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start up

02/10/2025

Series B

$50,000,000

Phaidra deploys artificial intelligence virtual plant operators to assist operations teams in mission critical facilities deliver step function improvements in stability, energy efficiency and sustainability. We create self-learning, intelligent control systems for industrial facilities.

Our co-founders and leadership team represent the combination of deep artificial intelligence and machine learning expertise from companies like Google-Deepmind, with the applied knowledge of mission critical cooling and heating systems from organizations like Trane and Johnson Controls.

The industrial sector today is filled with static infrastructure. Pharmaceutical production, data centers, district energy and other industrial facilities are frozen in time — they operate in the same way they've operated for years because their control systems are hard-coded, and hard-coded systems cannot change dynamically, leading to performance degradation and a lack of resiliency.

Our AI-powered control systems automatically learn, adapt, and get better over time. Our team has already delivered 40% energy savings at Google's data centers, and we're rapidly bringing AI technology to other types of industrial facilities.

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I am one of the three Co-Founders of Phaidra and serve as the Chief Executive Officer. In this capacity, I set the strategic direction of Phaidra and lead the company in operational excellence. I lead the teams responsible for Sales, Business Development, and Marketing, in addition to providing oversight and management for the company as a whole.

Prior to Phaidra, I founded and led the DeepMind Energy team at DeepMind. Our mission was to commercialize DeepMind's AI technologies to fight climate change. Prior to DeepMind, I was a Technical Lead for Google’s Data Centers. I hold a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science from University of California, Berkeley. I am the Chairman of the Phaidra Board of Directors.

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimgao/