GridCARE

GridCARE provides an AI-native platform that accelerates power delivery to large-scale AI data centers by unlocking latent capacity in existing electrical grid infrastructure. The company partners with AI infrastructure developers and electric utilities to identify and utilize underused grid capacity, reducing the time-to-energize from years to months without requiring costly grid upgrades. The GridCARE Energize platform comprises three core components: Power Finder, which uses pre-trained AI models to analyze locations and identify regions with available grid capacity; Power Activation, which unlocks latent grid capacity through managed flexibility and flexible interconnections; and Power Operations, which provides real-time monitoring and dispatch to operationalize flexible power connections. The platform employs generative AI to pinpoint optimal sites and optimize grid capacity utilization across all locations and hours. GridCARE addresses the critical bottleneck where the US grid operates at less than one-third utilization even in congested locations, creating value of $25 billion per GW of accelerated power capacity. Case studies demonstrate 400 MW unlocked for Portland General Electric, 150 MW secured for AI Fabrik in months instead of years, and 650 MW of untapped capacity identified for National Grid in New York New York. Founded in 2024 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, GridCARE has raised approximately $77.5 million in Series A funding from investors including Xora Innovation, Temasek, Breakthrough Energy, Sutter Hill Ventures, National Grid Partners, Stanford University, Sherpalo Ventures, and Emerson Collective.