# Kaitlyn Albertoli

> Kaitlyn Albertoli is the CEO and co-founder of Buzz Solutions, a Palo Alto software company applying computer vision and machine learning to utility inspection imagery. Raised near the Southern California coast and the San Onofre power plant, she moved from teenage entrepreneurship and a sustainable-food nonprofit to Stanford, where a course project and 35 utility interviews became Buzz. The company announced a $20 million Series A in August 2026 to expand PowerAI across transmission, distribution, substations, and utility-scale solar.

- **Role:** CEO and Co-founder at Buzz Solutions
- **Organizations:** Buzz Solutions, Stanford University, JPMorgan Chase, Stanford Women in Business Society
- **Education:** B.A. with studies in International Relations and Psychology, Stanford University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Buzz Solutions in 2017., Named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 Energy class of 2021., Named to the San Francisco Business Times 40 Under 40 list in 2022.

## Career timeline

- **High school** — Started a locally sourced jewelry business and a pre-packaged food business.
- **2017** — Co-founded Buzz Solutions with Vikhyat Chaudhry after meeting in Stanford's CEE 246 sustainability entrepreneurship course.
- **2018** — Spoke on Stanford's Women Entrepreneurs in Sustainability panel while Buzz was running early utility pilots.
- **2019** — Graduated from Stanford and launched the PowerAI product into the utility market.
- **2020** — Buzz Solutions raised a $1.2 million seed round; Albertoli was selected for the Forbes 30 Under 30 Energy class of 2021.
- **2022** — Named to the San Francisco Business Times 40 Under 40 list.
- **2024** — Buzz Solutions announced $5 million in new funding to expand its utility inspection platform.
- **2025** — Buzz reported growing deployments across the United States and Caribbean and expanded PowerAI's utility workflow integrations.
- **2026** — Buzz Solutions announced an oversubscribed $20 million Series A led by S3 Ventures.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Buzz Solutions in 2017.
- Named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 Energy class of 2021.
- Named to the San Francisco Business Times 40 Under 40 list in 2022.
- Built Buzz Solutions from a Stanford course project into a utility software company used by organizations including Dominion Energy, American Electric Power, and the New York Power Authority.
- Led Buzz Solutions through a $20 million Series A announced in August 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Buzz Solutions announced a $20 million Series A led by S3 Ventures, with participation from GoPoint Ventures, HearstLab, and Blackhorn Ventures.
- **2026-07** — Appeared on the Built for This podcast to discuss AI and electric utility infrastructure.
- **2026-03** — Joined Tom Lenzen of Esri on The Climate Champions podcast for a discussion of asset management and grid resilience.
- **2026-02** — Appeared on AI & Data Driven Leadership to discuss predictive maintenance, grid modernization, and utility adoption of AI.
- **2025-10** — Appeared on the Humans & AI podcast to discuss her path from Southern California to grid reliability software.

## Links

- Website: https://www.buzzsolutions.co/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaitlyn-claire-albertoli
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/BuzzSolutions1
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BuzzSolutionsInc
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buzzsolutionsinc/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/buzzsolutions2017/

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Last updated: 2026-08-26