Anode Emerges from Stealth with AI-Powered, Mobile Microgrids to Tackle Surging Electricity Demand
With a $9M seed round led by Eclipse, Anode is pioneering a new category of mobile energy infrastructure
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Anode, a provider of on-demand power from battery-native, mobile microgrids, emerged from stealth today with $9 million in seed funding led by Eclipse. The funding will accelerate deployments of Anode's mobile battery energy storage system (mBESS) technology with initial customers and strategic partners.
Anode's mBESS technology and microgrid solutions offer a superior alternative to power rental services that rely on generators and fuel delivery. With a vertically integrated business model that combines purpose-built hardware, proprietary software, and AI-powered services, Anode delivers flexible, high-performance solutions to the largest customers that rely on temporary power, including utilities, data center owners, general contractors, and EV/AV fleet operators.
"U.S. electricity consumption is growing 5 times faster than recent historical averages, and our electric grid is struggling to keep up. The rapid electrification of our economy is creating transmission bottlenecks and electricity shortfalls, increasing demands for flexible, cost-competitive, grid-independent power," said Paul Huelskamp, co-founder and CEO of Anode. "Anode's AI-orchestrated microgrid solutions create a new model for large electricity users who can't wait on the grid or be held back by legacy technologies to scale their operations."
A Critical Inflection Point for Grid-Dependent Electricity
The profound increase in electricity demand – driven by AI data center growth, EV adoption, and industrial automation – is straining an already-aging electrical grid. Climate change magnifies the risks of business disruption to an electrifying economy. Historically, the temporary power industry has offered a stopgap in the form of generators and mobile refueling services, but these analog solutions are polluting, inefficient, and expensive.
Anode's technology and business model create a new paradigm in the form of mobile batteries and on-demand energy delivery. Capitalizing on declining battery costs and advancements in AI, Anode can deliver energy at prices that are competitive with grid electricity and a fraction of the cost of fossil-fuel powered solutions.
A Team Built for Scale
Anode's founding team brings together expertise in autonomous vehicle development, EV powertrain engineering, battery manufacturing, and renewable energy project finance. With a proven track record in scaling disruptive technologies, the team is uniquely positioned to reimagine the temporary power value chain, while creating a new economy for on-demand power from mobile microgrids.
"Anode is solving one of the most urgent challenges in the energy transition: Access to reliable, clean, and on-demand power," said Jiten Behl, partner at Eclipse. "Their vertically integrated model and world-class team enable them to scale rapidly and electrify some of the most critical industries of the future. Anode is uniquely positioned to bridge the gaps in existing electrical infrastructure by delivering scalable energy solutions that will unlock growth across transportation, manufacturing, and beyond."
About Anode
Anode pioneers energy capture and distribution technologies that accelerate electrification. Founded by a team of experts in autonomous systems, EVs, battery manufacturing, and clean energy finance, Anode is building the infrastructure and services to power the energy transition. Learn more at https://anode.tech/.
About Eclipse
With approximately $5 billion in assets under management, Eclipse is a team of operators and investors partnering with exceptional companies from ideation to all stages of growth, unlocking solutions to age-old physical industry problems through the intersection of bits and atoms and the rise of physical AI. For more information, visit www.eclipse.capital.
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