing networks, prioritising high-risk areas, and ensuring systems perform reliably in the field. That has been the priority for our team.
One of the more noticeable changes over this period is the nature of the conversations we’re having.
Not long ago, discussions largely centred on whether early fault detection works. Now, the focus is increasingly on implementation — how the system integrates operationally, where it delivers the most value, and how deployment fits within existing regulatory and funding structures.
I also recently met with the team at Virescent Ventures, one of our Australian investment partners, and we discussed an aspect that is not often highlighted.
In Australia, parts of the investment ecosystem include government-supported funds such as the Clean Energy Innovation Fund and Breakthrough Victoria. This means elements of public-backed capital sit alongside private investment within the broader ecosystem supporting innovations like ours.
This reflects a broader shift in how risk and responsibility are being understood. Technologies like early fault detection have historically sat at the edge of infrastructure – valuable but not always prioritised within core investment or regulatory frameworks. What this type of backing signals is a change in that thinking.
Prevention, grid resilience and system reliability are increasingly being treated as infrastructure priorities, alongside generation, transmission and network upgrades, rather than optional add-ons.
It also points to something equally important: alignment.
For technologies like ours to scale, there needs to be coordination between those who fund, those who regulate, and those who operate the network. The presence of both public and private capital in the same ecosystem is one indication that this alignment is starting to take shape.
This creates a more stable foundation for decisions to be made, particularly where the benefits are clear but the pathways to implementation have historically been less defined.
Our focus over the coming months is straightforward: continue working with utilities to support deployment in the highest-risk areas, improve how the system integrates into real-world operations, and scale in a way that is practical and sustainable.
Most faults that lead to powerline-related fires are not instantaneous events. In many cases, there are detectable signals beforehand. The opportunity and the responsibility are to act on those signals earlier, and that’s what we’re working towards.
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