Sponge

Vision

To be the intelligence layer between every commercial facility and the grid.

The EMaaS Model

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Commercial
Facility

Assets, loads,
solar, battery

Intelligence Layer

⚙️

Sponge EMaaS

Sensing, deciding,
executing — every
10 minutes

The Grid

Tariffs, TOU rates,
incentive programs

Passive hardware stores energy. EMaaS decides when to use it — capturing arbitrage, shaving peaks, and accessing programs that static controllers miss entirely.

The grid is getting harder to work with. Data centres, EV charging, factory automation — demand is accelerating faster than transmission infrastructure can keep up. Utilities are responding with rate structures that punish peak draw and reward flexibility.

Batteries are the right response. But most deployed batteries on C&I solar sites run on reactive logic — charge when the sun shines, discharge when someone asks. No forecast. No arbitrage. Revenue left on the table every billing cycle.

WHYSPONGEEXISTS
WHATSPONGEDOES

Sponge is the intelligence layer for commercial and industrial batteries. We take batteries already deployed on solar installations and turn them into active economic assets — capturing time-of-use arbitrage, shaving demand peaks, and accessing grid services programs that operators didn’t know they were eligible for.

Edge-computed. Continuous. Automatic.

Founding Team

Built by people who understand both the grid and the business case.

Jeremy Lytle, MASc

Jeremy Lytle, MASc

CEO & Founder

Electricity market & battery expert. Bootstrapped to product-market fit. Continuous focus on this problem since 2017.

Bas de Bruijne, MASc

Bas de Bruijne, MASc

CTO & Co-Founder

Elite expertise in ML & control theory. Distributed compute specialist. Unique technical capability in the critical execution areas.

Paul Kealey, BComm

Paul Kealey, BComm

Chief of Voice & Co-Founder

Proven solar technology sales leader. Deep marketing expertise. Global experience in cleantech sales.

Want to talk to the team?

Whether you’re an EPC looking to close a battery job or an investor doing diligence — we’re straightforward people.

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