Untapped Ventures

The future of AI will be constrained - or unlocked - by the energy systems beneath it.

AI is no longer just running on top of energy infrastructure. It is starting to reshape how energy itself is generated, managed, and optimized. Intelligent control systems are stabilizing fusion experiments, grid operators are forecasting and balancing demand before stress hits, autonomous machines are maintaining solar and wind assets, and new battery materials are being surfaced computationally.

Founders who get this right won’t just make energy more efficient. They’ll determine how scalable intelligence is powered in the decades ahead.

In the video below, our General Partner shares how we’re thinking about this convergence and why it matters.

At Untapped Ventures, we’re actively investing in teams building at the intersection of AI and energy - from grid intelligence and autonomy to materials, storage, and control systems.

The next platform shift won’t be powered by software alone.
It will be powered by intelligence embedded directly into the energy layer.

A quiet revolution is underway in materials science - and it starts with AI taking over the hardest parts of discovery.

We’re seeing an entirely new workflow take shape as AI and automation move into the center of materials research.

Startups are screening trillions of molecular possibilities, generating novel compounds, and testing them through automated workflows that run overnight. What once required massive R&D teams and years of iteration can now be accelerated by AI-native platforms.

The impact is enormous: better batteries, greener concrete, cleaner manufacturing inputs, and next-generation semiconductor materials - all discovered faster, safer, and with far more precision.

If you’re building the intelligence layer that will power the next era of materials innovation, we want to meet you.

👇 George Bandarian II shares more in the clip below - watch the video and tag a founder pushing the future of Material AI.

Imagine robots that can think, see, and act - not just in demos, but in the real world. The hardware is ready, and the next step is the intelligence layer that brings vision, language, and physical action together.

The shift is already happening. Warehouses, construction sites, and hospitals are turning to embodied AI where human capacity can’t keep up.

If you’re building the systems that will make industries run smarter and safer, we want to chat.

👇 Watch the video - then tag someone building the future of intelligent robotics.

The world of work is shifting faster than our training systems can keep up.

A huge share of roles will be reshaped in the AI era, and people will need new skills long before traditional education can respond.

We’re backing founders building adaptive reskilling and upskilling platforms that move at the speed of this transition.

👇 Watch the video - then tag someone working on the future of workforce transformation.