FLUIX
Techstars '22Mangaluru, IN · Founded 2021 · 8 known investors
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FLUIX develops autonomous AI software for data center and critical infrastructure management, centered on its A.I.M.I. system that integrates fragmented HVAC, lighting, water, and server systems. Its dashboard reports efficiency metrics such as PUE, WUE, and CUE and applies self-learning setpoint and load-balancing controls to reduce energy and resource consumption.
Also known as Fluix · FLUIX AI · FLUIX Inc.
Founders & leadership
FLUIX was founded in 2021 by Abhishek Sastri.

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Company profile
researched Sep 2026FLUIX (also referred to as FLUIX AI and FLUIX Inc.) develops autonomous AI control software for data centers and other critical buildings. Its platform, A.I.M.I.®, is described as a multi-agent, multi-modal AI "autopilot" that sits between facility infrastructure — HVAC, CRAC units and building management systems — and the electrical grid, taking autonomous control actions based on environmental conditions and IT load data. An agnostic integration layer connects fragmented HVAC, lighting, water and server systems so they operate together, and a PUE and AI Insights dashboard presents real-time PUE, WUE and CUE metrics with recommendations, replacing manual or spreadsheet-based efficiency calculations. Dynamic setpoint and load-balancing controls are applied autonomously, with the system self-learning optimization strategies across connected systems.
The company positions the platform as enabling up to 40% savings in energy costs, and as supporting autonomous demand response — shedding load during grid events without disrupting IT operations. In June 2026 the founder announced A.I.M.I. 1.0, a deep reinforcement learning controller for continuous control of data center cooling that trains on live production equipment while imitating AI-factory heat-load fluctuations; reported results were a 28% reduction in PUE with 0% temperature excursions. The company states that deployment from data connection to full automation takes about 90 days.
FLUIX was founded in 2021 according to its pitch profile and Signalbase listing, and in 2022 according to its TechCrunch Startup Battlefield profile. Founders are listed as Abhishek (Abhi) Sastri, who serves as Founder & CEO, and Chase Overcash. Headcount is listed as three employees (Signalbase lists 2-10).
Founding story
The company was founded by Abhishek Sastri, who serves as Founder and CEO, and Chase Overcash. Founding year is given as 2021 by its pitch profile and Signalbase and as 2022 by its TechCrunch Startup Battlefield profile.
Business model
FLUIX sells software deployed on-premises at data centers and other critical facilities, working with customers through paid pilots that convert into expansion contracts and larger multi-site rollouts.
Sources describe paid pilots converting to expansion contracts and follow-on purchase orders for additional sites; specific pricing terms are not stated.
Traction
Reported traction includes more than six months of live optimization deployments; a LATAM colocation data center achieving 25% cooling optimization projected at over $260,000 per year in savings; a US data center and utility achieving 0.4 MWh/day of autonomous demand-response curtailment savings; a 40% reduction in server room energy use for Solideon over a six-month period documented in a Santa Cruz Works case study; and paid pilots converting into expansion contracts, including discussions with a major U.S. utility on a seven-site portfolio rollout and a follow-on purchase order covering two additional data centers.
Latest developments
In June 2026 the company introduced A.I.M.I. 1.0, a deep reinforcement learning controller for continuous data center cooling control, reporting a 28% PUE reduction with zero temperature excursions in lab testing on live production equipment. Its pitch profile lists the company as raising a Seed round.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history, risks & controversies
Market position
FLUIX targets the small-to-medium data center segment, which it characterizes as the fastest-growing part of the market at roughly $30B, arguing that large automation incumbents such as Honeywell and Johnson Controls do not address the fragmentation of systems in these facilities. It differentiates from hyperscaler approaches that optimize compute workloads by controlling the physical cooling and power infrastructure that operators own.
The platform controls physical infrastructure — cooling and power — rather than compute workloads, making it deployable at any data center regardless of tenant or workload type, and it integrates across otherwise fragmented facility systems with automated, real-time efficiency metric calculation.
