# Heron Power

> Heron Power is a Scotts Valley, California company building solid-state transformers - power electronics purpose-built for the modern electrical grid. Founded in 2025 by former Tesla powertrain and energy chief Drew Baglino, its flagship Heron Link converts medium-voltage electricity to usable low-voltage power in a modular, software-integrated package, replacing the century-old iron-core transformer. The company targets utility-scale solar, grid-scale batteries, and hyperscale AI data centers, and is building a 40-gigawatt US factory to meet a backlog of orders.

- **Founded:** 2025
- **Headquarters:** Scotts Valley, California, United States
- **Founders:** Drew Baglino (Founder & CEO)
- **Team size:** ~83 employees
- **Products:** Heron Link, Heron Link for Data Centers, Heron Link for Solar & Storage
- **Notable:** Raised $178M+ total across Series A and Series B within roughly a year of founding, Secured a reported 40-50 GW of customer demand and orders before full production, Announced a 40-gigawatt-per-year US manufacturing facility, roughly 10-15% of non-Chinese annual transformer production

## Products & services

- **Heron Link** — A modular solid-state transformer that uses high-frequency power electronics to convert and regulate voltage between medium- and low-voltage systems. Each device handles about 5 megawatts, is built from tens of modular units that can be individually swapped in around 10 minutes, and includes built-in lithium-ion batteries for roughly 30 seconds of backup power.
- **Heron Link for Data Centers** — An integrated solid-state transformer plus SuperBBU (battery backup) solution aimed at AI and hyperscale power, letting data center campuses connect directly to medium-voltage transmission.
- **Heron Link for Solar & Storage** — An integrated solid-state transformer and inverter combined into one scalable platform for utility-scale solar and battery energy storage developers.

## Achievements

- Raised $178M+ total across Series A and Series B within roughly a year of founding
- Secured a reported 40-50 GW of customer demand and orders before full production
- Announced a 40-gigawatt-per-year US manufacturing facility, roughly 10-15% of non-Chinese annual transformer production
- Attracted backing from Andreessen Horowitz, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, and Tesla alumni JB Straubel and Zach Kirkhorn

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Closed $140M Series B co-led by Andreessen Horowitz American Dynamism Fund and Breakthrough Energy Ventures to build a 40GW US manufacturing facility, with full-scale production targeted for the second half of 2027.
- **2025-05** — Raised $38M Series A led by Capricorn Investment Group to expand the team and complete engineering of Heron Link.
- **2025-04** — Emerged publicly as former Tesla executive Drew Baglino's new startup rethinking the electrical transformer.

## Links

- Website: https://heronpower.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/heron-power-electronics/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/heronpower

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Last updated: 2026-06-15