Uplight

What Uplight does

Uplight is a Boulder, Colorado-based clean energy technology company that provides an end-to-end AI-powered customer engagement and flexibility management platform to electric utilities across North America. The platform ingests 30 billion data points per hour, runs 400,000 concurrent forecasts across five models with reported 97% event-forecasting accuracy, and orchestrates distributed energy resources (DERs) including smart thermostats, batteries, EVs, and commercial loads through its Uplight Flex Edge DERMS and Virtual Power Plant solutions. The product portfolio spans Home Energy Reports, Customer Portals, Rates Engagement, Utility Marketplace, Demand Response Programs, Battery Programs, and the integrated Demand Stack approach, all delivered through SaaS subscriptions with multi-year enterprise contracts, complemented by professional services and marketplace transaction fees.

The company serves 80+ utility clients in the US and Canada, including eight of the ten largest US investor-owned utilities (PG&E, ConEdison, Southern Company, CPS Energy, Puget Sound Energy, PSE&G, Alliant Energy, Evergy), as well as public power providers and electric cooperatives. Uplight generates revenue primarily through enterprise SaaS subscriptions priced via custom contracts based on customers served, DER capacity managed, and program scope, supplemented by professional services for program design, recruitment, and implementation, plus transaction-related fees from its Utility Marketplace. Its go-to-market combines direct enterprise field sales to utility executives with a 65+ partner ecosystem spanning OEMs (Amazon, Tesla, Google Nest, ChargePoint), cloud platforms (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure), energy service providers (CLEAResult, ICF, DNV, Franklin Energy), and C&I curtailment providers (Voltus, GridBeyond).

Uplight has grown through multiple acquisitions (Tendril, Simple Energy, Ecotagious in 2019; Agentis Energy in 2021; AutoGrid Systems in 2023), secured SOC 2 Type 2 certification, and in March 2026 became majority-owned by Octopus Energy Group with Schneider Electric retaining a significant minority stake. The company has 251-500 employees across Boulder and Chicago and operates the Uplight Customer Connect annual conference plus Devcon developer conference to maintain ecosystem engagement. Leadership transitioned in March 2026 with Hannah Bascom appointed General Manager and Estelle Monod as Executive Chair following the Octopus investment.

Name

Uplight

Legal name

Uplight, Inc.

Website

https://uplight.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Uplight provides an AI-powered customer engagement and flexibility management platform to 80+ North American electric utilities, enabling behavioral efficiency programs, demand response, virtual power plants, and distributed energy resource orchestration across 8.5 GW of managed load.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Utility Energy Management Software

NAICS

Electric Power Transmission, Control, and Distribution (22112), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

DER Program Operations & Customer/Installer Enablement (Applications, Portals, Inspections) (EUADALAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Customer Energy Engagement (In-Home Displays, Portals, Usage Insights) (EUADAFAH), DERMS & Distributed Grid Orchestration (DER Integration within ADMS) (EUADAEAF), DERMS/ADMS & Grid Operations Software Integration (Dispatch, Constraint Mgmt) (EUAMAIAG)

Keywords

• Energy customer engagement
• Distributed energy resource management
• Virtual power plant platform
• Utility demand response software
• Behavioral energy efficiency

Headquarters

HQ city

Boulder

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. SaaS/Software Subscriptions: Uplight operates primarily as a SaaS company providing utility software platforms on subscription basis. The platform includes customer engagement tools, DER management, VPP orchestration, and demand response programs as configurable SaaS applications.
2. Professional Services: Turnkey services including program design, customer recruitment/support, utility program administration, marketing services, and implementation support for complex program deployments.
3. Utility Marketplace Transactions: E-commerce marketplace for rebated products with transaction processing, fulfillment, and installation services generating revenue through product sales and potentially taking a commission on facilitated transactions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels11 records

Core offering

Uplight sells an end-to-end AI-powered software platform that connects utility customers and their connected distributed energy resources (DERs) to grid operations. The platform combines customer engagement applications (Home Energy Reports, Customer Portals, Rates Engagement, Utility Marketplace) with grid-edge orchestration (Uplight Flex DERMS, Virtual Power Plants, Demand Response Programs, Battery Programs) under an integrated Demand Stack approach. It enables utilities to enroll customers, run behavioral and automated energy programs, forecast flexible load, and dispatch DERs to deliver grid flexibility services.

Product overview

Uplight is a clean energy technology company offering a unified AI-powered platform that combines customer engagement with flexible load management. The core Uplight Platform connects energy customers and the energy ecosystem to the control room, supporting 8.5 GW of flexible load under management across 80+ utility clients. The product portfolio consists of Home Energy Reports (behavioral efficiency), Utility Marketplace (rebates and enrollments e-commerce), Customer Portals (AI-powered usage insights), Rates Engagement (time-of-use adoption), Demand Response Programs (behavioral and automated), Uplight Flex DERMS (Edge distributed energy resource management), Virtual Power Plants (multi-asset aggregation), and Battery Programs. These solutions are coordinated through the Demand Stack approach, which integrates energy efficiency, rates, and demand management programs to maximize grid flexibility value.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Uplight Flex: AI-powered Edge DERMS platform for distributed energy resource management
• Demand Stack

Products and services

• Uplight Platform End-to-end AI-powered customer engagement and flexibility management platform that connects energy customers and the energy ecosystem to utility control rooms, enabling utilities to activate customers and their connected devices to generate, shift, and save energy. Built on a centralized data lake ingesting 30 billion data points per hour, with configurable SaaS applications and open APIs.
• Home Energy Reports

