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Make distributed energy bankable.

Founded by the team that powered Google's energy AI.

Charging should be as measurable as fuel and as financeable as solar.

The future of the grid is being built at its edge. Fast charging and storage are among the largest new loads there, and the hardest to predict, finance and operate.

We built the data, the underwriting and the agents to solve that. That makes Alpha Grid an energy developer that runs on agents and owns what it builds.

The team. Energy, AI and real estate.

Google X · Nest · NeurIPS 2025 workshop · 20+ patents

  • Luke Ackerknecht
    CEO, Co-Founder

    Luke Ackerknecht

    Led Google X's grid moonshot product: load forecasting, grid mapping. Built ML across 70+ Google products. 3 US patents.

  • Phil Stahlfeld
    CTO, Co-Founder

    Phil Stahlfeld

    Staff engineer at Google and Google X. 20+ patents in machine learning and power systems.

  • David Lamb
    Head of Engineering

    David Lamb

    Built ML forecasts of hydropower and energy generation. Quant at Putnam; risk models for energy futures. Cornell, LSE.

  • Lucia von Reusner
    Head of Commercialization

    Lucia von Reusner

    Built landowner origination at Earthshot Labs: 30+ projects, 50,000+ hectares. Scaled carbon products at Regrow.

  • Bonnie Datta
    Head of Deployment

    Bonnie Datta

    Co-founded Zemetric: took fleet charging from lab to deployment, then to sale to Blink Charging. Vice Chair, IREC.

  • Chris King
    General Counsel

    Chris King

    Co-founded three software start-ups: one IPO, one sale to Siemens. Siemens SVP, eMobility. J.D.

Building a culture of taking earthshots, for a more sustainable future.

  • Audacity

    Take risks and try new things to find asymmetric opportunities. Aim for 10X, not 10%, and go the extra mile to get it done.

  • Shift perspective

    Relentlessly seek knowledge from diverse fields, challenging conventions. With a beginner's mind, shift perspectives to craft elegant solutions.

  • Rapid iteration

    Execution is king. Find ways to rapidly test and improve our product, which can lead to faster innovation and delighted customers.

  • Flexibility

    Flexibility and trust are essential for everyone to keep performing at their best. We offer a hybrid in-office policy so you can do your best work.

  • Customer obsession

    Begin with the customer's needs and identify delightful solutions by working backwards from their problems. Earn and retain their trust.

Backed by leaders in energy, climate and AI.

  • Starshot Capital
  • Antler
  • Asymmetric Capital Partners
  • Planetary Ventures
  • Workshop Ventures
  • Twine Ventures
An Unreasonable Group company
  • Unreasonable

Shape the future of distributed energy.

Small team, hard problems, real assets. Every role ships something that gets built.

  • Deployment lead

    Take sites from signed lease to opening.

    San Francisco, California

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  • Site originator

    Win property owners and sign leases.

    San Francisco, California

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  • Agent engineer

    Build the agents that do the developer's work.

    San Francisco, California

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  • ML engineer, forecasting

    Build transformer-based forecasts of energy demand on billions of charging readings.

    San Francisco, California

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