TD.Edge detects pressure transients in real time using our proprietary on-device ‘Snip’ algorithm, capturing the hidden events that accelerate pipe fatigue and drive leaks and breaks. TD.Cloud transforms this high-frequency data into predictive insight — identifying root causes, quantifying the fatigue damage, and enabling utilities to mitigate risk before failures occur.
What is TD.Edge + TD.Cloud?
TD.Edge + TD.Cloud is an AI-powered pressure transient monitoring platform built to help water utilities reduce NRW and extend pipe asset life.
Mission.
Provide utilities with defensible insight from advanced technology to reduce NRW, manage risk, and extend pipe asset life — before failure occurs.
History.
2022
Engaged by SA Water to solve the reliable detection of fast-moving pressure events
2023
First iteration of TD.Cloud software with pilots across South Australia and Victoria
2024
TD.Edge Gen 1 with our proprietary algorithms deployed at the edge
2025
TD.Edge Gen 2 pilotted with trusted water utilities in Australia and SE Asia
2026
TD.Edge Gen 3 strategic adoption by progressive water utilities looking to extend pipe asset life
Our Team.
We are engineers, data scientists, and infrastructure specialists focused on one challenge: protecting pipe networks from transient-driven fatigue and failure. We design and manufacture TD.Edge and TD.Cloud in Australia and work closely with utilities to ensure our technology performs in real-world network conditions.
Kale Needham
CEO & Founder
I started my career as a research scientist and then an analyst, with a passion for solving problems that intersect science and business. I founded Transient Detect to solve a critical infrastructure challenge: understanding the hidden impact of pressure transients on water networks. By combining edge sensing, physics-based modelling, and AI/ML, we help utilities detect leaks sooner, reduce risk, extend asset life, and make smarter capital decisions.
Chris Jansz
CTO
I have +20 yrs working in Australia, Asia, Europe and the US across a broad range of technology roles. My passion is now making our IoT-to-AI platform best-in-class to support our data scientists to deliver value for our customers. My favourite project so far has been building the TD.Cloud platform from the ground up and seeing it successfully handle a diverse range of use cases.
Dr Janakiraman (Ram) Balachandran
Chief Data Scientist
An engineer at the heart, I deeply care about automation, redundancy, precision, performance, scale and safety. My passion is towards using a wide range of modelling approaches (analytical, computational and data-driven) to understand, predict and optimise complex systems. I’m deeply interested in solving problems that have tangible impacts for our most precious resource, water.
