We're proud to be mentioned in the The New York Times for our work in helping #utilities reduce impacts of #extremeweather. Over the weekend there were millions of people in the Southeast without power from Hurricane Helene, creating dangerous conditions especially for vulnerable populations. “Ultimately, we’re able to project how many future potential hurricane-related outages will be reduced per dollar of utility investment,” Our CEO, Mishal Thadani, told the Times.
Rhizome
Software Development
Washington, DC 1,321 followers
Building AI-powered software at the intersection of climate risk and the power grid.
About us
Rhizome is helping electric utilities assess and prevent climate-induced power grid failures. Our AI-powered software platform helps utilities identify vulnerabilities from climate hazards, quantify risk at high resolutions, and measure the benefits of asset investments to ensure that infrastructure, communities, and businesses are protected against intensifying extreme weather threats.
- Website
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https://rhizomedata.com/
External link for Rhizome
- Industry
- Software Development
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Washington, DC
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2023
Locations
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Primary
Washington, DC 20010, US
Employees at Rhizome
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Vyacheslav Gomov
Software Engineer, System Architect
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Tremaine Phillips
President, Third Coast Strategies, LLC | Commissioner Emeritus | Advisor, Rhizome | Decarbonization, Energy Equity, and Vehicle Electrification Policy
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Jim Biard
Senior Engineer | Geospatial, Remote Sensing, and ML
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Mishal Thadani
AI for a climate-resilient future
Updates
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We're thrilled to be selected as a Top 25 Climate Tech Startups to Watch by Trellis Group! If you'll be at Verge '24 , come see our pitch at in San Jose!
New climate technologies are critically needed. Through Trellis Group’s 25 Climate Tech Startups to Watch, we put innovative ideas in the spotlight 🔦 These early-stage startups are innovating toward #netzero in land use, #energy, #transport, #buildings and #industry: Carbon 🌎 Upstream Tech 🌎 Arbon Corp 🌎 Oxylus Energy 🌎 Mitico 🌎 Aquarry Energy ⚡ AlumaPower Corporation ⚡ Reverse Energy Solutions Corp ⚡ Ateios Systems ⚡ SYNCRIS ⚡ Rhizome Transport 🛞 Smartville Inc. 🛞 Relocalize 🛞 Project K 🛞 Matcha 🛞 OpenGrid Buildings 🏢 AeroShield Materials 🏢 Conry Tech 🏢 Cambio 🏢 Cadence OneFive 🏢 C.Scale Industry 🌱 Kanin Energy 🌱 H Quest Vanguard, Inc 🌱 AEQUOR, Inc. 🌱 ElectraLith 🌱 Applied Bioplastics Next up, these finalists will pitch at #VERGE24 to thousands of business, government and thought leaders and at the link, you can vote for your favorite which will receive a special shout out from the main stage.
