Endra launches Power Studio and acquires Planlabs to expand into mechanical engineering

Endra, a platform developing AI tools for mechanical,
electrical and plumbing (MEP) engineering, has launched Endra Power Studio, an
agentic platform designed specifically for electrical engineering. The company
has also acquired Swiss AI research company Planlabs to support its expansion
into mechanical engineering.

Power Studio brings electrical design, calculations,
simulation and documentation into a single system. Engineers set project
requirements, delegate tasks to AI agents and review their work throughout the
process.

The platform is designed to replace fragmented MEP
workflows that rely on multiple tools for calculations, system design and
documentation. According to Endra, it can complete the electrical design of a
500,000-square-foot commercial building in less than a day, compared with
around two months using traditional processes.

Power Studio includes Playbooks for applying firms’
engineering standards across workflows, AI agents for tasks such as routing and
unit placement, and a physics engine for checking designs against physical
constraints and building codes. Its Type Rooms feature allows a single room
design to be applied across matching rooms in a building.

Endra takes care of the repetitive work, and gives the
engineers back the time for judgment and design. A firm’s engineering judgment
is its product, and Playbooks let a firm hold that as a standard its whole team
designs against, with the engineer setting the requirements and signing off at
every stage,

said Niklas Lindgren, CEO and co-founder of Endra.

The platform’s document engine can generate outputs
including Revit models, single-line diagrams, shop drawings, panelboard
schedules and bills of materials, keeping documentation connected to the
underlying design. Endra says engineers retain control of the process and that
customer data is not used to train its models.

Expanding
into mechanical engineering

The Planlabs acquisition extends Endra’s technology roadmap
into mechanical engineering. Founded in Switzerland in 2024, Planlabs develops
AI technology that uses geometry, data and physics engines to automate building
system design. Its five-person team will join Endra, with the technology set to
support the company’s mechanical engineering capabilities following
integration. Endra also plans to introduce a plumbing module in 2027.

Rea Sodero, co-founder and CEO of Planlabs, said the
company was founded around the idea that mechanical engineering could be
approached differently, using automation to generate coordinated,
collision-free systems while engineers retain control.

With Endra, we have found a team that shares this
vision and has the ambition, technology and reach to bring it to engineers
around the world. Together, we have the opportunity to build something much
bigger: a platform that transforms how every MEP discipline is engineered.

The Power Studio launch and Planlabs acquisition follow a
$50 million Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, with earlier backing from
Notion Capital and Norrsken VC.