Vela connects the systems an energy project already runs on. It keeps one source-linked line of truth, and teams build agents around the work they need to move. We’re backed by a16z Speedrun and Z Fellows.
Built by a team from
Founders
Tarun Batchu
Co-Founder & CEO
Incoming UC Berkeley M.E.T. student studying EECS and Business. His interest in energy began at 12 with a carbon-capture project that earned an Arrow Electronics sponsorship and was pitched to ExxonMobil. Since then he's worked across environmental innovation and youth civic leadership as a UN Global Goals Ambassador, a former national co-lead with Citizens' Climate Lobby, and an organizer of community energy-efficiency efforts backed by Bloomberg Philanthropies.
Tony Li
Co-Founder & COO
Rising sophomore at Vanderbilt University and an Ingram Scholar, one of ten students selected annually for the program's full-tuition scholarship. He has published research with the U.S. Department of Energy, supported multimillion-dollar bioenergy projects with Quasar Energy Group for the Department of Defense, and joined Tesla's Thermal Purchasing Team as its youngest intern, where he worked on the Megapack platform.