Former Tesla exec and Heron Power CEO Drew Baglino has founded a heat pump startup
Sadi Thermal Machines is Drew Baglino’s second startup since leaving Tesla in 2024.
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Why a former AirPods engineer is now building heat pumps
Merino Energy has simplified the heat pump dramatically in a quest to make them cheaper and easier to install.
Gradient’s heat pumps get new smarts to enable old building retrofits
Gradient’s heat pumps fit in windows, minimizing installation times. Now, it is introducing software to make those units more intelligent.
How Quilt solved the heat pump’s biggest challenge
Quilt’s heat pumps are built containing a suite of sensors, which have delivered mountains of data that allow its engineers to wring added performance out of its systems.
Heat pump startup Quilt raises $20M Series B to expand sales
Quilt has sold nearly 1,000 units in the U.S. and Canada, and the new funding should help expand sales operations to more states and provinces.
How an over-the-air update made Quilt’s heat pumps more powerful
Quilt’s software update unlocked an additional 20% heating and cooling capacity for all of its heat pumps, including those installed in customers’ homes.
This Detroit startup is turning to utilities to make home efficiency upgrades cheaper
Investors have bought into Pearl Edison’s idea and recently poured $3 .3 million into the startup.