Tarun Batchu
Co-Founder & CEO
Tarun began building energy tech at 12. His background spans energy research, community energy projects, and climate leadership, including serving as a UNA-USA Global Goals Ambassador for Climate Action.
The people behind Vela.
We build AI for the teams delivering power infrastructure. Backed by a16z speedrun and Z Fellows.
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Tarun and Tony combine technical depth in energy systems and complex infrastructure projects.
Tony Li
Co-Founder & COO
Tony published research with the U.S. Department of Energy in his field’s second-highest-ranked journal, worked on bioenergy projects at Quasar Energy Group, and supported Megapack procurement at Tesla. He left Vanderbilt, where he was an Ingram Scholar on a full scholarship.
Our backgrounds.
Schools, employers and programs from our backgrounds. These are not Vela customers or partners.
