Emesent

Emesent was founded in 2018 by Dr. Stefan Hrabar and Dr. Farid Kendoul following a decade of robotics research at CSIRO's Data61. The company pioneered autonomous drone-based mapping in GPS-denied underground environments and has grown to serve over 300 customers in 40+ countries. Its technology is deployed at major operations including BHP's Olympic Dam and Carrapateena.

Emesent raised $32M in Series A funding led by Perennial Partners, Tiger Global, and TELUS Ventures. The company has won multiple 2025 Mining Technology Excellence Awards and established partnerships with Pointerra, Boston Dynamics, DJI, and Freefly for end-to-end reality capture and digital twin workflows. The company employs approximately 80–130 people and is headquartered in Milton (Brisbane), Queensland.