# Gridware

> Gridware builds pole-mounted sensors and an analytics platform that give electric utilities real-time awareness of what is physically happening on their power lines. Its Gridscope device measures mechanical, electrical, and environmental signals directly at the pole, and its Active Grid Response platform turns those signals into immediate hazard detection, precise fault localization, and faster outage response. Founded in 2020 by three UC Berkeley graduate students - including a former lineman - Gridware aims to close the 'hazard awareness delay' that leaves utilities blind to fallen limbs and damaged lines until after they spark outages or wildfires.

- **Founded:** 2020
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founders:** Timothy Barat (Co-Founder & CEO), Abdulrahman Bin Omar (Co-Founder), Hall Chen (Co-Founder)
- **Team size:** ~62 employees
- **Products:** Gridscope, Active Grid Response (AGR)
- **Notable:** Raised $97.3M in total funding across multiple rounds by late 2025., Deployed Gridscope sensors on tens of thousands of poles across the US., Grew from one Fortune 500 utility customer to 18 major customers whose networks serve ~40% of US electricity customers.

## Products & services

- **Gridscope** — A pole-mounted sensor device that measures mechanical, electrical, and environmental signals directly at the utility pole, using edge computing to detect hazards and events in real time.
- **Active Grid Response (AGR)** — The analytics platform built on Gridscope data, delivering immediate hazard detection, precise fault localization, event identification, and monitoring that continues even during outages - supporting fault prevention, power restoration, hazard response, and asset management.

## Achievements

- Raised $97.3M in total funding across multiple rounds by late 2025.
- Deployed Gridscope sensors on tens of thousands of poles across the US.
- Grew from one Fortune 500 utility customer to 18 major customers whose networks serve ~40% of US electricity customers.
- Accumulated over 90 million field hours of operational grid data.
- Co-founded and led by a former lineman, giving the product unusual field credibility.
- Y Combinator and Sequoia Capital-backed climate/hardware company.

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Gridware published studies with PG&E finding that Active Grid Response, enabled by Gridscopes, improves power reliability while mitigating wildfire ignitions.
- **2025-11** — Raised $55M Series B / strategic growth round co-led by Tiger Global and Generation Investment Management to accelerate US deployments and support global expansion.
- **2025-01** — Announced $26.4M Series A led by Sequoia Capital.

## Links

- Website: https://gridware.io
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/gridwareinc
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/GridwareInc
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/GridwareInc/

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Last updated: 2026-07-11