Niv‑AI raises $12M for GPU power‑usage sensors
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- Niv‑AI announced its emergence from stealth with $12 million in seed funding to develop GPU power‑usage sensors and management tools for AI data centers.
- Niv‑AI is deploying rack‑level sensors that capture millisecond‑scale power consumption on GPUs owned by the company and its design partners.
- Niv‑AI plans to train an AI “copilot” model on the collected sensor data to predict and synchronize power loads across data centers.
- Niv‑AI expects to have an operational system in several U.S. data centers within six to eight months.
- Tomer Timor, CEO of Niv‑AI, told TechCrunch that the startup aims to create an “intelligence layer” between data centers and the electrical grid, helping both sides use power more efficiently.
- Lior Handelsman, partner at Grove Ventures and board member of Niv‑AI, said the current data‑center building approach cannot continue given power‑management challenges.
Why it matters: AI data‑center operators gain a tool to capture millisecond power spikes, letting them run more GPUs without throttling and recoup wasted electricity revenue, while grid operators see steadier demand. Niv‑AI’s seed‑funded rollout promises to turn that wasted power into usable capacity within months.
