AI that Power the World.
We develop AI digital twins and agents for utilities and grid operators to manage an increasingly complex electric system.
Mission
To empower critical infrastructure with trustworthy AI towards energy autonomy and sustainability
problem
Increasing complexity and unpredictability are straining electric grid planning and operations
SOLUTION
Physics-informed AI agents delivering continuous automation for grid planning and operations.
1. AI Digital Twin
Physics-informed AI establishes a trusted and high performance grid simulator.
2. AI Tasks
AI tasks perform advanced grid analyses with hyper speed, scale and intelligence.
3. AI Agents
Automate complex workflows for grid planners and operators, saving time, reducing costs, and improving decision making.
Recent Results
Differentiated AI for high performance grid agents
100%
modeling
of every line, bus and node
>99.8%
accuracy
for reliable AI-based time series T&D power flow
<2.5min
hyper speed
on > 100 circuits, vs. weeks of expensive compute for multi-year 8760 power flow studies
10M
scenarios in < 10 min
for robust decision making underuncertainties and contingencies
Automated
wires and non-wires solution generation
with continuous learning
One-click
automated interconnection
study in < 1 min vs. months of manual analyses
Customers and Partners
Team
Team with proven track record at the intersection of energy + cloud + AI
Josh Wong
CEO
Josh is the Founder and CEO of ThinkLabs AI, a specialized AI company dedicated to empowering critical infrastructure for energy autonomy and sustainability. He brings over 20 years of experience in clean tech, including utility grid modernization, solar, storage, microgrids, hydrogen, and DERMS. Previously, Josh was the founder and CEO of Opus One Solutions, rated the #1 Grid DERMS by Guidehouse, and served as General Manager of Grid Orchestration at GE Vernova.
Josh Wong
CEO
Neal Vali
CTO
As the CTO at ThinkLabs AI, Neal Vali oversees technology strategy and vision, leading a diverse team that includes AI/ML development, data engineering, MLOps, product engineering, technology operations, and information security. Prior to joining ThinkLabs AI, Neal was the Head of Data and ML Engineering at GE, with a background that features leadership roles at high-growth startups and Fortune 100 companies in energy, aviation, and transportation.
Neal Vali
CTO
Gang Zheng
Director, R&D
Gang Zheng is the Head of Research and Development at ThinkLabs and previously served as Director of Autonomous Grid Orchestration, Senior Manager of WAMS at GE, and at Powertech Labs. He has over ten years of experience in EMS, WAMS, and DSATools applications, and his innovative algorithm for oscillation source location won the IEEE OSL Contest in 2021.
Gang Zheng
Director, R&D
Chaitanya Baone
Head of Product
Chaitanya Baone, Head of Product at ThinkLabs brings over 13 years of experience across T&D grids, microgrids, EV smart charging and energy storage. Chaitanya has a proven track record of driving growth through innovation across GE, Eaton, Rivian and Itron. He holds a PhD degree in electrical engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is a co-inventor of over 35 patents.
Chaitanya Baone
Head of Product
Suren Vallabhajosyula
Head of ML/Data Eng
Suren Vallabhajosyula is the Head of ML & Data Engineering at ThinkLabs, responsible for defining and building the company’s ML platform, overseeing application design, architecture, security practices, and infrastructure for multi-cloud data and machine learning applications. With over 27 years of extensive technical experience, Suren served before ThinkLabs as the Senior Director of Architecture and Data Platforms at Toyota Financial Services (TFS).
Suren Vallabhajosyula
Head of ML/Data Eng
Vimali Pathmanathan
Head of Finance
Vimali Pathmanathan is a finance leader with over 15 years of experience spanning controllership, tax, audit, FP&A, and strategic advisory. A Chartered Professional Accountant, she has guided both startups and global organizations through growth, transformation, and process improvement. Previously at GE Vernova and Opus One Solutions, she played key roles in budgeting, forecasting, acquisitions, and managing financial operations, including supporting the development of carve-out financials during GE’s separation into three standalone entities.
Vimali Pathmanathan
Head of Finance
latest news
Nvidia-backed ThinkLabs AI raises $28 million to tackle a growing power grid crunch
ThinkLabs AI, a startup building artificial intelligence models that simulate the behavior of the electric grid, announced today that it has closed a $28 million Series A financing round led by Energy Impact Partners (EIP), one of the largest energy transition investment firms in the world.