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Gordian Technologies builds advanced software infrastructure for training and deploying machine learning models at scale. By addressing fundamental limitations in GPU memory and edge inference efficiency, Gordian enables partners to achieve higher accuracy and lower computational overhead across a range of applications — from utilities to industrial predictive maintenance. Our mission is to enable future edge AI in resource constrained devices.

The Minds Behind Gordian

Peter Baird

CEO

Peter Baird joined Gordian as Chief Executive Officer in September 2025. Until June 2025, Peter served as Chief Commercial Officer for MultiSensor AI, a publicly traded enterprise software company focused on predictive maintenance and condition-based monitoring. From August 2020 to January 2025, Peter was the Chief Financial Officer for MultiSensor AI, completing a successful public listing of the company in December 2023. Prior to joining MultiSensor AI, Peter worked in South Africa at Ninety-One Asset Management as the Head of African Private Equity, and at Standard Chartered Bank as a Senior Managing Director and Head of African Private Equity. In both of these roles he managed a team of professionals investing in and managing growth companies across Sub-Saharan Africa. Prior to these experiences, Peter was a Partner at McKinsey & Company, helping to build and lead the private equity and healthcare practices. Peter currently sits on the board and investment committee of TEAMFund, a healthcare venture capital firm, and he chairs the board of the African Leadership Foundation. Peter received a B.A. degree (cum laude) from Bates College, an M.A. degree in Quantitative Economics from the University of Cape Town, and an M.B.A. the Stanford Graduate School of Business. At Stanford he was an Arjay Miller Scholar. Peter is also a Charted Financial Analyst.

Shekar Mantha

Co- Founder & CTO

Shekar Mantha co-founded Gordian Technologies in August 2021. Prior to founding Gordian, Shekar was a long-standing leader in the embedded systems space, and a successful serial entrepreneur. He co-founded Arevo Labs (funded by Khosla Ventures) where he created finite element software for additive parts, an industry first. At Arevo Labs he was awarded seven patents on 3-D printing. Prior to Arevo Labs, Shekar was at Asurion for several years, where he led a team of 75 engineers, in developing and deploying mobile applications. At Asurion he was awarded two patents on mobile synchronization technology.   At Conversay, Shekar was the V.P. of mobile development. In this role he led efforts to embed speech synthesis / recognition onto resource constrained devices. Prior to Conversay, Shekar founded Kada Systems, where he built the smallest footprint embedded real-time Java Virtual Machine. This software was adopted by Cisco Systems, Analog Devices, and Texas Instruments. Shekar started his career at Bell Labs where he developed architectures for dynamically configurable communication networks and at Toshiba America where he developed a real-time MRI scanning algorithm, working around inherent constraints in Math coprocessors (the precursors to the GPU). Shekar holds an M.S. degree in Computer Science and a B.S. degree in Physics.

Ben Snedeker

Board Member

Ben Snedeker joined the Gordian board as a Non-Executive Director in August 2021. Ben is a Partner and Portfolio Manager of Public Equities at Catalio Capital Management, LP. He is primarily responsible for managing the Catalio Public Equities portfolio, investing across innovative healthcare companies in pharmaceuticals, biotech, medical devices, life science tools, diagnostics and data. He also serves as the Co-Head of Investments at Catalio, with a focus on identifying opportunities for the investment team to work together across the life sciences capital structure. He also serves on Catalio’s firmwide Management Committee. Prior to joining Catalio, Ben was Sector Head for Therapeutics at HealthCor Management and at PointState Capital. He began his investing career as a therapeutics analyst and portfolio manager at D.E. Shaw & Co. on the long-short healthcare equities team. Ben was also an Associate Principal at McKinsey & Company in the Global Pharmaceuticals and Medical Products practice and a co-founder of McKinsey’s Philadelphia office. Ben earned his B.S. degree in Chemistry from Pennsylvania State University and his M.S. degree in Chemistry from Yale University.

