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Emerald AI
Software that flexes AI data-centre power to unlock grid capacity
About Emerald AI
Emerald AI is a Washington, D.C. energy-tech company founded in 2024 by CEO Dr. Varun Sivaram that builds Emerald Conductor, software which sorts AI data-centre workloads by delay tolerance and slows, pauses, caps or shifts deferrable jobs when utilities signal grid stress. The approach targets compute itself rather than only cooling, aiming to unlock more than 100 GW of unused U.S. grid capacity for AI growth without decade-long generation and transmission builds. Field tests include a May 2025 Phoenix demonstration that cut a 256-GPU Nvidia cluster's average base load by 25% for three hours, plus commercial demos with Nvidia, Oracle, Nebius, EPRI and National Grid in Arizona, Illinois, Virginia, Oregon and London; Silicon Valley Power has launched a Flexible Load Interconnection Program with Emerald. Leadership includes chief scientist Prof. Ayse Coskun (Boston University). After earlier seed financing, in August 2026 Emerald raised an oversubscribed $150 million Series A co-led by Energize Capital and DCVC at a $1.05 billion valuation, with Nvidia, Siemens, RWE, GE Vernova, Aramco Ventures, Samsung Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, JERA Ventures, In-Q-Tel and others, taking total funding past $220 million. Sources: The Next Web / Reuters Aug 2026; Emerald AI.
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- Status
- Operational
- Founded
- 2025
- Headquarters
- Washington DC, United States
- Employees
- 46
- Open positions
- 10
- Dealroom signal
- 92.4/100
- Sector
- Energy, Smart Grid, Core AI, Sustainable Development Goals, Virtual Power Plant, Climate Tech, Energy Management System, Grid Technology, Data Centers, AI Applications
- Technology
- Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, IoT InternetOfThings
- Business model
- SaaS
- Client focus
- b2b
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Funding history
Company financing events and reported valuations.
| Deal type | Date | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SERIES A✓Equity / VC | Aug 2026 | $150M | $1.1B | Salesforce Ventures · DCVC · Samsung Ventures · Nvidia | ↗ |
| EARLY VC✓Equity / VC | Mar 2026 | $0 | — | Siemens | ↗ |
Growth signals
Latest recorded traffic for Emerald AI is 17K monthly website visits, down 15% over the last three months. Emerald AI's team grew 360% over the past year.
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Seed19 investors entered at this stage
Series A7 investors entered at this stage
Siemens
DCVC
Energize Capital
Salesforce Ventures
Samsung Ventures
Nvidia
GE Vernova
Other known investors1 additional known investor
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