Quantifiable outcome

• 3x higher time-of-use rate adoption with personalized rate education
• +8 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

AI capability7 records

Feature9 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Connecticut Green BankminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 January 2026Uplight partnered with Connecticut Green Bank to streamline customer enrollment in Connecticut's Energy Storage Solutions program, helping residential customers adopt battery storage.
• AutoGrid SystemscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2023Uplight acquired AutoGrid Systems in December 2023 to strengthen its smart demand response and grid flexibility capabilities by integrating AutoGrid's AI-powered Virtual Power Plant and Distributed Energy Resource Management System solutions. The acquisition added significant VPP capacity and expanded Uplight's markets globally.
• Agentis Energy Inc.minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 October 2021Uplight acquired Agentis Energy Inc., a developer of utility-customer engagement platform, to enhance its energy management software. The acquisition improved utility customer understanding and engagement, especially for commercial clients, and established Uplight's Chicago office for technical talent access.
• Amazon (smart thermostats)coreTechnology or IntegrationAmazon smart thermostats integrate with Uplight's platform to automatically control home temperatures and reduce energy usage, connecting with Alexa and Ring for seamless smart home integration supporting DR and VPP programs.
• Google NestcoreTechnology or IntegrationGoogle Nest smart thermostats integrate with Uplight's demand response and VPP programs as the smart thermostat leader and trusted anchor point for flexible DER fleets.
• TeslacoreTechnology or IntegrationTesla Powerwall home batteries integrate with Uplight's platform as the leading compact home battery storing energy generated by solar or from the grid for participation in demand response and VPP programs.
• ChargePointcoreTechnology or IntegrationChargePoint EV charging solutions and telematics integrate with Uplight's platform for businesses, fleets, and residential customers to participate in smart charging and demand response programs.
• CLEAResultcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCLEAResult is North America's largest provider of energy efficiency, energy transition, and decarbonization solutions, serving as a key implementation partner for Uplight utility programs.
• ICFcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerICF uses advanced data modeling and technology solutions to help utilities unlock revenue growth, sustainability, and better customer and community outcomes through demand-side management programs.
• DNVcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerDNV provides advisory, monitoring, verification, and certification services to support the entire energy system value chain for Uplight utility clients.
• AWS (Amazon Web Services)coreTechnology or IntegrationAWS provides on-demand cloud computing platforms and APIs with best-in-class flexibility, resilience, and security for Uplight's SaaS platform.
• Google Cloud PlatformcoreTechnology or IntegrationGoogle Cloud Platform supports Uplight's computing, data storage, analytics, and machine learning capabilities for energy customer insights.
• Microsoft AzurecoreTechnology or IntegrationMicrosoft Azure provides flexible cloud platform allowing Uplight to build, run, and manage secure, compliant applications for utility customers.
• VoltuscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorVoltus is a distributed energy platform that creates flexibility by shifting and reducing C&I energy and monetizes this flexibility in energy markets, serving as a C&I curtailment service provider for Uplight.
• FranklinWH Energy StoragecoreTechnology or IntegrationFranklinWH energy storage systems participate in Uplight's demand response coordination programs including San José Clean Energy's Peak Rewards VPP program.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• EnergyHub: EnergyHub provides a DERMS platform and home energy management solutions to utilities, directly competing with Uplight Flex on residential DER orchestration, demand response, and VPP enablement across a comparable North American utility customer base.
• Voltus: Voltus is a distributed energy platform that aggregates C&I demand response and monetizes flexibility in wholesale markets, directly competing with Uplight's C&I DR and VPP offerings while also being a Uplight channel partner for utility program delivery.
• GridBeyond: GridBeyond provides AI-driven demand response and flexibility trading for C&I customers and utilities, directly overlapping with Uplight's VPP and DR programs and serving as both a competitor and integration partner in Uplight's ecosystem.
• OATI: OATI provides energy management, grid operations, and DERMS software to utilities and ISOs/RTOs, directly competing with Uplight Flex on DER integration, dispatch, and grid edge orchestration, particularly with transmission-focused utilities.
• GridPoint: GridPoint offers building energy management, submetering, and C&I demand response solutions, directly competing with Uplight's business customer engagement and C&I flexibility offerings for utilities and enterprise energy programs.

Broad incumbents

• Schneider Electric (EcoStruxure): Schneider Electric offers EcoStruxure DERMS and a broad energy management portfolio that overlaps with Uplight Flex, while simultaneously holding a significant minority equity stake in Uplight, making it both a direct competitor and a strategic investor.
• Siemens (Grid Software): Siemens Grid Software delivers ADMS, DERMS, and grid management solutions to utilities globally, providing overlapping capabilities with Uplight's Edge DERMS and VPP platform as part of a much larger industrial and infrastructure software portfolio.
• Oracle Utilities: Oracle Utilities offers customer information systems, analytics, and emerging DER orchestration tools to large investor-owned utilities, competing with Uplight's customer engagement and rates solutions as part of a broader enterprise utility software suite.
• Itron: Itron provides AMI, metering, and utility data management solutions used by many of the same North American utilities that Uplight serves, with an expanding focus on grid edge intelligence and DER enablement that overlaps with Uplight's customer engagement and DER orchestration layer.
• Landis+Gyr: Landis+Gyr offers smart metering, grid management, and utility IoT solutions to electric utilities worldwide, providing a complementary (and in some accounts competitive) data and connectivity layer to Uplight's customer engagement and DER platform.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/uplight
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/uplightenergy

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors5 records

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

M&A5 records

Investments

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

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