GE Vernova Acquires Alteia for GridOS Visual Data Author Sticky Mahesh Sudhakaran General Manager Grid Software, GE Vernova Mahesh Sudhakaran is the Vice President and General Manager of Grid Software at GE Vernova. He leads an outstanding global team shaping and leading the energy transition, with our customers and partners, by transforming the electric grid to orchestrate carbon-free electricity with mission-critical software and AI.Mahesh has spent over two decades in the Energy and Software Industry across IBM and Schneider Electric. Before joining GE Vernova, Mahesh served as the General Manager for IBM's multibillion Energy Portfolio (Utilities and Oil & Gas Industries). In his decade-long career at IBM, he served in several transformational leadership roles in Product Management, Strategy, Sales, and R&D across hardware, software, and consulting services businesses. He is credited with creating IBM's Clean Energy and Sustainability business and transforming the energy portfolio into software-driven growth.Mahesh is a recognized thought leader in Clean Electrification and Industrial AI. He is a Fellow of the Energy Institute and an active member of the Forbes Technology Council. He also serves on the US Gridwise Infrastructure Advisory Council and the Board of Directors for Gridwise.Mahesh has a BS in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the National Institute of Technology, India, and an MBA from the University of Cambridge. Aug 11, 2025 Last Updated 3 Minute Read Share Welcoming Alteia Today I’m writing to share some very exciting news from the world of GridOS®.I am delighted to announce GE Vernova’s intention to acquire Alteia, a software company specializing in computer vision, machine learning, and AI to bring visual intelligence into operations by transforming visual data into actionable insights. Their technology is the lifeblood of our GridOS Visual Intelligence software, which provides utilities with visual data to help them see a more precise view of their assets and network. It’s another exciting advancement of the GridOS portfolio as we plan to enrich our core operational software, like ADMS and AEMS, with visual data to gain advanced situational awareness. To understand the opportunities visual data presents, let’s dive into how GridOS works.I often compare GridOS to the human body’s central nervous system. It’s a great metaphor for the technology, applications, and workflows GridOS uses to unlock grid orchestration. Think about how the nervous system utilizes the senses to assess the body’s current state and sends and receives messages to determine what the body needs at any given time.It’s that exact type of internal sensing which makes grid orchestration possible. Just like the central nervous system, GridOS assesses the state of the grid, ensuring that everything can be managed in harmony for maximum reliability, resiliency, and sustainability.But just like powering a human body, orchestrating the grid requires more than the ability to sense. It also requires the ability to see. Grid operators need “eyes” on their networks and the risks they face. Only with that crystal-clear line of sight can they reach true grid orchestration.And utilities can attain those “eyes” through GridOS Visual Intelligence. What is GridOS Visual Intelligence? GridOS Visual Intelligence is advanced, AI-enabled software that brings together visual and operational data to deliver actionable insights for grid orchestration. Its visual insights make power networks visible in a real-world way, helping grid planners and operators make faster, smarter decisions about how to minimize risk and optimize operations. Examples of insights include priority areas for utility vegetation management efforts, assets showing signs of corrosion or other damages, damages inflicted by severe storms, and areas at high risk of wildfires needing intervention. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Visual Intelligence’s signature insights hold universal value for the entire GridOS portfolio, given how they enrich grid network models with visual data. When core grid software applications like ADMS and AEMS are enriched with visual insights via network models, operators attain improved situational intelligence (at the person, object, location, and event levels), operational excellence, and the ability to operationalize risk mitigation. This helps them improve safety, increase compliance, realize outage reductions, and other crucial outcomes.To me, that’s the most exciting part about the potential of this acquisition. Every unstable tree branch, leaning power pole, and corroding power asset can be “seen” by users of Visual Intelligence, helping them understand exactly what risks their grids face, both in the moment and in the future. Integrating Visual Intelligence throughout the larger GridOS portfolio will be like having millions of eyes scanning the grid, uniting aerial footage from LiDAR and satellites, ground-based imagery, and other visuals to reveal the current state of the grid. A Future of Less Risk What this means is that utilities can begin to identify and mitigate more risks – whether major or minor, obvious or subtle, immediate or future – with greater precision, effectiveness, and speed. And by extension, they can greatly increase much-needed resiliency against the many risks and threats the grid faces – both today and into the future.Welcoming Alteia into the GE Vernova Grid Software family will open new opportunities to drive resilience and reliability via grid orchestration. The potential underscores GE Vernova Grid Software’s strategic vision of helping grid operators truly see and sense their networks at any moment time.We look forward to welcoming Alteia to GE Vernova and bringing more enhanced situational intelligence to grid planning and operations. Stay tuned for updates, and see my colleague Brian Hoff’s recent blog on this announcement and its implications in the meantime. More about Visual Intelligence All about GridOS Visual IntelligenceFind out what Visual Intelligence can offer any utility tasked with increasing resilience.Visit Page Minimizing disruption impact with a new approachLearn Visual Intelligence’s place in a two-prong disruption mitigation plan.Read Blog Tackling disruptions from all anglesSee GE Vernova's full scope of disruption planning and management solutions.Download Infographic Protecting against disruptionsLearn about the role Visual Intelligence plays in GE Vernova’s Disruption Planning & Recovery solutions.Read eBook Author Section Helping Electric Utilities See the Grid Like Never Before Mahesh Sudhakaran General Manager Grid Software, GE Vernova Mahesh Sudhakaran is the Vice President and General Manager of Grid Software at GE Vernova. He leads an outstanding global team shaping and leading the energy transition, with our customers and partners, by transforming the electric grid to orchestrate carbon-free electricity with mission-critical software and AI.Mahesh has spent over two decades in the Energy and Software Industry across IBM and Schneider Electric. Before joining GE Vernova, Mahesh served as the General Manager for IBM's multibillion Energy Portfolio (Utilities and Oil & Gas Industries). In his decade-long career at IBM, he served in several transformational leadership roles in Product Management, Strategy, Sales, and R&D across hardware, software, and consulting services businesses. He is credited with creating IBM's Clean Energy and Sustainability business and transforming the energy portfolio into software-driven growth.Mahesh is a recognized thought leader in Clean Electrification and Industrial AI. He is a Fellow of the Energy Institute and an active member of the Forbes Technology Council. He also serves on the US Gridwise Infrastructure Advisory Council and the Board of Directors for Gridwise.Mahesh has a BS in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the National Institute of Technology, India, and an MBA from the University of Cambridge.