Round Led by Crucible Capital With Participation From Transpose Platform and Entrepreneurs First

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Shatterdome Energy, an AI-driven energy trading and intelligence startup, today emerged from stealth with $3.5 million in pre-seed funding to develop a platform designed to help renewable energy operators, utilities, and large power consumers navigate volatile electricity markets. The round was led by Crucible Capital, with participation from Transpose Platform and Entrepreneurs First.

The funding comes amid significant strain on U.S. electricity infrastructure. According to industry forecasts, U.S. data centers will draw 75.8 gigawatts of power in 2026, with demand projected to reach 134 gigawatts by 2030. Wholesale electricity prices have risen 22% year-over-year and are expected to climb an additional 8.5% in 2026. Combined with industrial reshoring, electric vehicle adoption, and the buildout of AI infrastructure, these factors are driving the strongest four-year growth in U.S. electricity demand since 2000. Right now, most asset owners absorb that volatility as a cost, but with the right software, it becomes a source of return.

"Every great industrial buildout in American history – the oil industry, railroads, the internet – was unlocked by incredible feats in technical engineering coupled with novel innovations in financial engineering,” said Meltem Demirors, General Partner at Crucible Capital. “At Crucible, we are capital markets maximalists. Amann has the rare combination of systematic trading DNA and deep ISO market expertise to build the risk management tools to reshape power grids by leveraging America’s greatest strength: its robust capital markets.”

Founded by quantitative trader Amann Shariff, Shatterdome aggregates renewable generation, battery storage, and flexible industrial demand into a coordinated virtual power plant (VPP) network. The company's autonomous system ingests real-time grid data – including weather forecasts, congestion patterns, ramp-rate pressures, and price signals – to determine when energy should be produced, stored, or sold, and then executes those trades programmatically. Today, most solar and battery operators sell power when it's available rather than when it's most valuable. Shatterdome makes those decisions in real time, the way a trading desk would.

"Power markets are entering a phase of structural volatility as renewable penetration increases and electricity demand from AI infrastructure continues to grow," said Amann Shariff, founder of Shatterdome Energy. "Energy infrastructure is becoming increasingly programmable as grids digitize and renewable assets scale. Our goal is to build the intelligent operating system that allows energy assets to participate dynamically in modern power markets."

Drawing on Shariff's background in systematic trading and ISO markets, Shatterdome's platform applies quantitative risk modeling – long used in commodities, rates, and credit markets – to convert physical energy infrastructure into structured, tradable financial instruments. The company plans to use the new funding to deploy its core AI forecasting and dispatch platform, scale VPP asset integrations, and expand its presence in North American and European markets, where deregulated electricity markets and rapid industrial battery deployments are creating immediate opportunities.

Since its founding, Shatterdome has already deployed its core platform, integrated renewable and storage assets into its VPP network, and begun working with early partners across energy trading and infrastructure markets, and has moved 200 mWh of power in just three months after inception, with 1.5 GW of assets in the pipeline.

About Shatterdome Energy

Shatterdome Energy uses advanced AI to hedge risk created by volatile energy markets by bringing operational expertise to energy assets. For more information, visit shatterdome.energy

About Crucible Capital

Crucible Capital (cruciblecap.xyz) is an investment firm focused on the software, networks, and markets that make critical infrastructure work at scale. We partner with founders who make the industrial economy more efficient and resilient, deploying capital across the lifecycle from venture to credit to infrastructure buildout.

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Source: Shatterdome Energy