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April 1, 2026
Utilities Bet $28M AI Can Model the Grid
Published: April 1, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Updated: April 1, 2026 at 12:34 AM
100-word summary
ThinkLabs AI just raised $28 million from a who's who of energy investors: Energy Impact Partners, NVentures (Nvidia's venture arm), and Edison International. The bet? That physics-informed AI can help utilities plan the grid faster than traditional methods. The investor list tells the story. When actual utilities and their venture funds write checks, they're not dabbling in demos. They're funding tools they plan to use. ThinkLabs builds digital twins (software copies of physical systems) that predict how power grids will behave under stress. The money will expand those models and get them into more utility control rooms. If your power company can't handle surging demand from data centers, this is...
What happened
ThinkLabs AI just raised $28 million from a who's who of energy investors: Energy Impact Partners, NVentures (Nvidia's venture arm), and Edison International. The bet? That physics-informed AI can help utilities plan the grid faster than traditional methods.
Why it matters
The investor list tells the story. When actual utilities and their venture funds write checks, they're not dabbling in demos. They're funding tools they plan to use. ThinkLabs builds digital twins (software copies of physical systems) that predict how power grids will behave under stress. The money will expand those models and get them into more utility control rooms. If your power company can't handle surging demand from data centers, this is one answer they're testing.