Fuel stations across Europe are rapidly moving toward full automation. Pumps operate themselves, payments happen without staff, and customers expect everything to “just work.” Yet one challenge remains: without on-site personnel, who notices when something breaks?
A jammed nozzle, a frozen payment terminal or a leaking pistol can shut down a station for hours before anyone realises.
That is the problem AVIA and Score are now tackling together.
AVIA, one of Europe’s most established fuel cooperatives, is partnering with Score (built on Bittensor’s Subnet 44), a Vision AI company best known for its breakthroughs in autonomous sports analysis.
This marks Score’s first major exploration beyond sports, applying its video intelligence technology to real-world infrastructure.
This strategic partnership aims to deliver a new standard for intelligent, self-monitoring petrol stations across Europe.
Introducing Vision AI for Automated Fuel Networks
Instead of waiting for customers to report issues or relying on slow manual oversight, Score would deliver Vision AI models that would analyse live camera feeds and detect operational problems instantly.
The system would identify issues such as:
a. Pumps unable to dispense fuel
b. Faulty or unresponsive payment terminals
c. Misplaced, jammed or leaking fuel pistols
d. Blocked bays or abnormal traffic flow
This would ensure that each incident is picked up within seconds, triggering immediate alerts for remote operators. What once took hours to discover can now be acted on in real-time.
This transforms station uptime, safety and overall customer experience.
A Scalable Blueprint for Smart Petrol Stations
The partnership is not a single deployment. It is a full research collaboration aimed at building a generalised Vision AI model that works across AVIA’s diverse network of over 3,000 stations.
The long-term goal is to create an operational layer that delivers:
a. Continuous autonomous monitoring
b. Real-time computer vision alerts
c. Predictive insight into equipment failures
d. Faster troubleshooting with minimal downtime
Instead of each station functioning as an isolated site, the entire AVIA network gains a shared intelligence layer powered by the same Vision AI engine.
How Both Sides See the Future
For AVIA, this marks a shift from automated operations to intelligent operations.
“Automation in fuel retail is advancing rapidly, but true autonomy requires intelligence,” said Guillaume Boussaroque, Network Manager at AVIA. “Working with Score adds real time awareness to our network.”
For Score, it is an opportunity to prove that its cutting-edge technology, fundamentally used in sports, can operate at infrastructure scale.
“Petrol stations are becoming fully autonomous environments,” said Maxime Sebti, CEO of Score. “Our Vision AI can detect and solve operational problems in seconds. This partnership lets us demonstrate its impact beyond sports.”
Final Thoughts
This collaboration signals a milestone for both companies. For AVIA, it is a leap toward a safer, more reliable network of unattended stations. For Score, it is the first major expansion of its Vision AI outside professional sports and into the broader world of infrastructure.
Together, they are creating a model for the next era of fuel retail: stations that see, understand and respond on their own.
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