Press release:

Itron to Showcase Advancements in Grid Edge Intelligence and Resiliency at DTECH 2026

End-to-End Solutions Address Grid Complexity, Rising Energy Demand and Reliability Challenges

LIBERTY LAKE, Wash. — Jan. 29, 2026 — Itron, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI), which is innovating new ways for utilities and cities to manage energy and water, is showcasing the latest advancements with its Grid Edge Intelligence portfolio as well as its newly formed Resiliency Solutions segment at DTECH 2026 in San Diego, Calif., Feb. 2-5, 2026.

As utilities grapple with increased grid complexity and energy demand from electrification and data centers, they require greater visibility and control at the grid edge to ensure power quality, reliable power delivery and accurate forecasting. Leveraging distributed intelligence (DI), Itron’s Grid Edge Intelligence portfolio delivers proven end-to-end business solutions to utilities at scale in collaboration with ecosystem partners. Featuring standards-based, pre-integrated solutions that are interoperable and extensible, the portfolio delivers unprecedented business value to utilities and reduces total cost of ownership (TCO). The solutions within the Grid Edge Intelligence portfolio build on Itron’s proven scale with more than 16 million DI-enabled meters shipped, more than 100 million endpoints under management and 70GWh of flexible customer load and generation dispatched in 2025.

Itron is also enhancing its Grid Edge Intelligence portfolio to enable Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) at the edge in collaboration with NVIDIA, Microsoft, AWS, Snowflake, Gordian Technologies, NET2GRID and Bidgely, expanding Itron’s ability to deliver real-time AI-powered DI insights and solutions that extract more value from utility data. Moreover, Itron continues to advance its strategic collaborations with Schneider Electric and GE Vernova to improve real-time visibility, optimize distributed energy resources (DERs) and modernize grid operations for greater reliability and flexibility.

Through its recent acquisitions of Urbint and Locusview, Itron is helping customers better operate their critical systems, adding value throughout the entire lifecycle of field assets—from planning and build-out to operations, maintenance and protection. Itron’s new Resiliency Solutions segment integrates the capabilities of Urbint’s Protection Solutions, Locusview’s Digital Construction Management (DCM) and Itron’s Grid Edge Intelligence to help utilities holistically manage their critical systems.

“Utilities are undergoing a profound transformation driven by rapid electrification, growing data center demand and increasing grid complexity. Itron is broadening our focus to deliver comprehensive grid edge intelligence and resiliency solutions that empower critical infrastructure providers to plan smarter, build faster and operate safer,” said Tom Deitrich, Itron’s president and CEO. “By leveraging AI and ML, advanced analytics and real-time insights, we are committed to helping utilities not only overcome today’s challenges but also lead the way toward a more sustainable, reliable and resilient future.”

Itron’s Grid Edge Intelligence Portfolio at DTECH

Itron’s Grid Edge Intelligence portfolio spans the utility value chain, from the customer to DER Management Systems (DERMS) to grid operations, helping utilities deliver affordable and reliable electricity in the future. Ready to deliver business value from day one of next-generation AMI rollouts (for both use case-driven adoption or complete replacements), Itron works with its customers through the entire process of business transformation, from planning to implementation and business value realization.

Key solutions that deliver end-to-end value transformation will be on display at DTECH, including:

Customer Experience: Itron’s Customer Experience solutions unify real‑time load disaggregation, DER insights and grid‑capacity data into a single, consistent data resource easily accessible across utility operations and customer program teams. This shared intelligence enables more effective program design, higher customer satisfaction and greater grid impact. Itron’s updated DER Awareness bundle and load disaggregation solutions—now also powered by NET2GRID EnergyAI™—provides real‑time detection of EV charging events and solar generation at the grid edge with the EV Awareness application achieving over 90% accuracy in identifying and monitoring individual charging events.
DER Management: Itron’s IntelliFLEX DERMS solution dispatched over 70GWh of flexible customer load and generation in 2025. The Grid Edge DERMS solution now hosts over 20MW of battery storage, manages PV solar across the three largest territories in Australia and manages tens of thousands of EVs. Distributed intelligence now enables critical autonomous load management for customers who want to electrify without investing tens of thousands of dollars in electric infrastructure upgrades, with Itron demonstrating the end-to-end capability to prevent electric panel upgrades and safeguard transformers through local autonomous operation of EV chargers through the meter.
Advanced Grid Reliability: Itron’s Advanced Grid Reliability solutions deliver regulatory-grade business value by targeting an average reduction of outage minutes by 10% and increasing capacity by up to 20% through improved asset utilization based on industry estimates. This solution is enabled by real-time, system-wide visibility and analytics that optimize grid operations, improve resiliency and safety, and provide performance guarantees. First use cases will be available to utility customers this year with a focus on high-confidence outage awareness and restoration, combining AMI alarms with real-time DI information.

