Niv‑AI raises $12M seed
Niv‑AI closed a $12M seed round to build GPU power sensors aimed at data‑center scaling and power monitoring. The tech targets a narrow but practical pain point for operators balancing utilization and thermal budgets. (x.com)
Founded in May 2025 in Tel Aviv by CEO Tomer Timor and CTO Edward Kizis, Niv‑AI reported a headcount of about 10 employees at the time it exited stealth. (calcalistech.com) The seed round backing the company includes lead investor Glilot Capital Partners alongside Grove Ventures, Arc VC, Encoded VC, Leap Forward and Aurora Capital Partners, and Grove partner Lior Handelsman is on Niv‑AI’s board. (techcrunch.com) Niv‑AI says it is instrumenting racks with millisecond‑resolution metering to capture the electrical “fingerprints” of different deep‑learning tasks and then training models to predict and synchronize power loads across clusters. (techcrunch.com) TechCrunch reports operators sometimes throttle GPU fleets by as much as 30% to stay within power envelopes, and Niv‑AI’s founders argue that better visibility can reduce reliance on costly batteries and capacitors that data centers use to cover surges. (techcrunch.com) (calcalistech.com) The company aims to have an operational system in a “handful” of U.S. data centers in the next six-to-eight months, while separately telling Calcalist it expects a product integration within roughly six months and is expanding hiring and a lab environment. (techcrunch.com) (calcalistech.com) Glilot’s investment memo frames Niv‑AI as a control plane bridging the energy and compute layers — a bet that software coordination can unlock stranded capacity rather than more physical infrastructure. (glilotcapital.com)
