CategoryDrones
Overview
SolarBrush (now Aerial Power , rebranded to Aerial Agency / AIr™) is a London-based robotics company developing drone-based cleaning technology for solar panels. Founded by German engineer Ridha Azaiz — who conceived the concept at age 13 — the company's flagship SolarBrush product attaches a brush to an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to remove dust and soiling from photovoltaic panels in arid regions, restoring energy-generation efficiency without water. The technology has since evolved into a patented, drone-agnostic airflow cleaning method (AIr™) that uses rotor downwash for waterless, non-contact surface maintenance.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
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Funding to date
Awards
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Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
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Where SolarBrush's robots are verified operating. Explore the deployment map by place and type.
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- delivery and inspection drones in Ukraine (combat zones) →
- delivery and inspection drones in Nevada →
- delivery and inspection drones in United Kingdom →
- delivery and inspection drones in China →
- The global deployment map →
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Ridha Azaiz Founder & CEOSEC-verified
Founders (1)
- Ridha Azaizsolefounded 2014-01-01
Safety record
No incidents on record for SolarBrush.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
SolarBrush in third-party press
Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Amazon4 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Teledyne FLIR4 models
- AeroVironment3 models
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Funding rounds (1)
- Seed2015-01-01
$200,000(reported)
Investors: Pitch@Palace, Start-Up Chile, EASME (EU Executive Agency for SMEs)
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
Common questions
- What is SolarBrush?
- SolarBrush (now Aerial Power, rebranded to Aerial Agency / AIr™) is a London-based robotics company developing drone-based cleaning technology for solar panels. Founded by German engineer Ridha Azaiz — who conceived the concept at age 13 — the company's flagship SolarBrush product attaches a brush to an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to remove dust and soiling from photovoltaic panels in arid regions, restoring energy-generation efficiency without water. The technology has since evolved into a patented, drone-agnostic airflow cleaning method (AIr™) that uses rotor downwash for waterless, non-contact surface maintenance.
- What does SolarBrush make?
- SolarBrush has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: SolarBrush (SolarBrush builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them).
- Who competes with SolarBrush?
- On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to SolarBrush building in the same form factors include Anduril Industries, DJI, Amazon, Autel Robotics.
- Who is the CEO of SolarBrush?
- Ridha Azaiz is the ceo of SolarBrush, per the DEPLOY registry.
- Where is SolarBrush headquartered?
- SolarBrush is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.
- How much funding has SolarBrush raised?
- SolarBrush has raised approximately $200K in disclosed funding on record in the DEPLOY registry.
- Where does SolarBrush operate robots?
- SolarBrush is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.
- Is SolarBrush a top robotics company?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, SolarBrush ranks in roughly the top 86% of companies tracked by the registry.
- When was SolarBrush founded?
- SolarBrush was founded in 2014.
- Is SolarBrush safe?
- SolarBrush has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-18
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-18
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for SolarBrush.Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Amazon4 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Teledyne FLIR4 models
- AeroVironment3 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning SolarBrush from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Drones in agrivoltaics: An exploratory review
Peer-reviewed review citing Aerial Power's SolarBrush as an example of companies offering drone-based PV panel cleaning products, noting its brush 'tail' attachment on a UAV.
Start-Up Chile — Analysis (IEA)
IEA analysis of the Start-Up Chile accelerator notes it supported non-Chilean start-up Aerial Power (formerly SolarBrush), an Anglo-German developer of a drone system for solar PV…
Meet the 11 startups accelerating change at VERGE Hawaii
Aerial Power (maker of SolarBrush) selected for the VERGE Accelerate cohort at VERGE Hawaii 2018 as the first company to develop a fully automated drone-based method for cleaning…
Solarbrush — betahaus Berlin interview with founder Ridha Azaiz
betahaus interview with Ridha Azaiz, founder of SolarBrush, covering the brush-carrying cleaning robot for solar panels and the company's participation in the hub:raum accelerator…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/solar-brush.md
- RSS feed: /companies/solar-brush/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/d65b3a55-dc24-42b0-ab6f-0ca3c3a92f58
- Revision history: /companies/solar-brush/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Amazon4 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Teledyne FLIR4 models
- AeroVironment3 models
Video
Reality vs attention
SolarBrush draws attention at the 30th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among aerial robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Funding runway warrants monitoring: last known round 141 months ago.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Jul 23, 2026