Auckland startup Basis launches world-first digital smart panel

Auckland startup Basis launches world-first digital smart panel
Basis co-founders Danny Purcell and Julyan Collett. (Image: supplied)
Greg Hurrell
Electrical startup Basis – which has so far raised $59m – is commercially launching a digital smart panel it says is a world first in the electrical industry.The Auckland company already has more than 7,500 contracted orders for the new generation switchboard, helped with buy-in from a major electrical distribution group.The panel was soft-launched on July 1. Basis co-founder Danny Purcell said a traditional electrical panel worked mainly as a safety unit."We're the first company in the world that has digitised the configur...

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