One of the biggest names in AI right now: cleantech veteran Varan Sivaram
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As founder of one of the buzziest startups at the intersection of energy and AI, Varun Sivaram is having a moment.
His company, Emerald AI, just landed its first commercial deployment and announced new funding — all while Sivaram was named to Time’s Climate 100 and released a TED Talk.
Emerald AI sits at the forefront of a nationwide — and increasingly global — race to build data centers at breakneck speed and to power their enormous electricity demand.
“While the narrative is often about AI’s massive and problematic electricity consumption, I see something different: the emergence of the single greatest tool we’ve ever had to manage a clean energy grid.”
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