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At Latitude Media’s Transition AI event this week, our Director of Policy and Market Development, Angela Kassahun, emphasized the need for increased collaboration among stakeholders and regulators to scale AI at the grid edge. Efforts like Consumers Energy’s DOE-funded project to deploy our distributed AI platform demonstrates the power of partnerships between research organizations, utilities, and the EV industry to break down barriers and accelerate the adoption of new technologies.

What's the biggest opportunity for AI and energy? Helena Fu of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) says it's GPUs and distributed AI models at the grid edge. DOE is funding several projects to scale our distributed AI platform, Karman, powered by our custom NVIDIA GPU to make the grid more reliable and efficient. Listen to the full conversation on the NVIDIA AI podcast: https://lnkd.in/eWwDhBEY

ICYMI: Michigan’s Consumers Energy became the fourth utility to receive U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) funding to deploy our distributed AI platform, Karman. Ryan Jackson, who leads corporate strategy and strategic projects at Consumers Energy, explained that deploying Karman is "really about the timeliness of the data, the accuracy of the data and the location of the data, so that we can match local interventions with local grid needs.” Consumers will use Karman to get its first managed EV charging program off the ground. Read more from Latitude Media: https://lnkd.in/eK3tpGWA

AI-ready infrastructure is going to not only make the grid more efficient, but increase security and reduce costs for utilities. Hear more from our COO, Jess Melanson, who joined Utility Dive reporter, Herman Trabish, on the United States Energy Association podcast https://lnkd.in/eEYz-2hd

Check out TechCrunch’s Women in AI series featuring our CTO, Marissa Hummon 💡 Her advice to women: Judge a potential employer by the way they show up in the interview process, not by the statements or the reports they put on their website 🙌 What she’s proud of in her career: The work that I’m doing at Utilidata is pushing against the status quo of the utility industry Read more about her career journey and her take on building ethical AI: https://lnkd.in/da_Bnqta

🌟 BIG news! 🌟 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded Consumers Energy with a $20M grant to deploy our Karman platform in nearly 20k electric meters! DOE's continued investment in AI solutions is critical to creating a cleaner, more reliable grid and Consumers Energy is leading the way. This project, matched by $20M from Consumers, will focus on EV integration and managed charging programs enabled by distributed AI at the grid edge. Through this project, Utilidata and Consumers are partnering with the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, GM Energy, and EPRI - forging collaboration between utilities, research organizations, and the auto/EV industry to tackle the challenge of vehicle-grid integration. Congratulations to Consumers Energy! https://lnkd.in/dX-NNUpy

While at NVIDIA this week, our CTO, Marissa Hummon, caught up with NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang on the importance of distributed AI, like our Karman platform, to make the grid cleaner and more efficient. To hear more of Jensen's perspective on this topic (with a shout-out to Utilidata!), watch his recent talk with the Bipartisan Policy Center: https://lnkd.in/e6BKmuhc 

We’re excited to formally welcome former NVIDIA executive Gary Hicok to our team as an advisor. Gary recently retired from NVIDIA as the senior vice president of Automotive Hardware and System where he oversaw the NVIDIA DRIVE platforms used to develop self-driving vehicles. Prior to that, he served as senior vice president of NVIDIA’s core logic business unit and the mobile business unit. During his 25 years with NVIDIA, Gary helped pioneer new technology and grow the company’s edge computing platforms. We’re thrilled he’s chosen to share his time, expertise, and counsel with us as we bring a transformative edge AI platform to market.

We had a great week connecting with customers and industry leaders at Grid Forward! Our CTO, Marissa Hummon, moderated a discussion with Hubbell Incorporated, NVIDIA, and NV Energy on how utilities and tech providers can work together to usher in the next era of grid modernization with AI at the grid edge.

We're feeling motivated and energized after convening our entire team from across the country for our annual company retreat! We spent two and half days in Ann Arbor, Michigan, home to our innovation lab, to strengthen our communication and collaboration and align on strategic priorities. If you're interested in joining a driven and talented group tackling big challenges, check out our job postings: https://lnkd.in/e8tN7iUA #hiring #cleantech #ai