Gridlock: Powering a More Reliable Grid | Hosted by SE Ventures, ArcTern Ventures, Powerhouse, and Overture VC
Join us during SF Climate Week for a curated mixer and panel discussion on the future of grid tech, on a gorgeous mid-Market rooftop overlooking the city.
Co-hosted by SE Ventures, ArcTern Ventures, Powerhouse Ventures & Overture, we're bringing together startup founders, corporate leaders, and investors for a cross-sector conversation around the question we're all tackling: Can we actually build and operate the grid fast enough?
If you're innovating in this space - or want to meet and learn from founders at the forefront - we'll see you there.
3:30pm: Arrival (please arrive before 4!)
4:00pm: Panel
4:40pm-5:30pm: Mixer
Curated guestlist. Please RSVP to secure your spot.
*Note - parking is limited in this area of town, so we recommend rideshare!
Gridlock: Powering a More Reliable Grid
Panelists:
Tim Hade, Founder & CEO, Brightfield
Rahul Kar, Co-Founder & CEO, Hammerhead
Johnny Gannon, Head of Product, Heron Power
Moderated by: Mira Inbar, Partner, ArcTern Ventures
Everyone's talking about where the electrons will come from. But who's building the physical hardware, and the software intelligence, to move them?
The challenge is acute. U.S. power transformer lead times have ballooned to 128 weeks. Prices have surged nearly 80%. Half of America's 60 million installed transformers are past their expected service life. And the bottleneck extends well beyond transformers to switchgear, breakers, and cables. But the solutions aren't purely physical: next-generation solid-state transformers are software-defined. AI is unlocking hidden capacity on existing grids. Agentic platforms are compressing C&I storage deployment from years to months. And grid-forming controls are turning hardware into intelligent, adaptive infrastructure.
This panel moves past the "AI load growth" narrative to ask what's actually happening on the supply side, and how hardware innovation, software intelligence, and new supply chain models are converging to build the grid we need.
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