How Rainforest Automation Takes the Peaks Out of the Grid

Owning the Connection

Some companies own a thing, others own the connection between things. Software that sits between a utility, a home and a piece of third-party hardware holds its value in the interfaces, the protocols and the logic that makes all of it agree, and none of that is visible the way a product on a shelf is visible.

That invisibility has a cost. A team can spend years building orchestration nobody else has and still assume there is nothing in it to own, because it does not look like an invention. Meanwhile the parties on either side, large utilities and established equipment makers, arrive with IP positions of their own.

IAC’s shared patent portfolio and IP insurance exist for companies in that position, giving a small team defensive cover it could not assemble alone.

About Rainforest Automation

Rainforest Automation is a Vancouver energy management software company serving electric utilities, helping them analyze, reduce and shift how their customers use energy. Its products connect utility systems, in-home devices and third-party hardware, so that demand can be moved away from the hours when the grid is under the most strain.