Endra Power Studio: AI Electrical Design With Engineers Still in Control

Electrical MEP design often requires engineers to move information among modeling, calculation, documentation and coordination tools. Endra Power Studio is positioned as an agentic platform intended to consolidate that work: an engineer loads a building model, establishes project requirements, directs AI agents through tasks, and reviews the resulting work before sign-off. 78

What Endra Power Studio is designed to do

Power Studio combines electrical design, engineering calculations, simulation and documentation in a connected workflow rather than treating them as separate point-tool tasks. Endra’s public materials also describe automated circuit wiring, cable sizing and schedule exports, plus 2D and 3D model generation. 18

The intended workflow is straightforward:

1. Start with the building model and project requirements.
2. Delegate defined design tasks to AI agents.
3. Review outputs during the process, rather than only at the end.
4. Transfer MEP designs into Revit through Endra’s Revit add-in. 2723

For electrical teams, the goal is less manual handoff between design, calculation and documentation stages, with a more direct path from the building model to project deliverables.

Replacing a fragmented MEP workflow

Endra’s proposition is that electrical design work should run in one system instead of a patchwork of tools used for system design, calculations, simulation and paperwork. Power Studio is specifically presented as an end-to-end electrical-design workflow. 823

That matters because disconnected workflows can create repeated data entry and make coordination harder when project requirements change. A unified workflow does not eliminate engineering responsibility, but it could reduce the repetitive production work surrounding it if the platform performs as described.

How engineers retain standards, judgment and final approval

The platform is not presented as an autonomous substitute for the accountable engineer. In Endra’s described process, engineers set requirements, determine what agents should do, review work throughout the process and sign off at each stage. 71823

A key feature is Playbooks: firm-specific repositories for standards such as equipment or unit placement, circuiting, code interpretation and calculation methods. Endra says agents and workflows use these Playbooks so teams can apply their own established practices across projects. 723

This approach is important in a profession where design conditions, local code interpretation, coordination constraints and professional accountability cannot be reduced to a generic workflow. The practical test will be whether firms can review exceptions clearly, trace outputs to their assumptions and retain effective control of project-specific decisions.

Claimed outputs and integrations

Public descriptions of Endra’s platform include electrical models, calculations, simulations and construction documentation. Reported outputs include Revit models, single-line diagrams, shop drawings, panelboard schedules and bills of materials. 12

Endra also says its Revit add-in lets users import MEP designs directly into a Revit model, connecting automated design work to project execution. 2 Its broader platform materials describe 2D and 3D models, schedules and documentation generation. 115

Code compliance and data privacy: what is known—and what is not

Endra says its workflow uses firm Playbooks and a physics engine for engineering and code-compliance checks. 1630 Those are product claims, and they do not remove the need for engineers to assess the applicable rules, assumptions and final output for a specific project.

The available public materials support the claim that engineers review and approve the work, but they do not provide enough independently verifiable detail to assess data retention, model-training practices, security controls or the full governance treatment of customer project data. Firms considering the platform should seek contractual and technical answers on those points before using sensitive design information.

The headline speed claim needs context

Endra claims Power Studio can complete the electrical design of a 500,000-square-foot commercial building in less than one day, compared with roughly two months using conventional workflows. 719

That is a company claim—not an independently validated industry benchmark. A review of the announcement notes that the outcome can vary with building complexity, jurisdiction, input-model quality and approval requirements. 10 The meaningful evaluation for an engineering firm is therefore repeatable performance on comparable projects, including quality of documentation, exceptions found in review and the time required for final coordination.

Why Endra acquired Planlabs

Alongside the Power Studio launch, Endra acquired Planlabs, a Swiss AI company founded in 2024. Planlabs develops technology combining geometry, data and physics engines to automate building-system design and support BIM-connected planning. 1431

The acquisition is meant to extend Endra beyond its electrical focus into mechanical engineering. Reporting describes Planlabs as a five-person team, with its technology and team joining Endra to help build a broader mechanical, electrical and plumbing platform rather than separate discipline-specific products. 616

Funding and the larger MEP ambition

Endra previously raised a $20 million seed round. Reporting around the Power Studio and Planlabs announcement also describes a $50 million Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, with Notion Capital and Norrsken VC named among its backers. 61420

The larger strategy is to make MEP production more scalable: move from a building model to coordinated design work, calculations and documentation with more automation, while leaving the engineer responsible for requirements, judgment, review and approval. Power Studio is the electrical component of that strategy; the Planlabs deal signals Endra’s intent to bring mechanical engineering into the same platform. 81431