25 Climate Tech Startups to Watch in 2024 - Trellis
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Today's Heatmap News article by Katie Brigham precisely encapsulates why we're so excited about the support Convective Capital provides us and other technology companies fighting wildfire. The nature of wildfires is changing, and emerging tech is one of the best tools we have to reduce these impacts. "Rhizome aims to build the 'connective tissue' between a utility’s disparate data systems, then combine that with other geographic datasets on climate, weather, and vegetation. From there, the company uses its machine learning models to assess the likelihood of extreme weather events and their subsequent impacts. Ultimately, this allows utilities to provide regulators with more quantifiable information on their plans to improve grid resiliency and prevent wildfires, beyond just citing a figure for how much money they want to spend." Bill Clerico Jay Ribakove AiDash Overstory BurnBot, Inc. Pano AI Gridware Overstory
Only You (and AI) Can Prevent Wildfires
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We're over the moon as we welcome three new additions to the Rhizome Team! Jim Biard – Senior Engineer, Data and Platform Engineering Shea Nussman – Senior Manager, Customer Success Daniel Bowman – Director, Business Development
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You can now find us in Berkeley, CA! Our team had a fantastic time celebrating the opening of our new West Coast office this week. We're excited to see how this new work hub will spark fresh ideas, become the foundation for creative conversations, and foster even more dynamic collaboration among our team! Mishal Thadani Rahul Dubey Vyacheslav Gomov Brian Reed Christina Merullo Jim Biard Rodrigo Silva-Lopez
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“…every dollar spent on climate resilience saves $13 in economic costs, damages, and cleanup.” Momentum for energy resilience is building at the White House with the release of the Climate Resilience Game Changers Assessment. This initiative highlights 28 transformative technologies poised to enhance resilience, create jobs, and promote environmental justice. Key innovations include financial planning tools, information systems, and hazard-resistant infrastructure. This announcement coincides with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s commitment of $2.2 billion in grants aimed at strengthening the power grid. Read more from Ali Zaidi's post on The White House's efforts here: #ClimateResilience #Innovation #Sustainability #PowerGrid
Catalyzing American Innovation in Climate Resilience | OSTP | The White House
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The Biden Administration just announced another $2.2 billion in grant investments to bolster the U.S. power grid. This funding aims to enhance grid capacity, integrating 13 gigawatts of new clean energy, and advancing innovations like high-voltage transmission cables and microgrids. We’re thrilled to see The White House continue to make bold strides toward a more robust grid, capable of serving future national electricity demands and resilient to climate threats. Congratulations to the grant awardees! Read Jeff St. John's full reporting in the Canary Media Inc. here: #GRIP #ClimateResilience #CleanEnergy #Sustainability
Biden admin announces $2.2B in grants to boost US power grid
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Despite the heat, it was a busy month of getting things done in DC! We love reading DC Money Moves in Technical.ly, so we were thrilled to make the headline this week. The Rhizome team is proud to be highlighted alongside some major headlines. A big thank you to Kaela Roeder and Sameer Rao for the spotlight! #TechNews #AI #funding #DC #Startups
Rhizome, a DC-based software company, raised an additional $1M seed for their new platform helping electric utilities alleviate wildfires. Defense tech giant Honeywell acquired Arlington’s CAES Systems Holdings, hoping to grow their aerospace business. Prince George’s HighT-Tech INC will use $3M seed to continue developing their efficient heating technology. And that’s not all — find more DC Money Moves this month here. https://lnkd.in/gq86uZxy #DC #MoneyMoves #Funding #Acquisition
DC's Rhizome raises $1M for wildfire mitigation platform
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We launched gridFIRM, our wildfire intelligence platform, because we believe it can be a game-changer for utilities. In our latest blog post, we explain why gridFIRM is so important, and how it works with utilities in the asset planning process. #WildfirePrevention #UtilityInnovation #ClimateResilience https://lnkd.in/e_rqHZS7
Introducing Rhizome's Wildfire Intelligence Platform: gridFIRM
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🌟 Huge News from Rhizome! 🌟 We are thrilled to announce our new venture into wildfire prevention with the launch of our newest product, gridFIRM! 🚀🌲🔥 At Rhizome, our mission has always been to leverage cutting-edge modeling technology to create safer and more resilient communities. In light of increasing wildfire threats, we're committed to developing innovative solutions that can help anticipate, prevent, and mitigate the impact of wildfires. GridFIRM, short for Fire Ignition Reduction and Mitigation, is a leading wildfire intelligence software application specifically designed for electric utilities to assess wildfire risks and understand how to better prevent ignition. This tool will work with our flagship software to provide a comprehensive resilience platform for utilities. The development of this product would not be nearly as successful without the partnership of Convective Capital, whose support and expertise will be instrumental in advancing our initiatives. Jay Ribakove Bill Clerico Alexandra Stieglitz , thanks for coming along with us on this journey. #WildfirePrevention #UtilityInnovation #ClimateResilience https://lnkd.in/eVrVMGMY
Startup Rhizome gets into the wildfire prevention game | Latitude Media
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