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Companies House shows GRID EDGE LIMITED as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Birmingham spin-out from Aston University whose AI software links to building controls to cut energy use.", "description": "Grid Edge was formed as a spin-out from Aston University and is based in Birmingham. UKTN describes its product, Edge2X, as \"cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI) software that integrates with building controls to optimise energy use\", building digital twins of buildings. In December 2021 it raised £2m from bp Ventures, Goldacre (part of the Noé Group) and Aston University, after US$256,000 in seed funding. Tom Anderson is co-founder. Companies House was not checked. 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The software was developed by Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar, Krishna Gokhale and Joht Singh Chandan in the university's Department of Applied Health Sciences. Christian Billinghurst is chief executive. 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