{"id":97179,"title":"Squid 🦑 AI-powered grid planning in your browser","tagline":"The electricity grid is the most important machine on Earth - but planning is still file chaos. One trusted model fixes it.","body":"**TL;DR:** Grid decisions still get made across emails, spreadsheets, PDFs, GIS exports, and conflicting model versions. [Squid](https://www.linkedin.com/company/squid-energy/) ([squid.energy](http://squid.energy)) gives utilities a single, trusted model (a live, versioned grid map of substations and lines, with evidence attached) so planning is consistent, and decisions ship faster.\n\n### **The problem**\n\nMost grid organisations have the tools for analysis, but the _decision trail_ is fragmented:\n\n* models live in specialist tools\n* evidence lives in decks/docs/spreadsheets\n* assumptions live in people’s heads\n\nResult: slow planning cycles, endless “which version is right?”, and hard-to-defend decisions.\n\n### **Our solution**\n\nSquid is a workspace where the **model of the electric grid at the center**.\n\n* **Unify** messy grid data into one coherent model (and keep it current)\n* **Version** everything so changes are trackable and comparable\n* **Attach evidence + assumptions** to the model, where decisions are made\n* **Run repeatable workflows** for planning, connections, and network change\n\n### **Why now**\n\nElectrification is accelerating and the grid is the bottleneck. The old workflow - files, handoffs, static reports - doesn’t scale to the pace of change.\n\n### **Why us**\n\nWe’re [Conor Jones ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/conorjones-energy)and [George Kolokotronis.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/george-kolokotronis/) We’ve built inside **National Grid, Octopus Energy, and AWS** - we’ve lived the pain, and we’re building the system we wish we had.\n\n### **Our ask**\n\nWe’re looking for **design partners** at grid operators (planning, connections, modelling, GIS, asset strategy). If that’s you - or you can intro us - please reach out: [**hello@squid.energy**](mailto:hello@squid.energy)\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=97179\u0026key=user_uploads/2134143/a610c2ac-564e-4d73-a8d3-b0dacbdb6752)\n\n","slug":"PHP-squid-ai-powered-grid-planning-in-your-browser","created_at":"2026-01-28T08:01:31.486Z","updated_at":"2026-05-25T01:24:28.800Z","total_vote_count":13,"url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/PHP-squid-ai-powered-grid-planning-in-your-browser","share_image_url":"//bookface-static.ycombinator.com/assets/ycdc/yc-og-image-c440a0ad1dacfb86eeeb343717479cc54d256614449b4ef719977a0a451f8bc8.png","company":{"id":31245,"name":"Squid","slug":"squid","url":"https://squid.energy","logo":"https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/93fe1704e4703d232c51eb59b83175a7dcf288f7.png","batch":"Winter 2026","industry":"Industrials","tags":[],"search_path":"https://bookface.ycombinator.com/company/31245"}}