About QuietEdge

Building power systems that can respond where the event happens

QuietEdge was founded around a simple engineering question:

If compute is becoming faster, denser and more dynamic, why should every fast power-system response wait for instructions from a distant central controller?

QuietEdge develops converter-level controls and reference power architectures that move fast observation, coordination and bounded response closer to the electrical event while preserving higher-level awareness, protection and system control.

Local capability. Bounded autonomy. Global coordination.

Why QuietEdge Exists

The power system is becoming a distributed control problem

AI infrastructure is exposing a mismatch between rapidly changing compute loads and power architectures designed around slower, more predictable behavior.

QuietEdge does not attempt to replace the grid, UPS, energy storage or facility EMS. Those systems perform essential functions at their own timescales.

The company focuses on the faster layer closest to conversion and the rack — where local sensing and response can begin before a disturbance propagates through the rest of the system.

Autonomous power begins at the converter.

What We Are Building

Control IP first. Hardware to prove it.

Control Algorithms & Firmware

Local observation, converter coordination, modular behavior and bounded response.

Reference Power Architectures

Physical DC power systems used to validate how the controls behave in realistic power hardware.

OEM Integration Paths

Licensing, co-development and reference architectures that allow QuietEdge behavior to live inside qualified partner hardware.

Hardware validates the behavior. Licensing scales it.

How We Work

Evidence before claims

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Observe First

Establish a known-good baseline before introducing new behavior.

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Bound the Change

New control influence is constrained, reversible and subordinate to protection.

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Measure the Result

Separate simulation, embedded measurements, physical hardware validation and future engineering targets.

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Scale What Survives Testing

Architecture earns broader application through evidence rather than assumption.

QuietEdge's current hardware program follows this philosophy: model the behavior, execute it in target-class processing, validate it as an observer on power hardware, and introduce bounded influence only after review.

Inspiration

Power in Rhythm

Many resilient biological systems do not route every granular function through one central brain. Local structures sense, respond and interact with their neighbors while higher-level systems maintain broader awareness and direction.

QuietEdge uses that pattern as an engineering inspiration: fast local response, distributed coordination and slower global supervision working together.

Note

Biology is an architectural analogy, not engineering evidence. The proof comes from measurement and hardware validation.

Leadership

Built around power architecture and commercialization

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John Springer

Founder & Chief Architect

Inventor and systems architect with experience across batteries, DC-coupled charging, microgrids, power electronics and control systems. Led or contributed to advanced energy programs including DC charging work with a Fortune 50 company and DOE/NREL EVs@Scale, and previously helped create and launch EVESCO.

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Chris Larsen

Co-Founder & CEO

Power-electronics commercialization leader with more than 25 years of experience across strategic partnerships, contract manufacturing, team building and go-to-market execution. Background includes utility-scale power electronics and executive leadership through major strategic transactions.

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Matt Lugar

Executive Advisor

Clean-energy finance and infrastructure executive with more than 30 years across capital formation, startup leadership, project development and data-center infrastructure.

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Cy MacKinnon

Strategic Advisor

Infrastructure investment executive with more than 25 years across energy, real assets, utilities, transport, telecom and institutional capital.

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Development Status

From concept to engineering program

Current stage: Power hardware validation underway

Architecture & Modeling

Reference models established the initial system behavior and test questions.

Patent Protection

Core modular DC architecture and control system are patent pending.

Embedded Execution

Control code has progressed into target-class real-time processing environments.

Power Hardware Validation

Current

Staged validation on SiC dual-active-bridge hardware is underway.

Multi-Module Validation

Shared-bus coordination, ripple, transient and fault behavior represent the next physical proof.

Home

Built in Nevada. Designed to scale through partners.

QuietEdge is based in Reno, Nevada — a region connected to data-center growth, advanced manufacturing, energy infrastructure and the broader western technology ecosystem.

The company is being built around a capital-efficient model: maintain the core control IP and system architecture while working with specialized engineering, semiconductor, manufacturing and OEM partners.

Reno, Nevada

Data-center growth corridor · Advanced manufacturing · Western technology ecosystem

The next generation of power infrastructure will be built collaboratively

QuietEdge welcomes conversations with engineers, OEMs, data-center operators, semiconductor companies, manufacturing partners, researchers and strategic investors who are working on the next generation of high-density power systems.