Singularity Energy

What Singularity Energy does

Singularity Energy, founded in 2018 by Wenbo Shi (former Harvard postdoctoral researcher) and headquartered in Somerville, MA, builds a data and software platform for grid decarbonization. Its core product, the Grid Carbon API, delivers real-time, historical, and up to 48-hour-ahead forecasted grid carbon intensity, fuel mix, and emissions data across 76 ISOs and balancing authorities in the US and parts of Canada, with 5-minute or hourly resolution and near real-time latency for 8 major ISOs. Underlying the API are two proprietary engines — GRETA (heat-rate based real-time stack emissions assignment) and CarbonFlow (power-flow tracing from source to consumption) — and the open-source Open Grid Emissions initiative, which provides the first validated, peer-reviewed hourly US grid emissions dataset back to 2005. Supporting products include a Compliance API for regulations such as NYC Local Law 97 and Boston BERDO.

The company sells to enterprise utilities and grid operators (Southern Company, MISO, Eversource, APS, Evergy, SPP) through a direct field-sales motion, and to corporations and technology providers (Measurabl, Sense, Enersponse) via an API-first, self-serve channel with a 60-day free trial. Pricing is region-based at $500 per region per month, with a $1,000 monthly minimum and a $2,500 monthly maximum for all regions unlocked. Singularity has raised approximately $5.7M total, including a $4.5M seed round led by Spero Ventures and Energy Impact Partners (May 2022) and $1.2M+ in NSF SBIR grants, and achieved SOC 2 Type II certification in 2023. The company is small (approximately 10-15 employees, per public team descriptions) and remains in the early commercialization stage, with no disclosed revenue figure.

Name

Singularity Energy

Legal name

Singularity Energy, Inc.

Website

https://singularity.energy

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Singularity Energy provides real-time, historical, and forecasted grid carbon emissions data via API and enterprise software, serving utilities, grid operators, and technology providers decarbonizing the US and Canadian power grid.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Carbon Emissions Data & Analytics Software

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (51821), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Climate Data Measurement & IoT/Telemetry Enablement (Energy/Meter/Asset Data Ingest) (EUABAEAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Benchmarking, Ratings & Stakeholder Reporting Portals (Scorecards, Dashboards) (EUABAEAJ), Climate Target-Setting, Transition Planning & Performance Management Platforms (EUABAEAF)

Keywords

• Grid carbon data
• Carbon emissions API
• Decarbonization software
• Grid emissions tracking
• Utility carbon reporting

Headquarters

HQ city

Somerville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Grid Carbon API Subscription: API subscription model with per-region pricing. Free 60-day trial available. Tiered pricing starting at $500/region/month with minimum $1,000/month and maximum $2,500/month for all regions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Singularity Energy provides a data and software platform that delivers real-time, historical, and forecasted grid carbon emissions data and decarbonization tools. The platform combines the Grid Carbon API for programmatic access to fuel mix and carbon intensity data, the open-source Open Grid Emissions initiative for validated hourly US grid emissions, and Utility and Grid Operator Solutions for enterprise customers managing clean energy programs, environmental reporting, and regulatory compliance such as NYC Local Law 97.

Product overview

Singularity Energy offers a unified platform centered on grid decarbonization data and software. The core offerings include the Grid Carbon API for real-time and forecasted emissions data, and Open Grid Emissions (OGE) for open-source historical hourly emissions. For enterprise utilities and grid operators, the Utility and Grid Operator Solutions platform provides clean energy program management, environmental reporting, and customer engagement. Supporting modules include the Compliance API for regulatory compliance monitoring, CarbonFlow for power flow tracing of emissions from source to consumption, and GRETA for real-time emissions calculation. The platform processes data from utility internal systems, ISOs, and government sources to enable Scope 2 accounting, decarbonization optimization, and compliance reporting.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Grid Carbon API: Best-in-class historical, real-time, and forecasted grid carbon data API for Scope 2 accounting and informed decision-making. Provides coverage of the United States and parts of Canada with 76 ISOs and balancing authorities.
• Open Grid Emissions (OGE)
• CarbonFlow™
• GRETA (Generator REal-Time emissions Assignment)

