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AI agents for power grid planning 🦑

Winter 2026Founded 20262 peopleLondon, United Kingdom

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AI Grid PlanningSaaSGrid operators, utilities, energy plannersMedium competition

Moat

Proprietary unified grid model; AI-powered constraint optimization; integrations with grid SCADA/EMS systems; domain expertise.

Key risk

Incumbent utility software (ABB, Siemens) may add AI; long sales cycles and regulatory approval; data silos in utilities.

Why now

Grid modernization critical for electrification; renewable integration requires real-time optimization; AI infrastructure maturation.

Competitors

Siemens, ABB, PowerWorld, Psse (EPRI), Implexity

About

We believe the electricity grid is the most important machine on Earth. If we want electrification to move fast, the teams planning and operating networks need software that is as modern as the challenge. Our thesis is simple. Better decisions come from one unified, trusted network model. When everyone works from the same model, planning becomes consistent, assumptions are visible, and progress stops getting lost in spreadsheets and static reports. Squid is AI powered grid planning in your browser. We have spent years inside National Grid, Octopus Energy, and AWS, building and learning what breaks. Now we are building what we wished existed.