Energia AI
AI control platform for commercial HVAC, built on your existing building automation system
AI & Machine Learning·Sustainability·Operations & Logistics
What is Energia AI?
<p>Energia AI is an AI control platform for commercial HVAC. It connects to existing building automation systems over open protocols such as BACnet, Modbus and LonWorks, learns how a building responds to weather, occupancy and setpoint changes, and uses that model to make better HVAC control decisions that balance energy use and occupant comfort.</p><p>Alongside control, the platform covers energy tracking, carbon emissions tracking and reporting, AI cost allocation for tenant billing, and an assistant trained on the building's own data for maintenance insights and energy planning.</p><p>Energia AI is built for commercial building owners, operators and facility teams who want their existing systems to run smarter without replacing them.</p>
Ready to launch?
Submit your product and get discovered by builders and creators worldwide.
Launch Now
FounderPlaybooks.
What other founders did to grow.
2722 dispatches from hundreds of founders, pulled from the week's best podcasts.
Authentication honestly isn't even needed for modern apps. Like mine doesn't have authentication or a database and I'm printing money. The reason I made it this way is for two reasons. I wanted to reduce friction as much as possible. I don't want my users wasting time on signing up.
Skip authentication and databases to eliminate mobile onboarding friction
By storing everything on-device and skipping sign-up, Matt removes the single most common drop-off point in mobile onboarding. The app anchors retention through daily prayer streaks and Bible verse rewards — habit loops that don't require accounts. This design choice also drove a 12% review rate, far above the typical 1-3%, since frictionless users who complete prayers are more satisfied and more likely to leave feedback.
I split this three ways with these two other guys. I just give them the features and the notes and my vision. I probably spend 5 hours, 10 hours a week maximum on this project.
Spend 5–10 hours a week max — design the side project to scale without you
A side project doesn't have to consume nights and weekends if you give the build to two partners on a clean equity split and keep your role to vision plus feature notes. The business compounds without you, which is the whole point of a side project.
There's a play for whatever you're stuck on.
Read all 2722 playbooks