Products and services

• Grid Carbon API Primary API product providing real-time, historical, and forecasted grid carbon emissions data across US and Canadian grid regions. Offers fuel mix, carbon intensity, and interchange data with 5-minute or hourly resolution for developers, corporations, and energy platforms.
• Open Grid Emissions (OGE) Open-source peer-reviewed initiative providing validated hourly grid GHG emissions data for the US power sector, freely available for GHG accounting, policymaking, energy attribute certificate markets, and academic research. Covers historical data from 2005 to 2023.
• Utility and Grid Operator Solutions Enterprise software platform for utilities and grid operators providing clean energy program management, environmental reporting, customer engagement tools, consumed emissions dashboards, and CarbonFlow-based tracking for member utility reporting.
• Compliance API API and companion web application enabling building owners to explore performance against applicable carbon regulations including NYC Local Law 97 and Boston BERDO, with risk forecasting and reduction options.

Quantifiable outcome

• Automating EV charging based on carbon intensity data can reduce emissions by up to 14% nationwide and 43% in California
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability4 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• GooglecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 August 2023White paper collaboration on integrating deliverability into voluntary clean energy market boundaries, prepared by Singularity and The Brattle Group for Google.
• SAP.iO FoundryminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 October 2021Selected to join SAP.iO Foundry San Francisco Sustainability in Utilities, Energy and Natural Resources program in October 2021.
• Urban-XminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 January 2021Selected to join Urban-X accelerator Cohort 9 for climate technology startups.
• Harvard UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership including Scientific Advisor Na Li (Gordon Mckay Professor of Electrical Engineering and Applied Mathematics at Harvard). Founder Wenbo Shi was a postdoctoral researcher at Harvard. Harvard OTD (Office of Technology Development) listed as investor.
• MeasurablcoreTechnology or IntegrationMeasurabl integrates Singularity's data to provide compliance monitoring tools for real estate owners, including NYC Local Law 97 compliance risk forecasting.
• SensecoreTechnology or IntegrationSense integrates Singularity's grid carbon intensity data into their smart home app to enable carbon-aware EV charging and appliance optimization.
• Southern CompanycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor utility partnership for energy transparency and grid carbon reporting collaboration announced in 2024.
• MISOcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on consumed emissions dashboard using CarbonFlow. MISO Historical Emissions Map and real-time consumed emissions data at county level granularity.
• EversourcecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for energy transparency enabling better carbon reporting and customer engagement solutions.
• The Brattle GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on white paper 'Where matters: Integrating deliverability into voluntary clean energy market boundaries' prepared for Google.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Emerging players

• Climate TRACE: Open-source coalition using satellite and sensor data to estimate global emissions. Emerging player with overlapping open-data ethos, though focused on global inventory rather than granular US grid data.
• Patch: API-first carbon credit marketplace and embedded carbon infrastructure. Emerging player with overlapping focus on programmatic carbon emissions data delivery via API, though more focused on offsets than grid carbon intensity.
• Kevala: Grid analytics platform providing visibility into electricity distribution and planning. Comparable in serving utilities with grid data insights; competitor/adjacent in the grid analytics space where Singularity's Head of Growth previously worked.

Direct peers

• Watershed: Enterprise carbon accounting platform that helps companies measure, report, and reduce emissions. Direct competitor in the Scope 2 / carbon data space, also serving utilities and large enterprises with API-driven emissions data.
• Persefoni: Climate management and accounting platform for enterprises and financial institutions. Direct competitor offering carbon footprint calculation and decarbonization tools, overlapping with Singularity's carbon accounting and reporting capabilities.
• Optera: Carbon accounting and emissions management software for enterprises. Direct competitor in the corporate carbon data space, providing Scope 1-3 measurement with consultancy-supported services.
• ClearTrace: Provides energy and carbon tracking software for utilities, grid operators, and corporations to verify clean energy claims. Direct competitor in granular, time- and location-based emissions data for the power sector.
• Sweep: Carbon management platform for enterprises to measure, reduce, and report emissions. Direct competitor in carbon data and decarbonization workflow software for corporations.

Broad incumbents

• Salesforce Net Zero Cloud: Enterprise CRM giant's sustainability product offering carbon accounting and ESG reporting. Broad incumbent with massive distribution that competes at the corporate carbon reporting layer.
• Microsoft Sustainability Manager: Microsoft's enterprise sustainability platform offering carbon accounting and emissions data management. Broad incumbent with deep enterprise distribution and bundled offering that competes with carbon data platforms.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• GitHubgithub.com/singularity-energy
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/singularity-energy

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors6 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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