Today, we're announcing that Databee has raised $18 million in Series A funding led by Infrastructure Ventures, with participation from Grid Capital, Energy Transition Partners, and several strategic angels from the energy and data center industries.
This milestone represents more than just capital—it's validation of our thesis that grid intelligence is becoming critical infrastructure for the AI economy.
Why We Started Databee
The genesis of Databee came from frustration.
Our founding team includes people who've worked in energy trading, data center development, and infrastructure private equity. We'd all experienced the same problem from different angles: finding where electrical grid capacity exists is absurdly difficult.
Grid capacity information is technically public. It's scattered across thousands of regulatory filings, PDF documents, and databases maintained by seven major ISOs and hundreds of utilities. But accessing it in any usable form requires either expensive consultants, million-dollar data feeds, or weeks of manual research.
This made no sense to us. In an era where you can get real-time satellite imagery of any location on Earth, why is it so hard to find out which substations have power available?
The AI boom made this problem urgent. Suddenly, every major tech company was hunting for electricity. Data centers that used to draw 20 MW were scaling to 200 MW. The interconnection queues that used to process requests in months were backing up for years.
We saw an opportunity to democratize access to this information—to give everyone the grid intelligence that was previously reserved for insiders.
What We've Built
Databee's Grid Capacity API provides instant access to:
Real-time substation capacity across all major ISOs. Query PJM, ERCOT, CAISO, MISO, NYISO, or ISO-NE and get every substation meeting your capacity criteria. See current load, rated capacity, and available headroom.
Complete interconnection queue data by region. See every pending project, every queue position, every MW requested. Understand exactly who's ahead of you and what they're building.
Historical trends and availability forecasts. See how capacity and queues have changed over time. Identify emerging opportunities before they become obvious.
Automated alerts when conditions change. Configure webhooks to notify you when capacity becomes available in your target regions. When opportunities emerge, you'll know immediately.
All of this is accessible via simple API queries, powered by our x402 micropayment protocol. No subscriptions, no commitments—just pay for what you use.
The x402 Payment Model
One of our innovations is using x402—a micropayment protocol built on cryptocurrency—for API access.
Traditional data APIs require subscriptions, contracts, and account setup. This creates friction for developers and excludes casual users who just need occasional queries.
With x402, anyone can query our API by paying per request. A $50 payment gets you Capacity Scout data for any region. A $500 payment gets you complete Queue Intel for any county. No signup, no contract, no commitment.
This model is particularly powerful for AI agents. An autonomous system can query our API and pay for it without human intervention. As agentic AI becomes more prevalent, we expect this kind of machine-payable infrastructure to become standard.
Traction and Validation
Since our beta launch six months ago, we've seen remarkable adoption:
Over 2,000 unique wallets have paid for queries through our API.
Major hyperscalers are using our data in their site selection processes.
Several Fortune 500 companies have integrated Databee into their infrastructure planning workflows.
AI agent developers are building on our API to create autonomous site selection systems.
We've also received validation from the energy industry itself. Former executives from utilities, ISOs, and energy trading firms have told us this is information they wish they'd had access to earlier in their careers.
How We'll Use the Funding
This $18 million will allow us to:
Expand coverage to all 7 major U.S. ISOs. We currently cover PJM, ERCOT, CAISO, MISO, NYISO, and ISO-NE. We'll be adding SPP (Southwest Power Pool) and expanding our coverage within existing ISOs to include more granular substation data.
Build predictive models for capacity availability. Beyond showing current state, we want to predict where capacity will be available in the future. Machine learning models trained on historical queue data, withdrawal patterns, and grid development plans can identify opportunities before they're obvious.
Launch enterprise features for institutional customers. While our API serves individual developers well, large organizations need additional features: custom integrations, dedicated support, compliance documentation, and service level agreements.
Grow our team. We're hiring across data engineering, energy analytics, and go-to-market. If you're excited about grid intelligence, reach out.
The Vision
We believe grid capacity will be one of the defining constraints of the next decade.
The AI revolution requires electricity at unprecedented scale. Data centers are just the beginning—autonomous vehicles, robotics, edge computing, and other AI applications will distribute power demand in new ways.
The companies and developers who can navigate the grid—who know where capacity exists, where it's heading, and how to secure it—will have enormous advantages.
Our vision is to be the intelligence layer that makes this possible. Real-time visibility into grid capacity. Predictive analytics for future availability. Automated alerts when opportunities emerge.
The AI economy runs on electricity. We're building the map.
Thank You
We're grateful to our investors for believing in this vision. To our early customers for trusting us with critical decisions. To the team that's built something remarkable in a short time.
The grid capacity problem is real, it's urgent, and it's solvable. We're excited to solve it.
If you're interested in accessing grid capacity data, try our API at databee.io. If you're excited about what we're building, we're hiring—reach out at careers@databee.io.
Onward.
