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March 17, 2026
Niv-AI exits stealth to wring more power performance out of GPUs
The company raised $12 million in seed funding to measure and manage GPU power surges.
TL;DR
- AI data centers are wasting up to 30% of their power due to GPU usage spikes.
- These surges make it difficult for data centers to manage grid power, leading to reduced GPU utilization and lost revenue.
- Niv-AI has launched with $12 million in seed funding to solve this problem.
- The startup will use new sensors to precisely measure GPU power usage at the millisecond level.
- Niv-AI aims to develop tools to manage these power surges efficiently, improving data center capacity.
- The company plans to build an AI model to predict and synchronize power loads, acting as a 'copilot' for data center engineers.
- Niv-AI's ultimate goal is to create an 'intelligence layer' between data centers and the electrical grid for more responsible power management.
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