Compass

1/ This week’s 🧭 spotlight: @daylightenergy built by @jasonbadeaux, Udit Patel, Dallas Griffin, and Evan Caron

As electricity demand surges from AI to EVs, Daylight is building the infrastructure for a decentralized energy future

A Thread 🧵

/daylightenergy 🔆
Decentralizing the grid and bringing the energy industry onchain 🔆
Backed by /a16z 🔆
Building on /base 🔆
https://daylight.world

This is a place for founders to connect, build, and gain resources.

2/ Daylight transforms how we manage home energy

Their marketplace helps homeowners access solar, batteries, EV chargers, heat pumps, and other energy upgrades while their protocol rewards users for connecting energy devices to help balance the grid

3/ What makes Daylight special is its comprehensive approach

Using real-time data from connected devices, Daylight creates virtual power plants that can respond to grid demands - pushing energy generation and management to the edges

5/ Daylight represents the future of energy infrastructure

By building an open protocol for distributed energy resources, they’re solving our grid challenges without requiring trillions in new infrastructure - making energy cheaper, cleaner, and more reliable

4/ The platform is already gaining traction

Active across multiple states in the US, Daylight’s marketplace is helping homes upgrade to cleaner energy while their protocol enables users to earn rewards for sharing energy capacity