Solvera raises $6.3M to scale the AI-native engineering firm

Oslo-based Solvera has closed a $6.3 million pre-seed round to push an idea that sounds obvious until someone tries to run a company on it: build the engineering firm around AI, not just a tool for engineers. Seedcamp led the round, with Construct Venture, Inception Fund, Momentum, Obos Ventures, PSV Tech, Sondo and The Nordic Web Ventures also in. Angel backers included Spacemaker founders Anders Kvåle and Håvard Haukeland.

The company was founded by Arif Mirza, Pål Rasmussen and Thorvald Thorsnes. Its pitch is simple enough, even if the execution isn’t: Solvera combines AI technology with experienced building engineers and sells end-to-end engineering services. That means taking a project from the first requirements and constraints all the way to coordinated, construction-ready designs.

At the center sits a purpose-built operating system that uses AI agents to take on more of the engineering work over time. Human engineers still make the judgment calls and handle the key decisions. The system is meant to learn from each project and reuse that knowledge later, instead of making every new job start from scratch.

Solvera is starting with mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineering, or MEP, where the work is messy, manual and often split across too many tools. The company says it is already working on several building projects in Norway, from early-stage engineering through detailed design, including commercial work with contractor Betonmast. The new money will go toward growing the engineering and technology team in Oslo, opening a London office, and continuing to build the operating system. It also plans to expand into more markets as the model develops.