BOSTON, Sept. 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Merge4 Energy (Merge4) today introduced the first physical AI platform for the electrical grid that can sense, learn, and act in real time. The scalable power distribution technology addresses a critical challenge in the load growth era by replacing traditional mechanical components with intelligent solid-state, 800VDC circuit protection. This creates a faster, smaller, more intelligent approach to power distribution built for the scale and complexity of a modernized grid driven by AI and data center growth, electric vehicles and renewable energy.
“The grid underpins every aspect of our economy, yet it is built on technology that is decades out of date,” said Anna Demeo, CEO of Merge4 Energy. “Merge4 is bringing intelligence to a layer of the grid that has been just metal and levers. What it means is a faster, safer, more compact, and far more resilient grid. Physical AI is not software bolted onto old hardware, its intelligence embedded in the power infrastructure itself.”
Merge4 is supported by a diverse advisory board of investors and energy leaders with deep knowledge across energy, AI, utility infrastructure, and the data center space.
Jane Woodward, Managing Partner of WovenEarth Ventures, Founding Partner of MAP Energy and Merge4 Advisory Board member said, “Transistor technology touches every part of our lives from our phones to our cars, but it has yet to reach the one system that depends on all of it: energy infrastructure. Merge4’s innovation is the key to unlocking the full potential of distributed energy assets across the power grid.”
Jigar Shah, Host of the Energy Empire and Open Circuit podcasts, Co-Founder of Multiplier, LLC, and Merge4 Advisory Board member stated, “Every infrastructure buildout eventually hits a point where the physical layer cannot keep up with the demand curve stacked on top of it, and that's exactly where the grid is right now because of AI. Merge4 has replaced a mechanical constraint with 800VDC solid-state circuit breakers and programmable power infrastructure before the rest of the market realizes the category exists. It's the infrastructure the AI buildout is going to run on.”
Merge4’s initial product line addresses power and space constraints for data centers. The physical AI platform is modular and designed to scale from individual rack-mount modules to power distribution units to full end-to-end power rows on gigawatt-scale campuses. It can be deployed in both new construction and existing facilities, giving operators a flexible way to add capacity and modernize power infrastructure as demand grows.
Marty Weiner, First Reddit CTO, Founding Engineer at Pinterest, Co-Host of the Last Humans in the Loop Podcast and Merge 4 Advisory Board member said, “Physical AI is where software intelligence meets hardware and can start acting on real systems instead of just processing data about them. Energy infrastructure is one of the biggest, most consequential places that the shift will happen, and Merge4 is building for exactly that.”
Merge4 was co-founded by Anna Demeo, PhD, who has spent her career working at the intersection of energy and technology. She has founded, run and advised companies in energy infrastructure and AI as well as serves as a regular Forbes contributor writing about this space.
The company is participating in a panel at New York Climate Week on September 23 on data center investment in power and how it can support modernization of the grid. For more information and to register for the event, visit https://luma.com/nf9lsmgy.
About Merge4 Energy
Merge4 Energy is building the physical AI platform for the electrical grid. The company's solid state circuit protection and power distribution technology replaces a century of mechanical infrastructure with a network of intelligent, nodes that sense, learn, and act on power in real time. It starts at the rack level in existing and planned data centers and extends across the spectrum of AC and DC power the modern grid requires. For more information on Merge4 Energy, visit www.merge4energy,com
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