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Decentralizing the Electric Grid

Andreessen Horowitz

Currently, we face a critical challenge: our electricity demands — expected to nearly double by 2040 due to factors like AI compute, reshoring , and “electrification” — are soaring, but our grid infrastructure and operations struggle to keep pace. There are many reasons for this.

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SaaStr Podcast #342 with Zapier CEO Wade Foster

SaaStr

Jason Lemkin: In like 2040? So 2040, what’s the better way to do this stuff? I invested in another YC company that I love that’s a rocket ship and they’re 10 dudes, all guys, which is bad in 2020, all working in one room that have coded together for years. Wade Foster: Those are important problems to solve.

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