• Gridcare

  Participated · Series A · May 2026

  GridCARE develops the Energize platform, which uses physics-based AI models to evaluate grid conditions—congestion, outages, weather, and demand fluctuations—in real time to locate underutilized power capacity. The company positions this approach as a way to shorten interconnection timelines for large data centers and AI facilities from years to months by unlocking existing grid capacity. GridCARE reports active projects across more than a dozen markets representing over 2 gigawatts of prospective AI compute capacity and cites a Portland General Electric collaboration that identified a pathway to unlock more than 400 megawatts with 80 megawatts expected online in 2026. Co-founder and CTO Ram Rajagopal is a Stanford professor on leave, and the company emphasizes working collaboratively with utilities. GridCARE frames the market opportunity around a “Time-to-Energize Crisis,” arguing power availability is a growing bottleneck for AI expansion. Financially, the company recently raised a $64 million Series A in an oversubscribed round that materially increased its valuation versus a round less than a year earlier.

• Hammerhead AI

  Participated · Seed · Nov 2025

  Hammerhead AI is a San Francisco-based startup developing the orchestrated RL control agents (ORCA) platform, which deploys reinforcement-learning agents to deliver power-aware orchestration for AI factory operators. By transforming power constraints into actionable strategies, the platform boosts token-processing capacity and, in turn, revenue and shareholder value without waiting for grid expansions. Led by CEO Rahul Kar and CTO Rajeev Singh, the company positions itself as a critical layer between infrastructure OEMs and large-scale AI compute facilities. Hammerhead AI plans to use its new capital to accelerate product development, expand global deployments, and deepen collaborations with infrastructure providers and AI factory customers. The $10 million seed round marks the company’s first disclosed financing and provides the resources to scale both engineering and go-to-market operations.

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