GridCare emerges from stealth, $13.5 million to generate grid intelligence to solve AI’s power crisis
Gridcare, a groundbreaking grid intelligence company, has officially emerged from invisibility, aiming to address one of the most pressing bottlenecks of artificial intelligence: gaining reliable power. The oversubscribe round is led by Xora (led by Xora, a deep technology venture capital firm powered by Temasek), and consists of climate, AI and infrastructure-centric investors.
The time is urgent. According to a priori study, the global AI market is expected to reach US$757.6 billion by 2025 and to US$36.8 trillion by 2034. This explosive trajectory puts unprecedented pressure on the power grid of the world. The International Energy Agency (IEA) predicts that electricity demand in data centers will double by 2030, and AI has led the allegation. The U.S. alone is expected to see data centers account for almost half of all new electricity demand growth, quickly surpassing the energy use of the entire heavy industry, including steel, cement and chemicals.
“Strength is the new king maker of the AI arms race,” explain Amit NarayanCEO and founder of GridCare. “Those companies with the fastest energy will dominate the next generation of AI. Gridcred brings a key speed advantage to our partners.”
AI-driven grid analysis to accelerate data center buildings
Instead of waiting for new substations and interconnects for five to seven years, GridCare enables developers to bring AI infrastructure online in just 6-12 months. The company’s platform uses generated AI and mesh physics modeling to determine power shortages in thousands of utility networks.
This “power time” optimization allows developers to deploy GPUs and CPUs faster, which is in a competitive environment, not only by defining AI Model Race through the best algorithms, but also by who can run them at scale first.
GridCare acts as a bridge between utility companies and super standards, simplifying the complex, decentralized process around grid access. Developers can offload the burden of power acquisition, while utilities gain new revenue opportunities and better use existing assets.
“GridCare will discover previously invisible grid capabilities,” explain Peter releasesformer director of energy strategy at Meta, is now a partner at New Horizon Group. “It opens up new fast tracks for power, enabling Power-First AI data center development to be developed.”
From Stanford to Smart Grid Boundaries
Gridcare’s team is full of experience at the intersection of energy, artificial intelligence and sustainability. CEO Amit Narayan holds a PhD from UC Berkeley and was previously acquired by Schneider Electric. Ten years ago, he began applying chip-level signal optimization technology to the power grid while working with the Precourt Energy Institute at Stanford University.
Co-founders include:
- Ram Rajagopal, Professor Stanford and Expert on AI-For-Energy Systems
- Liang Min, Director of the BITS & Watts Initiative at Stanford University
- Arun Majumdar, dean of Stanford School of Sustainability and former vice president of energy at Google
Their collective mission: Unlock strategic flexibility from the grid without building new fossil fuel infrastructure.
Utilities embrace smart infrastructure initiative
Not only is GridCare popular with developers, it has quickly gained traction in utilities such as Portland General Electric (PGE) and Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E).
“The rise of AI presents the biggest surge in new power demand we have seen in decades.” explain Larry Bekkedahlsenior vice president of PGE. “Partnering with GridCare allows faster and more confident infrastructure decisions.”
PG&E’s EVP Jason Glickman responded to this view: “Using the infrastructure we already have is one of the most promising solutions for AI energy needs. Gridcare can help us unlock that potential.”
GridCare also promotes a forward-looking concept called Power Cache– Local energy strategy similar to edge computing. Just as Edge Network brings frequently accessed data closer to users to reduce latency, Power Caching generates energy near AI data centers to reduce grid pressure and transmission losses.
By supporting localization of consumer sites, power caches can increase resilience and eliminate long-distance power congestion, an increasingly common problem with Gigawatt-Scale-Scale-Scale-Scale-Scale-Scale-Scale-Scale-Scale-Scale-Scale-Scale-Scale-Scale-Scale-Scale-Scale-Scale-Scale-Scale-Scale-Scale-Scale-Scale-Scale-Scale-Scale-Scale-Scale Scale Scale clusters.
Vision of strategic support and scale
GridCare supporters include:
- Breakthrough energy (founded by Bill Gates)
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Their participation reflects an increasing awareness that addressing the power crisis in AI will define innovations in the next decade.
“GridCare finds a solution to the most limited limits of AI: Energy” explain Phil InagakiCIO of Xora. “Their generative AI platform has the potential to reshape our perception of grid access and scale.”
Powering the AI revolution begins with reimagining the grid
As generated AI reshapes everything from search engines to scientific discoveries, the race to scale these models depends not only on algorithms, but on electricity. GridCare is stepping into places where others are trapped, shifting the power of how to procure, model and deliver in the AI era.
With technological roots deep in the founding team shaped by Stanford’s sustainability mission and a platform that turns GigawAtt-sized grid complexity into viable opportunities, GridCare not only accelerates infrastructure, but also lays the foundation for AI’s next leap forward.
