AirKind relaunches in Milwaukee with climate intelligence platform

AirKind, led by CEO Iftach Cohen, develops a climate intelligence platform designed to connect, automate and optimize heating and cooling systems in multi-room commercial buildings like senior living facilities, hotels and dormitories.

The company previously operated as Setpoint, which was founded in 2015 in Israel. Along with the new name, the company has a new headquarters: Milwaukee. The change comes with a new focus on the U.S. market, where aging building infrastructure and rising energy costs are creating demand for retrofit solutions.

Cohen said the move to Wisconsin was driven by proximity to customers, access to engineering talent and the ability to support manufacturing and deployment more efficiently.

“We decided to focus on the U.S. market to begin with,” he said. “It’s enormous enough, and it allows us to be closer to our customers and provide better support.”

“What we’re doing is connecting, digitizing and automating heating and cooling units in aging multi-room commercial buildings,” Cohen said.

AirKind combines hardware and software to retrofit existing heating and cooling units, allowing building operators to monitor and control temperature, humidity and occupancy across multiple rooms. The technology is designed to work with a wide range of older systems, regardless of brand or configuration.

Each room is equipped with a network of sensors and controllers that feed data to a cloud-based platform. From there, the system uses automation to adjust climate conditions and identify potential maintenance issues before they occur.

Cohen said the system can be installed in existing buildings without major disruption, with installation taking about 20 minutes per room.

The company’s initial focus has been on senior living facilities, where operators must balance resident comfort with regulatory requirements around temperature control. Cohen said the platform is designed to help reduce both energy use and maintenance costs while maintaining consistent indoor conditions.

The relaunch has also coincided with changes in how the company operates internally, including the use of AI-driven tools to support customers and manage system data.

“Forty percent of my team members are not humans,” Cohen said. “They are bots, and they are working 24/7 to support our customers.”

Those tools handle tasks such as monitoring system performance, generating maintenance alerts and communicating directly with facility managers. Human team members remain involved when needed, but much of the day-to-day interaction is automated.

Cohen said the combination of automation, local manufacturing and a focused market strategy has allowed the company to rebuild with a smaller team while maintaining its ability to serve customers.

The company is also part of the state’s Qualified New Business Venture program, administered by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation. According to PitchBook, AirKind raised an undisclosed amount of venture funding from the BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation in July 2025.

As AirKind expands its U.S. presence, the company is positioning itself around a common challenge across many industries: how to modernize older buildings without replacing existing infrastructure.

“We come as an enabler,” Cohen said. “We allow these buildings to harness modern technology without changing everything they already have.”