We are on the cusp of a new era of power —the decentralized grid.

The traditional power grid, a one-way flow from large plants to end users no longer meets tomorrow's needs. This energy landscape is rapidly changing, pushing towards inverter-based resources, such as solar farms and onsite batteries, and new sources of power generation. This creates complex orchestration requirements that can no longer be resolved by just increasing physical infrastructure (nor be supported by the poor and legacy software that powers it.)

What transformed and powered yesterday is not enough to guide us into tomorrow.

We are seeing a breakdown in the traditional ideology of a large-scale utility. Companies like Base Power and Enphase are transforming what it means to be an energy provider, and a disconnect is arising between generators, distributors, and consumers. As the costs of grid scale infrastructure and interconnection continue to increase, and the cost of DERs (Distributed Energy Assets) continues to plummet, we will see an inherent decentralization in the power grid. Generation will continue to move much closer to the consumer, and the grid will begin to look a lot more like an interlinked network, then a single, cohesive, hierarchical system.

In this new world who maintains ownership and control over these assets will become increasingly more important. Traditional utility DER flexibility programs no longer make sense when your utility is a virtual reseller and doesn't even touch the physical infrastructure. VPPs can coordinate these assets to participate in energy markets, but with very little insight into the physical grids they operate on (or could disrupt).

Simply building more physical infrastructure faces regulatory delays and integration backlogs. Even with faster deployment, there is still a dire need to coordinate these distributed assets across fragmented software stacks, incompatible communication protocols, and siloed operational domains.

Simply put, coordinating the world's energy systems in this new grid is an immense technical problem, spanning across real-time systems, data science, and market design. One that existing platforms are only scratching the surface of.

We need an entirely new approach to viewing our power grid and the assets upon it, and how they are going to communicate with each other, to ensure we build a more resilient power grid for generations to come.

We see the future of the grid built on an distributed operating system—a software layer that sits directly on top of physical infrastructure. It enables seamless communication between assets, coordination across the broader grid, and precise, granular control of each individual component. This foundation will unlock a new era of resilience, efficiency, and innovation across the entire energy ecosystem.

The future of energy is not just decentralized. It's intelligent, resilient, and abundant.

In this new grid, chargers, batteries, microgrids, and solar arrays won't just consume or produce power—they'll coordinate, adapt, and optimize in real-time across millions of connected assets.

A living network, built on communication, flexibility, and trust.

The transformation ahead is not driven by simply creating more energy—but better energy. Smarter infrastructure. A foundation for new industries, new opportunities, and a more resilient world.