Niv-AI Exits Stealth To Wring More Power Performance Out Of GPUs
Niv-AI exits stealth with $12M to fix GPU power waste draining AI data centers — here's what their new sensor tech means for the future of AI
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Niv-AI Exits Stealth To Wring More Power Performance Out Of GPUs
GPU Power Crisis: How One Startup Plans to Stop AI's Biggest Hidden Waste Every second that an AI data center runs, electricity is being thrown away. Not a little — up to 30% of the power feeding some of the world's most expensive computer chips simply vanishes due to inefficiencies that no one has fully solved. That is the problem a new Israeli startup is now stepping forward to fix, and the timing could not be more urgent. Niv-AI, a Tel Aviv-based startup founded in 2025, officially emerged from stealth on March 17, 2026, announcing $12 million in seed funding. The company is building a hardware-software system designed to measure and manage GPU power consumption at a level of precision that did not previously exist in the industry. For data center operators quietly watching billions of dollars in chip investments underperform, this announcement lands like a lifeline. The Hidden Problem Costing AI Companies Billions Most people outside the data center industry do not realize tha…