Emerald AI
Energy AI · Smart Grid
$304.5Mtotal raised · 5 rounds on record
5open roles
$150Mlatest round · Series A · Aug 2026 · 2 mo ago
5backers · Radical Ventures, DCVC
Overview
Emerald AI turns AI data centers into flexible grid assets, unlocking power capacity for AI while protecting grid reliability and energy affordability.
Funding and backers
Total raised
$304.5M
5 rounds on record
Latest round
$150M
Series A · Aug 2026 · 2 mo ago
Team
11-50
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
6
+1 posted in 30 days
Backers
5
Radical Ventures, DCVC
The money's age
Fresh money
2 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
42/100
hiring for its size, in the news, fresh money
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Aug 25
Raised a round Series A $150M
Mar 23
Partnership WSJ: Nvidia, Emerald AI Partner With Power Companies on New AI Factories Participating power companies include AES, Constellation, Invenergy, NextEra… · wsj.com
Feb 6
Raised a round Venture round $22.7M · SEC Form D
Jul 30, 2025
Raised a round Venture round $34.2M · SEC Form D
Nov 25, 2024
Raised a round Venture round $7.3M · SEC Form D
2024
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 2%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series A | Aug 2026 | $150M | — | datacenterdynamics.com |
| Venture round | Jul 2026 | $90.2M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Feb 2026 | $22.7M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Jul 2025 | $34.2M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Nov 2024 | $7.3M | — | SEC Form D |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | Emerald AI, Inc. | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Varun SivaramExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
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Visa sponsorship
1
H-1B filings in 12 months
$243k
Median offered salary
6
Open roles in United States
Who they sponsor
Software developers
1
In the register as Emerald AI, Inc., Washington, DC
Other sponsors in the same field
Gridsight 
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 
C3 AI
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US Department of Labor · latest filing May 7, 2026 · Visa details by country
Growth
Hiring Momentum
44/100
Stable
Open positions
6
1 opened / 1 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
185 days
faster than 6% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Product
50% ▼
Legal
50% ▲
Activity Timeline
Added SLI/SLO/SLA to stack
Oct 2026
New location: Oakland
Sep 2026
Removed Windows from stack
Sep 2026
Added Windows to stack
Sep 2026
Added Linux to stack
Sep 2026
Added Machine Learning to stack
Sep 2026
Financials
Total raised
$304.5M
Latest round
Series A
Funding rounds
5
People
Varun Sivaram
Executive Officer, Director
Rob Toews
Director
Markus Specks
Director
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Emerald AI over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
31
Postings analysed
6
Stack modernity
66/100
Languages
Python
C++
Rust
SQL
Frameworks & libraries
NCCL
Databases
InfluxDB
TimescaleDB
PostgreSQL
Cloud & platforms
Kubernetes
AWS
Amazon S3
Apache Kafka
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31 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
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Shared investors
Energize CapitalVia a fund
Radical VenturesVia a fund
Energy Impact PartnersVia a fund
Salesforce VenturesVia a fund
DCVCVia a fund
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News
Google, NVIDIA, and Emerald AI Launch AI Data Center Power Coalition, AEMA
Discover how the new AI Data Center Power Coalition, AEMA, by Google, NVIDIA, and Emerald AI plans to fix the data center power grid crisis.
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Google, Nvidia, and Emerald AI launch Alliance to advance data centers that dynamically adjust electricity use based on grid conditions
The AI Energy Management Alliance wants to lay the framework for how future data centers can use energy more sympathetically with the grid.
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Nvidia, Google and Emerald AI launch flexible data center consortium
Nvidia, Google and Emerald AI launch flexible data center consortium - SiliconANGLE
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Google, Nvidia, and Anthropic want Emerald AI to find space on the grid for more data centers
A new coalition that includes Google, Nvidia, Anthropic, and Emerald AI wants to find 100 GW of grid capacity for new data centers.
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Emerald AI, Google, And NVIDIA Launch AI Energy Management Alliance With 18 Partners To Advance Flexible AI Data Centers
Emerald AI, Google and NVIDIA have launched the AI Energy Management Alliance, a new coalition focused on making AI data centers more flexible participants in the power grid by allowing facilities to dynamically adjust electricity consumption during perio
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Google, Nvidia, and Emerald AI found the AI Energy Management Alliance to support demand response capabilities within the data center sector
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Data centers can be good citizens. It's why we're partnering with Google and Nvidia to create the AI Energy Management Alliance
Today, the AI Energy Management Alliance is launching with 18 members who lead the AI and energy industries. We want to support our communities.
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AXIOS: Tech giants launch flexible-power coalition for data centers A new coalition launched Wednesday is seeking a triple win for a data center industry that lately has struggled to notch any wins at all. September 16, 2026
A new coalition launched Wednesday is seeking a triple win for a data center industry that lately has struggled to notch any wins at all.
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From Megawatts to Tokens: How NVIDIA Maximizes AI Factory Production
On a sweltering August evening in Silicon Valley, as the sun dropped and air conditioning loads spiked, Silicon Valley Power sent a signal to an AI factory to adjust its power consumption. Varun Sivaram was watching on Zoom with about forty others - his t
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
3
Hiring now
3
Countries
1
Busiest office
Washington
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Washington
United States
HQ
5 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 40% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for AI/ML, Product, Legal
Boston
United States
Regional office
5 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 40% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for AI/ML, Product, Legal
Oakland
United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Product