Energy climate

Nira Energy

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Founded 2021Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

Nira is a map tool, built for renewable energy developers, that shows available capacity at every interconnection point on the electrical grid. Customers like AES and Cypress Creek use Nira to find the most profitable points on the grid to site new projects.

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08

Founders & team

Previously Net Zero Labs, Nira Energy, Nira

Company history As recorded 2026-11-08

Chris Ariante

Founder

I'm Nira's CEO and lead business development. Prior to Nira, I worked with Andrew at another grid startup and built a $150M pipeline of projects in <2 years. In that role, we worked as consultants for most of the major utilities and renewable developers in the US. We are leveraging our industry expertise / network to build Nira and I couldn't be more excited about the impact we are having on accelerating renewable growth!

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15

Andy Chen

Founder

I'm the cofounder and CTO at Nira Energy. I recently made the switch to working on climate tech and am loving it. I definitely got lucky meeting my cofounders Chris and Andrew, who are veterans in the renewable energy space with 10+ years of experience. I worked at Palantir as a software engineer for 2 years and a PM for one year. Before that I graduated from Brown with a BS in Computer Science. I live a 3 minute walk from my local surf beach in the Rockaways, NY.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15

Andrew Martin

Founder

My background is in studying power grids to ensure they will remain reliable for decades to come. This profession is called "Transmission Planning", and I lead the Transmission Planning team at Nira. Our team is codifying the way transmission planners study the grid to help expedite the integration of new power plants like solar, wind, and energy storage projects. Our clients use our software to more simply navigate this complex space.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
20team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-15

Founded 2021 · Source

News & product activity

Sources & observations

Y Combinator

Profile depthverified profile
Website observationwebsite reachable
Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedRemote
Pricing evidenceNo pricing page confirmed
Maturity: Operating · 3 of 6 areas documented

Source-based assessment · automated evidence rules

The company website explicitly reports customer or user adoption. This is a source-based assessment of a company claim; scale and revenue are not independently verified.

Company website: home Checked 2026-09-23

100+ Developers Use Nira Energy

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