Itron’s Resiliency Solutions at DTECH

Itron’s new Resiliency Solutions increase efficiency, resilience and reliability during operations and enable capabilities to prepare for high-pressure events, like natural disasters, and worker safety during field work.

This unified approach enables utilities to plan smarter, respond faster and operate more safely. Itron’s Resiliency Solutions on display in the Itron, Urbint and Locusview booths include:

Protection Solutions (Urbint booth #423)
- Worker Safety: Elevates field safety by enabling crews to identify hazards and controls at the point of work.
- Damage Prevention: Reviews, manages and prioritizes “811” dig requests to prevent third-party damage to underground assets.
- Emergency Preparedness & Response: Connects the entire natural disaster lifecycle by predicting damage and expediting a utility’s response.
Digital Construction Management (Locusview booth #1539)
- LocusviewCONNECT: An ArcGIS Pro add-in that automates the integration of field-collected data into the GIS, eliminating manual data entry and accelerating the close-out process for utility networks.
- LocusviewINSPECT: A specialized module focused on quality inspections, allowing teams to digitize compliance workflows and maintain rigorous safety and regulatory standards during construction.
- LocusviewINVOICE: A module that leverages validated as-built data to automate invoice creation, significantly reducing errors and accelerating the billing cycle for utilities and contractors.

Itron is presenting sponsor of DTECH 2026. Discover solutions that enable real-time insights at the grid edge and improve safety, resiliency and reliability in Itron booth #2715, Locusview booth #1539 and Urbint booth #423

Attend the opening night keynote on Monday, Feb. 2 at 4:30 p.m. PST to hear from Itron President and CEO Tom Deitrich and executives from San Diego Gas & Electric, Pacific Gas & Electric and Duke Energy as they discuss data, analytics and innovation in the utility industry. To access a full list of Itron and customer sessions as well as more information about Itron at DTECH, visit www.itron.com/dtech.

Supporting Quotes

“Itron’s Grid Edge Intelligence portfolio empowers utilities to address today’s most pressing grid challenges with real-time visibility, advanced analytics and end-to-end solutions. By bridging the gap between grid operations and customer engagement, we’re enabling our utility partners to deliver more reliable, affordable and sustainable energy—while driving innovation and value for their customers and communities,” said Don Reeves, senior vice president of Outcomes at Itron.

"With this collaboration to support Customer Experience, NET2GRID is combining our industry-leading load disaggregation solutions with Itron's detailed insights into grid capacity constraints, enabling load disaggregation to be a foundational component for all utility departments, from grid planning and management to customer engagement and customer programs,” said Bert Lutje Berenbroek, CEO at NET2GRID.

“Our collaboration with Itron enables Gordian to drive major advances in grid reliability. True machine learning (complex convolutional neural networks) performed at the edge enable Itron's Advanced Grid Reliability solutions. This solution provides critical real-time insights and addresses grid-reliability challenges more effectively. Together we are helping utilities respond swiftly to evolving reliability and safety issues and ensuring stable, resilient operations at the grid edge,” Peter Baird, Chief Executive Officer at Gordian Technologies.

"Our collaboration with Itron has unlocked a meaningful solution to today’s grid complexity," says Vivek Raghunathan, Snowflake SVP of Engineering and Support. "The modern grid's electrification and distributed generation demand 8,760 hour power flow analysis to capture dynamics that annual or seasonal snapshots miss. This is computationally prohibitive for most utilities. Itron's power engineering expertise and Snowflake's powerful platform make this essential analysis practical, delivering the computational performance utilities needed to plan infrastructure for an electrified, decentralized energy future."

