Atmeto (YC W23, f.k.a. Keeling Labs) develops reinforcement learning (RL) and machine learning software that optimizes how grid-scale battery storage assets store and dispatch energy. Founded in 2022 by Jack O’Grady (formerly leading battery data science and RL-based optimization at Rivian), the Los Angeles-based company addresses a foundational bottleneck in the clean-energy transition: while utility-scale battery deployment is surging, the control algorithms governing them remain rigid, sub-optimal, and heavily reliant on static heuristics. Atmeto replaces legacy rule sets with adaptive, asset-specific AI to maximize project returns and unlock the true capacity of intermittent wind and solar.
Grid-scale batteries operate without fixed price-floor contracts, continuously trading power under dynamic market pricing where execution quality dictates project viability. Atmeto’s RL-driven intelligence layer autonomously learns optimal buy/sell and charge/discharge policies tailored to each individual asset, effectively turning commoditized hardware into high-yielding grid-balancing powerhouses. Backed by Y Combinator, Collab Fund, Pioneer Fund, Tango.vc, and FoundersX—with a technical bench hailing from Rivian, Inspire, Cypress Creek, and Caltech—Atmeto represents a high-margin software play capturing value at the physical infrastructure layer.