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ContractPower

Techstars '24

Encinitas, US · 3 employees on LinkedIn · 1 known investors

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ContractPower is an AI contract intelligence platform built for the U.S. renewable energy sector, extracting compliance obligations from energy agreements such as PPAs, LGIAs, BESSAs, and O&M contracts and turning them into tracked tasks with reminders and clause-level citations. It serves asset managers, developers, deal teams, legal counsel, finance/tax equity teams, and EPC/O&M teams managing contract compliance across project portfolios.

Also known as ContractPower, Inc. · ContractPower.ai

Founders & leadership

JL
Jerome Le HirFounder

Investors · 1

Techstarslisted by TechstarsBoulder · $220K

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Company profile

researched Sep 2026

ContractPower is an AI-powered contract and document intelligence platform serving the renewable energy and infrastructure sectors. The product analyzes complex project agreements — including interconnection agreements, power purchase agreements, LLC agreements and O&M contracts — to identify and extract key compliance items, summarize lengthy documents, and connect related provisions across an entire project document set. The company positions the platform as a way to reduce reliance on tribal knowledge in contract review, regulatory compliance and obligation tracking, stating that energy professionals can reduce time spent reading contracts from roughly 12 hours per week to about 3.

The platform is organized into several modules. ClauseSense provides AI-based extraction and tracking of compliance obligations; a Summary module produces condensed, template-driven briefs for specific contract types; a multi-document chat interface allows ChatGPT-style question-and-answer across full document sets; Fleet Sense organizes and analyzes a whole contract portfolio; and PowerReg cross-references ISO tariffs against a customer's project documents. Additional functionality covers automated compliance tracking, risk scoring, and diligence summaries. The company states data is encrypted in transit and at rest and offers SSO sign-in for enterprise users.

ContractPower, Inc. is headquartered in Encinitas, California, and was founded in 2023. Its Techstars profile describes three core generative-AI and machine-learning products built around customer contracts: a compliance item extractor, a summary application embedded into users' daily workflow, and a ChatGPT-style Q&A dialogue box.

Business model

ContractPower sells a software platform accessed through a web application with account-based sign-in, including single sign-on for enterprise users. It is offered to energy companies as a tool for contract review, compliance tracking and document analysis across project portfolios.

Traction

The company states it is used by developers including EDF, MN8, Nautilus Solar, Atlas Energy, Clean Energy Counsel, Radian Generation and Arevon, and claims the platform reduces contract reading time for energy professionals from about 12 hours per week to about 3. It has three products in market: a compliance item extractor, a summary application, and a Q&A dialogue interface.

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Market position

ContractPower is a small, early-stage company of 1-10 employees operating at the intersection of artificial intelligence, renewable energy and software. It names EDF, MN8, Nautilus Solar, Atlas Energy, Clean Energy Counsel, Radian Generation and Arevon among developers using the product, and cites backing from Techstars.

Technology

The platform applies generative AI and machine learning to contract documents. Components include an AI clause extraction and compliance-obligation tracking engine (ClauseSense), automated summarization templates, a conversational question-and-answer interface spanning multiple documents, portfolio-level contract analysis (Fleet Sense), compliance tracking with risk scoring, and PowerReg, which cross-references ISO tariffs against project documents. The company states data is encrypted in transit and at rest. Its public website is built on WordPress with Elementor, jQuery and PHP, and uses HubSpot Analytics and Google Site Kit.

Go-to-market

The company markets directly to energy professionals — independent power producers, utilities and developers — emphasizing named developer customers and time savings in contract review, with a self-service web application for sign-up and sign-in.

Independent power producers, utilities, renewable energy developers and infrastructure project teams that manage large volumes of contract and regulatory documentation.

Geography

Headquartered at 1602 Charro St, Encinitas, California, United States, serving the U.S. energy sector.

History

ContractPower was founded in 2023 and is based in Encinitas, California. It is associated with Techstars, which lists the company on its portfolio job board and which the company cites as a backer.

Compiled by commissioned research from 5 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
EmployeesJan 20261-10
HeadcountAug 20263
Weekly hours spent reading contracts, before vs. after (company claim)Jan 202612 hours per week reduced to 3

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.

Timeline · 1

launches, deals, and filings
Jan 2023
ContractPower founded in Encinitas, California

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Frequently asked questions

What does ContractPower do?
AI contract and document intelligence platform for renewable energy teams, extracting compliance obligations from project agreements.
Who founded ContractPower?
ContractPower was founded by Jerome Le Hir.
Who are ContractPower's investors?
ContractPower's investors include Techstars.
Where is ContractPower headquartered?
ContractPower is headquartered in Encinitas, US.