{"version":1,"type":"story","url":"https://digestai.news/story/endra-launches-ai-electrical-design-tool-acquires-swiss-lab-planlabs","json":"https://digestai.news/story/endra-launches-ai-electrical-design-tool-acquires-swiss-lab-planlabs.json","markdown":"https://digestai.news/story/endra-launches-ai-electrical-design-tool-acquires-swiss-lab-planlabs.md","slug":"endra-launches-ai-electrical-design-tool-acquires-swiss-lab-planlabs","headline":"Endra Launches AI Electrical Design Tool, Acquires Swiss Lab Planlabs","summary":"Endra, an AI platform for mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) engineering, has launched Endra Power Studio, described as the first agentic platform dedicated to electrical engineering. The tool aims to consolidate fragmented workflows—traditionally split across Revit, Excel, and Navisworks—into a single interface where engineers direct AI agents to execute design tasks. Endra claims the platform can produce a code-compliant electrical design for a 500,000-square-foot commercial building in under a day, a process that typically takes two months. Key features include \"Playbooks\" for preserving firm-specific standards, physics-based simulation for validation, and \"Type Rooms\" for automating repetitive design tasks across large projects.\n\nSimultaneously, Endra announced the acquisition of Planlabs, a Swiss AI lab founded in 2024 by five PhDs in mathematics and computer science. Planlabs specializes in generative design for mechanical systems, using proprietary geometry and physics engines to create collision-free solutions. This acquisition positions Endra to expand its platform beyond electrical systems to include mechanical engineering capabilities in the future. The move follows Endra’s $50 million Series A funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz, signaling a strategic push to automate the $150 billion global MEP services market by addressing chronic shortages of skilled engineers.","keyPoints":["Endra launched Power Studio, an agentic AI platform that automates electrical engineering design workflows.","Endra acquired Planlabs, a Swiss AI lab specializing in generative mechanical engineering design.","The company claims the tool reduces a two-month electrical design process to less than one day."],"whyItMatters":"This launch addresses a critical labor shortage in the construction industry by automating complex MEP engineering tasks. By integrating AI agents with industry-standard tools like Revit, Endra aims to significantly reduce design timelines and costs, potentially reshaping how large-scale infrastructure projects are planned and executed.","category":{"slug":"enterprise","name":"Enterprise & Industry","url":"https://digestai.news/category/enterprise"},"entities":{"companies":["Endra","Planlabs","Andreessen Horowitz","Autodesk","AtkinsRéalis","Ramboll"],"models":[],"people":["Niklas Lindgren","Rea Sodero","Olivier De Deken","Garry Kasparov","Joakim Weidemanis","Amar Hanspal"]},"firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-16T18:38:02Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-16T18:38:02Z","sourceCount":1,"hasPrimarySource":false,"sources":[{"outlet":"Unite.AI","title":"Endra Launches AI Electrical Design Tool and Buys Swiss Lab Planlabs","url":"https://unite.ai/endra-launches-ai-electrical-design-tool-and-buys-swiss-lab-planlabs","publishedAt":"2026-09-16T18:38:02Z","type":"press","primary":false,"lead":true}],"sourceNotes":null,"discussions":[],"thread":null,"cite":{"text":"Digest AI, \"Endra Launches AI Electrical Design Tool, Acquires Swiss Lab Planlabs\", 16 September 2026, https://digestai.news/story/endra-launches-ai-electrical-design-tool-acquires-swiss-lab-planlabs","publisher":"Digest AI","title":"Endra Launches AI Electrical Design Tool, Acquires Swiss Lab Planlabs","datePublished":"2026-09-16T18:38:02Z","url":"https://digestai.news/story/endra-launches-ai-electrical-design-tool-acquires-swiss-lab-planlabs"},"generatedBy":"Written by Digest AI's editorial model from the linked sources; the sources are the record.","license":"Headlines, digests and key points are written by Digest AI and may be quoted with a link to the story page. Linked articles belong to their publishers. Terms: https://digestai.news/terms#reuse"}