Augur invests early in what it calls the watt-bit intersection: AI that runs the world's energy systems, and the energy infrastructure that runs AI. Graeme launched Augur Energy AI Fund I in April 2024, investing from pre-seed to Series A. Fund I backed Pano AI, Daedaline and HyLight, before the word neocloud existed. Fund II holds GoSimply.ai, InferX, ThermAI and Beyond Reach Labs. Augur works out of Calgary and San Francisco. The fund also gave him a platform to incubate Simply Silicon, the operating company he now runs, which deploys air-gapped inference networks for major North American cities. Its Calgary site is a downtown district heating plant with 12 megawatts of unused electrical capacity.
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Graeme Harrison is managing partner and a founding investment partner of Augur VC, an early-stage fund investing at the intersection of energy and AI. He was previously president of Harvest Builders, the Calgary venture studio, where he led its climate and energy AI vertical.
A venture firm running the Augur Energy AI Funds out of Calgary and San Francisco. It invests globally at pre-seed, seed and Series A in AI infrastructure and the applications built next to it.
Two directions of the same trade: AI solutions that strengthen and balance energy infrastructure, and the energy infrastructure that powers the next wave of AI. Graeme's framing at the fund's launch was that energy AI is the next trillion-dollar market.
Fund I companies include Pano AI for wildfire detection, Daedaline for energy infrastructure M&A and HyLight for methane monitoring by autonomous airship. Fund II includes GoSimply.ai, InferX, ThermAI and Beyond Reach Labs.
The operating company Graeme incubated out of the fund and now runs. It deploys air-gapped inference networks for major cities across North America, starting from a downtown Calgary district heating plant with 12 megawatts of unused electrical capacity.
