Building intelligencefor the physical world
Torch is building the intelligence layer for critical outdoor infrastructure, helping the organizations that power and protect our world understand what’s happening across their assets and act before small problems become costly incidents.
Our vision /
Our mission
Our vision
A world where no critical outdoor asset goes unwatched
We believe the next frontier for AI is the physical world. Every substation, solar farm, transmission corridor and critical outdoor site generates signals about its condition. Our vision is to give operators the intelligence to understand those signals continuously—turning previously invisible conditions into decisions and action
Our vision /
Our mission
Our mission
Make the physical world visible, understandable and actionable
Torch is building the intelligence layer for critical outdoor infrastructure, helping the organizations that power and protect our world understand what’s happening across their assets and act before small problems become costly incidents.
Our story
One problem revealed a muchbigger opportunity
The Problem
A world we can't always see
Wildfires move fast. Critical infrastructure spans vast, remote areas. By the time we see a problem, it’s often too late.
The Idea
An idea takes shape
We built a new kind of sensing system — combining multiple forms of data into a single, autonomous device that could detect the earliest signs of risk.
The Opportunity
Intelligence for what’s next
That idea is now the Torch Intelligence Platform — helping organizations continuously understand, protect, and operate the infrastructure they rely on.
Who we are
Meet our founders
Vasya Tremsin
Co-founder & CEO
Vasya Tremsin is the co-founder and CEO of Torch Systems. His path started years before the company existed: as a teenager, his early fire detection research won top honors at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair among 1,800+ competitors, and an asteroid was later named after him for the work. After graduating cum laude from UPenn and UC Berkeley and stints at Microsoft and Visa, he returned to that original research and turned it into Torch.
Anton Tremsin
Co-founder & CTO
Anton Tremsin has spent over three decades at UC Berkeley conducting advanced scientific research, authoring 300+ peer-reviewed publications. He's deployed sensors all over the world and in space, from Stanford University to the Hubble Space Telescope. Anton brings deep technical expertise and a lifelong commitment to innovation, guiding Torch’s engineering from foundational research to product development
Our track record
From an idea to infrastructure in the field
Torch has moved beyond the lab and into real-world operations, helping organizations continuously monitor distributed outdoor assets across the United States.
TerraNodes in the field
States with active deployments
Sites protected
Capital raised
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Careers
Help us bring intelligenceto the physical world
We're building technology at the intersection of AI, hardware, software and critical infrastructure—and we're looking for people who want their work to exist beyond a screen.
At Torch, you'll help solve difficult technical and operational problems with real-world consequences: protecting infrastructure, reducing risk, and giving operators intelligence they've never had before. Reach out at join@torchsystems.com.