“Our expanded collaboration with Itron brings the power of AI to the grid edge—helping utilities unlock measurable gains in efficiency, resilience, and customer engagement today, while laying the foundation for a smarter, more sustainable grid for tomorrow,” said Hanna Grene, Global GTM and Operations Leader, Energy and Resources Industry at Microsoft.

About Itron

Itron is transforming how the world manages energy, water and city services. Our trusted intelligent infrastructure solutions help utilities and cities improve efficiency, build resilience and deliver safe, reliable and affordable service. With edge intelligence, we connect people, data insights and devices so communities can better manage the essential resources they rely on to live and thrive. Join us as we create a more resourceful world: www.itron.com.

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Press release:

Itron and Gordian Technologies Collaborate to Bring AI-Powered Intelligence to the Grid Edge

AI at the Grid Edge Enables Utilities to Strengthen Grid Reliability

LIBERTY LAKE, Wash. — Oct. 23, 2025 — Itron, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI), which is innovating new ways for utilities and cities to manage energy and water, is working with Gordian Technologies (Gordian) to bring artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to the grid edge. Itron is enhancing its Grid Edge Intelligence (GEI) portfolio with Gordian’s AI and ML technology and enabling its developer community to access that technology through Itron’s Distributed Intelligence (DI) Developer Program. This enhancement to Itron’s GEI portfolio further enables utilities to improve grid resilience, disaster management and prevention, operational efficiency and to deliver affordable energy to customers.

Itron’s GEI portfolio features an end-to-end suite of solutions that unlock the power of data within a utility’s service territory. Gordian’s optimized software delivers ML and AI capabilities at the edge-device level and supports running inference on multiple models in parallel to maximize the benefits that can be realized. Together, the Gordian and Itron platforms can detect, analyze and classify millions of data events within milliseconds. For the utility, this unlocks even greater value from their smart infrastructure investments, lowering operational costs and improving their service.

The Gordian platform will be available later this year through Itron’s DI Developer program, allowing app developers to access this high-powered tool to deliver added value solutions for utility customers and to further enhance Itron’s GEI portfolio. Within the DI Developer platform, utilities can leverage the Gordian technology to address a wide range of use cases, such as electric vehicle connection detection and arc flash detection, that help solve operational challenges and better serve their customers. Itron first plans to apply Gordian’s technology to enhance its own anomaly detection and classification solution, using ML algorithms to classify anomalies for field investigation.

“Our vision with Gordian is to apply AI and ML across the grid edge to unlock new levels of intelligence and responsiveness for utilities. This is a powerful capability that will deliver a set of advantages which include: faster response times, lower operational costs, decentralized automation and the ability to make decisions based on real-time, site-specific data,” said Don Reeves, senior vice president of Outcomes at Itron. “Enhancing Itron’s GEI portfolio with Gordian’s AI and ML technology enables a more adaptive approach to modern grid management and we are excited about our collaboration.”

“Working together with Itron allows us to bring the power of AI and machine learning directly to the grid edge. There is a substantial set of use-cases that can leverage our technology platform and we look forward to the innovative solutions that developers create,” said Shekar Mantha, Gordian’s Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer. “By integrating our platform with Itron’s Grid Edge Intelligence portfolio, we’re enabling utilities to unlock real-time insights, improve grid reliability and respond faster to emerging challenges.”

Itron’s DI Developer Program allows developers to create and deploy purpose-built applications to address utility challenges and implement innovative solutions that enhance the overall value of their distributed intelligence investment. Gordian is a key contributor to the Itron program, and with its AI and ML platform, Gordian enhances the developer community’s ability to deliver high-performance applications.

About Gordian

About Itron

Gordian Technologies is an edge AI software company. Gordian provides edge-AI inference platforms that are highly efficient in terms of memory and CPU/GPU usage, which allows them to run complex neural networks on resource-constrained devices (such as electric power meters). Gordian also provides end-to-end machine learning platforms that are used to train extremely high resolution, high information-density models.