Gruve raises $50 million to solve what its CEO calls AI's biggest problem: power
Gruve cofounder and CEO Tarun Raisoni Gruve Gruve raised $50 million to power AI inference as demand shifts from training. The startup stitches together unused data center power across major US cities. Gruve cofounder and CEO Tarun Raisoni sold two previous startups in nine-figure deals. As the focus in AI shifts from training to inference , infrastructure startup Gruve has raised $50 million to close a widening power gap and help put AI models to work. Gruve, which launched in 2024, partners with data center and colocation providers like Lineage and OpenColo to tap their unused power and space. The company says it now has access to roughly 500 megawatts of power across a network of data centers in major US cities. "The biggest challenge today in AI is we don't have enough power," said Tarun Raisoni, Gruve's CEO and cofounder. "We have found the stranded power, and we are bringing the software to stitch it together." Raisoni, a serial entreprene...
