Spark
About Spark
Spark is an AI-powered workflow tool that helps energy developers build large-scale solar and storage projects faster. Its mission is to help renewable energy developers build solar farms, battery storage plants, and related projects more efficiently. The company was founded by product and engineering leaders from Brex, Google, Apple, WeaveGrid, and Microsoft, and is based in San Francisco with a small, in-person team. Spark is backed by investors including AI Grant (Nat Friedman, Daniel Gross), Plaid, Y Combinator, and the founders of Brex, Helioscope, and others. Its customers are world-class renewable energy developers with more than $15B raised for project finance and pipelines totaling over 70GW, including Colliers Engineering & Design, Standard Solar (Brookfield), Pine Gate Renewables (Blackstone), and Cypress Creek Renewables; Spark states its aim to build the AI workflow engine behind the next generation of renewable energy infrastructure and describes itself as software to accelerate the energy transition.
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Culture & values
Spark is a small, in-person team based in San Francisco, working together 5 days a week.
We believe tight collaboration is a superpower at this stage.
As an early member of the team, you’ll work closely with everyone to shape the engineering and company culture, with significant opportunity to grow as we scale.
Act with Urgency: Move with decisiveness and momentum—do the right things now.
Extreme Ownership: We take responsibility, fix problems, and own outcomes.
Seek Truth: We practice intellectual rigor, challenge assumptions, and engage in honest debate and feedback, with respect for all voices.
Lead with Energy: We approach work with curiosity, execute with intensity, and build warm, trusting relationships with teammates and customers.
Our mission is to help renewable energy developers build solar farms, battery storage plants, and related projects more efficiently.
Life at Spark
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