Omen AI, a San Francisco-based company developing automated fluid-monitoring technology for artificial intelligence data centers, has acquired Aquatic Labs for $16 million in cash and stock.
The acquisition brings Aquatic Labs’ sensing technology and research team into Omen AI as it expands its capabilities for monitoring and maintaining data center cooling systems.
Aquatic Labs founder Allan Adams will become Omen AI’s chief science officer and lead research and development activities.
Adams previously worked as a physics professor at MIT and as a visiting oceanographer at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Omen AI develops sensors designed to analyze cooling fluids continuously while data center equipment is operating.
Traditional testing often requires operators to collect fluid samples and send them to laboratories for analysis.
Omen AI aims to bring those measurements directly into cooling infrastructure, allowing operators to identify changes in fluid chemistry and biological conditions before they cause operational problems.
Aquatic Labs contributes technology that measures total alkalinity in real time without requiring chemicals to be added during each test.
This capability can help operators evaluate conditions associated with corrosion and mineral deposits inside cooling systems.
The technology will complement Omen AI’s existing elemental analysis and biological monitoring capabilities.
The company expects to begin shipping products incorporating the additional monitoring technologies by the end of 2026.
Its longer-term goal is to develop cooling systems capable of automatically adjusting fluid chemistry within approved operating limits and verifying the results through continued measurement.
Founded in 2024, Omen AI has raised $46 million in total funding from investors including Nava Ventures, CRV, and several technology industry investors and executives.
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“The same chemistry corals use to build reefs also causes scale buildup in coffee machines and fouls data center cooling loops. Aquatic Labs and Omen AI have both focused on measuring that chemistry in real time without human intervention, and the tools we have developed pair together powerfully.”
Allan Adams, Chief Science Officer Of Omen AI And Founder Of Aquatic Labs
