Resilient
Power where people live and work.
Distributed storage helps buildings respond locally when demand rises or supply is interrupted.
The power constraint of the AI era
Electricity demand is accelerating faster than conventional infrastructure can adapt. The next generation of homes cannot remain passive loads—they must store, manage, and deliver power at the edge.
A new role for buildings
AI, electrification, cooling, and renewable generation are making power more dynamic. Yet energy storage is still treated as a separate box. Aether integrates fast-response storage into the building itself, so smart homes can support their occupants and the grid.
Resilient
Distributed storage helps buildings respond locally when demand rises or supply is interrupted.
Intelligent
Integrated monitoring makes power, health, and operating mode visible in real time.
Scalable
Modular panels allow energy capacity to scale with the building instead of consuming new space.
The product
A prefabricated, non-load-bearing wall panel with embedded supercapacitor storage, interconnection, controls, and monitoring integrated inside the building envelope.
From the outside, the building remains clean, familiar, and architecturally conventional. The energy system stays out of sight, allowing the space to look and function like a normal building. Occupants and designers experience familiar architecture without visible energy equipment competing for space.
Behind the finished architecture, prefabricated walls become repeatable energy infrastructure. Storage is planned with the building instead of arriving later as another box, footprint, or installation step. Capacity can be repeated across multiple panels as the building grows.
Inside each wall panel, an embedded supercapacitor connects with power electronics, controls, and monitoring. The wall stores energy, reports its condition, and responds quickly when the building needs power. Fast charge and discharge response helps manage short power fluctuations and support essential loads.
Interior finish, structural framing, protected energy modules, and serviceable connections work as one modular assembly. Each layer supports safety, access, performance, and a clean architectural result. The modular arrangement also makes inspection, replacement, and future upgrades more practical.
Working hardware
We built a full-scale wall-panel prototype with embedded storage and a live monitoring interface. It has been charged, discharged, and used to power a real load.
Book a live demoUC Berkeley Big Ideas 2026
Aether won the Big Ideas Sustainability & Climate Change Prize, sponsored by Bakar Labs for Energy & Materials. That support helped move the concept from an ambitious building-energy vision to a full-scale functional prototype.
The team
A multidisciplinary founding team combining infrastructure design, resilient energy systems, AI, analytics, and business development.
See it working
We welcome developers, prefab builders, pilot partners, researchers, and investors interested in the future of building-integrated energy.