Kayrros

Kayrros is a French environmental intelligence and geospatial analytics company that uses satellite imagery and artificial intelligence to track human activity and its environmental footprint worldwide. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Paris, it measures methane and carbon dioxide emissions, monitors forests and carbon sinks, and analyzes energy flows for traders, operators, investors, regulators, and insurers.^[1][2][4].

In May 2026, market data provider Energy Aspects completed the acquisition of Kayrros, which continues to operate from offices in Paris, London, New York, Houston, Bangalore, and Singapore.^[3]

What It Does

Kayrros applies machine learning to Earth observation data to measure things that are otherwise hard to observe at scale: greenhouse gas emissions, deforestation, vegetation change, industrial construction, and physical climate risk. It describes its offering as geospatial AI for energy and environmental intelligence.^[1]

The company's measurements have been used by institutions including the International Energy Agency and the United Nations Environment Programme's International Methane Emissions Observatory, which rely on Kayrros-supplied detection capacity for global methane monitoring.^[2]

Data and Methodology

Kayrros combines public satellite data, notably the European Space Agency's Copernicus constellation including Sentinel-5P, with commercial imagery and other data sources, processed by proprietary algorithms. Wikipedia notes the company uses both public and private data sources anchored on Copernicus satellites.^[1][2]

Its methane work has been validated in peer-reviewed research: in February 2022, Kayrros data underpinned the first statistical characterization of methane ultra-emitters from oil and gas facilities, published in Science.^[2]

Products

The Risk portfolio includes Methane Watch for regulators and operators, a Wildfire Risk Monitor sold to investors, insurers, and the French public sector, an Imported Deforestation Tracker for corporates, vegetation monitoring for right-of-way operators, a Forest Carbon Monitor for project developers, and forestry due diligence tools for investors.^[1]

The Energy portfolio serves commodity markets with LNG Intelligence, Crude Oil Intelligence, Jet Fuel Intelligence, E&P Intelligence, On-Road Demand, Stockpiles Monitor, Carbon Watch for emissions trading, Solar Construction Monitor, Battery Storage Construction Monitor, Renewable Energy Monitor, Industrial Energy Demand, Equity Tracker, and Site Construction Intelligence. An Innovation Studio builds tailored analytics.^[1]

The company also operates Methane Watch as a free open-data portal.^[1]

Buyers and Use Cases

Stated target industries are commodity and carbon trading, energy and nature-based solution operations, and financial institutions focused on risk management.^[1]

Documented applications include carbon ratings agency BeZero Carbon using Kayrros satellite insights for Amazon basin project assessment, AXA France releasing a wildfire risk model developed by Kayrros in 2023, and journalists and researchers using its methane leak detections, such as the reporting of around 1,000 super-emitter sites in 2022 and major leaks in Turkmenistan.^[2]

History

Kayrros was founded in 2016 in Paris by Antoine Rostand, Antoine Halff, Laurent El Ghaoui, Alexandre d'Aspremont, and Jean-Michel Lasry, combining energy industry and academic backgrounds. It raised a nine million euro Series A reported in January 2017 and a forty million euro round in March 2022 from investors including Bpifrance, BNP Paribas, NewSpace Capital, and the European Investment Bank, bringing total funding since 2016 to about seventy-two million euros.^[2]

The company presented at COP26 in 2021 on behalf of France, and its analyses subsequently informed reporting on Russian methane emission estimates, Ukraine's 2022 wheat harvest, and LNG flows to Europe during the gas crisis. In May 2026, Energy Aspects completed its acquisition of Kayrros.^[1][2]

Landscape

Kayrros sits at the intersection of alternative data for commodities and climate analytics, competing with geospatial analytics firms such as Orbital Insight and SpaceKnow on energy monitoring, and with specialized methane detectors like GHGSat. Its recognition includes selection in TIME's 100 Most Influential Companies of 2023 and the Financial Times' Tech Champions 2022 list.^[1][2]

Within The Alternative Data Encyclopedia it belongs to the satellite-geospatial category alongside providers such as Planet Labs and ICEYE.^[1]