Sorair Technologies

Sorair Technologies is a UK-based drone automation company whose core product is Soranet, described as a hardware-agnostic drone automations platform built on three pillars: technology, automation workflows and compliance. The platform is modular, combining Soranet Pilot, the Soranet Drone Engine, a Soranet Sensor Suite, an onboard AI component called LookOut Engine, and a Flight School membership. It is positioned as an autonomous surveillance system that applies AI to cameras and smoke/fire alarms to detect and manage threats, while autonomous vehicles patrol sites, respond to incidents and gather data that can be used by law enforcement and insurance providers.

The company markets solutions for security, fire safety and site monitoring, and its Autonomous Vehicle Module is presented as an alternative to static cameras for more flexible surveillance coverage. Sorair also runs a Flight School programme covering beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations, with drones managed, scheduled and deployed from a central control room and compliance handled on the customer's behalf. Following a tenancy at the Satellite Applications Catapult's Westcott Innovation Centre, where it built a communications control centre and used the Drone Test and Development Facility, the company said it had exited its research and development phase and was moving toward business development and deployment.

Founding story

The founders' experience working in logistics companies exposed dated and inefficient infrastructure across warehousing, delivery and transportation, and they concluded that drones combined with AI-led software and automation could strengthen supply chains for businesses of all sizes, leading to the creation of Sorair Technologies.

Business model

Sorair sells modular subscriptions to its Soranet platform, with customers assembling components (Pilot, Drone Engine, Sensor Suite, LookOut Engine onboard AI and Flight School membership) to match their site. Standardised industry packages are tiered by site size: Mini for sites under 50,000 sq m from GBP 5,000 per year, Max for sites between 50,000 and 500,000 sq m from GBP 20,000 per year, and Titan for sites over 500,000 sq m priced on enquiry. The company states pricing is modular and customisable and that its solutions are designed to fit into existing customer processes.

Annual recurring package fees for the Soranet platform, tiered by site size with published entry prices of GBP 5,000 per year (Mini) and GBP 20,000 per year (Max), plus custom-quoted packages for the largest sites.

Traction

By July 2024 the company reported securing its first set of clients, completing testing and validation of its drone flight capabilities at the Westcott Innovation Centre, and moving to a larger site to expand staff and operations as it exited the R&D phase. Partners Equilibrium Risk and ASEL publicly describe deployments and integrations, including an ASEL WASP-Soranet integration demonstrated at Retail Technology 2025 at ExCeL.

Latest developments

As of mid-2024 the company was exploring autonomous surveillance for ports, retail estates and vacant property and land, and named its top priorities as securing Civil Aviation Authority approval for beyond visual line-of-sight operations and finalising an extended pre-seed funding round. Its site references a demonstration of the ASEL WASP and Soranet integration at Retail Technology 2025 at ExCeL and promotes the Sorair Flight School BVLOS programme.