Technology
A.I.M.I.® is an on-premises, multi-agent and multi-modal AI platform with an equipment-agnostic integration layer that connects HVAC, CRAC, BMS, water, lighting and IT systems. It computes efficiency metrics (PUE, WUE, CUE) in real time and applies dynamic setpoint and load-balancing control. A.I.M.I. 1.0, announced June 2026, is a deep reinforcement learning controller for continuous control of data center cooling that explores autonomous actions on live production equipment, reported to deliver a 28% PUE reduction with no temperature excursions, and to free stranded power for additional GPUs.
Go-to-market
The company runs pilot deployments with early clients to demonstrate energy savings, using case-study results to win further data center customers, and expands through follow-on purchase orders and portfolio rollouts with utility and colocation partners. It has also used accelerator and venture platform programs, including Morgan Stanley Inclusive Ventures Lab, Techstars, gener8tor, CO.LAB and Capital Factory's All Access Fund 2024.
Colocation and enterprise data centers, particularly small-to-medium operators, along with industrial facilities and utilities; disclosed engagements include colocation groups in LATAM and Central Florida, industrial groups in Tennessee and Utah, and a U.S. utility.
Geography
The company describes itself as based in Silicon Valley / San Francisco, California, and opened a data center lab and headquarters there in March 2025. Customer engagements span LATAM, Central Florida (including a partnership with Colo Solutions in downtown Orlando), Tennessee and Utah.
History
FLUIX announced in April 2024 that its AI cut server room air-conditioning energy use by 65%, and partnered with Colo Solutions Data Center in downtown Orlando to test A.I.M.I. It closed a $2.1M SAFE round in late 2024, announced on January 22, 2025, kicked off by Pi Labs with the largest check from Shadow Ventures. In March 2025 it opened a data center lab and headquarters in Silicon Valley, marked by a March 27 launch event for data center experts, investors and operators. In June 2026 it introduced A.I.M.I. 1.0, a deep reinforcement learning cooling controller.
Risks & controversies
Sources give inconsistent founding years (2021 versus 2022) and differing headquarters descriptions (Silicon Valley/San Francisco versus other locations), and several traction and performance figures are founder-confirmed or company-stated rather than independently verified.
Compiled by commissioned research from 7 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 5
launches, deals, and filingsFLUIX introduced A.I.M.I.® 1.0, a deep reinforcement learning controller that autonomously controls cooling systems in data center environments, trained on live production equipment in its lab, with reported results of a 28% reduction in PUE and 0% temperature excursions.
FLUIX held a grand opening on March 27, 2025 for its new Silicon Valley headquarters and data center lab, an event bringing together 60+ data center experts, investors, operators and industry professionals.
FLUIX announced the close of a $2.1M SAFE round, raised in late 2024, to fund pilot deployments, platform testing and development, and team expansion. The round was kicked off by Pi Labs, with the largest investment from Shadow Ventures; other participants included Morgan Stanley Inclusive Ventures Lab, Alumni Ventures, Techstars, REFASHIOND Ventures, CO.LAB, gener8tor and angel investors.
$2.1M source ↗
FLUIX Inc. announced that its AI reduced server room air conditioning energy use by 65%.
FLUIX partnered with Colo Solutions Data Center in downtown Orlando to test its A.I.M.I. platform; Colo Solutions COO Ed Nuckols described the collaboration as aimed at driving energy efficiency in its data center operations.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
▸Research sources · 7
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Frequently asked questions
- What does FLUIX do?
- FLUIX builds A.I.M.I., an autonomous AI control layer that optimizes data center cooling, power and water systems.
- Who founded FLUIX?
- FLUIX was founded by Abhishek Sastri in 2021.
- Who are FLUIX's investors?
- FLUIX's investors include Alumni Ventures, REFASHIOND Ventures, Shadow Ventures, Techstars, Pi Labs.
- Where is FLUIX headquartered?
- FLUIX is headquartered in Mangaluru, IN.



