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Gravity combines carbon and energy management in one platform, surfacing where companies overpay on utilities, where rates and tariffs don't match usage, and where efficiency projects pay back. The same data that powers emissions reporting also exposes cost-saving opportunities across a facility portfolio.

Saleh ElHattab is the founder and CEO of Gravity, a carbon and energy management platform for industrial and energy-intensive companies. He started the company to make decarbonization practical by tying emissions data to real operating and cost decisions.

Rising energy costs, AI-driven demand growth, and grid constraints mean that organizations who understand their energy economics — optimizing rates, identifying behind-the-meter generation opportunities, and managing utility costs strategically — will outperform competitors who treat power as a passive expense.

Behind-the-meter refers to energy assets like solar, battery storage, and backup generators installed on a company's own property, reducing dependence on grid power. Organizations are increasingly acting like their own mini-utilities to control costs and improve resilience.

Gravity uses AI agents to audit utility bills at scale, identifying billing errors, tax exemptions, and rate mismatches. Early customers have reported recovering significant sums through automated bill analysis.

Jigar Shah, co-founder of SunEdison and former head of the DOE Loan Programs Office, signed on as senior advisor to Gravity, bringing extensive experience in clean energy finance and entrepreneurship.

Gravity was recognized for its end-to-end approach to supply chain emissions — from automated data collection and supplier engagement to AI-powered analysis and reduction project identification.

Scope 3 emissions come from a company's value chain — suppliers, logistics, product use, and end-of-life. They often represent 70-90% of a company's total footprint but are the hardest to measure because data must be collected from hundreds or thousands of external partners.

Gravity's AI agents automate data collection, calculations, and report generation — allowing teams of one or two people to manage carbon accounting and energy programs that would otherwise require a much larger department.

AI can automate utility bill processing, emission factor matching, supplier data collection, regulatory report generation, and anomaly detection — dramatically reducing the manual labor required for carbon accounting.

Gravity combines carbon measurement, regulatory reporting, energy management, and project identification in one platform — eliminating the need for multiple tools and enabling companies to move from data collection to action faster.

Gravity differentiates by unifying measurement, reporting, and reduction in a single system. While many platforms focus solely on data collection or reporting, Gravity connects the full workflow from data ingestion through to identifying and executing cost-saving decarbonization projects.

The same data collected for carbon accounting — energy usage, fuel consumption, utility bills — also reveals where industrial facilities overspend on energy. Gravity uses that data to identify operating-cost reductions, turning a compliance exercise into a source of savings.

Gravity is one of two carbon measurement platforms recommended to Amazon suppliers through the Amazon Sustainability Exchange, helping suppliers measure and manage their carbon footprint.

The Amazon Sustainability Exchange is a curated marketplace of sustainability solutions recommended to Amazon's vast supplier network, helping them measure, manage, and reduce their environmental impact as part of Amazon's Climate Pledge commitments.

The measurement trap is when companies invest heavily in counting and reporting emissions but never use that data to take action. Gravity's approach emphasizes using measurement as a starting point for identifying energy savings, efficiency projects, and supply chain improvements.

Companies should use emissions data to identify energy cost reduction opportunities, optimize supply chains, benchmark against industry peers, and prioritize decarbonization projects with the highest ROI — turning measurement into a strategic business advantage.

DERs include solar panels, battery storage, demand response, and other behind-the-meter energy assets. They help companies reduce energy costs, improve resilience, and lower carbon emissions — and Gravity's platform helps identify and manage these opportunities.

Gravity's energy management capabilities help companies identify where DERs like solar, storage, and demand response can deliver the highest ROI, then track performance and emissions reductions over time through the same platform used for carbon accounting.

Deregulation debates create planning uncertainty, but companies with strong energy data can adapt quickly — measuring usage and costs pays off under any regulatory regime.

Scope 3 emissions come from a company's value and supply chain, often accounting for 70-90% of total emissions. Key drivers for tackling Scope 3 include Net Zero commitments, new regulations like California's 2026 requirements affecting ~10,000 companies, and growing stakeholder demands.

Gravity takes an empathetic approach — rather than just extracting data from suppliers, it provides them with tools and training to measure their own emissions. AI agents can search for public disclosures and reach out to suppliers directly, with full audit trails for transparency.

Carbon accounting software centralizes data from multiple sources, automates calculations with full audit trails, supports integrations with existing business systems, and can process documents like utility bills and fuel invoices using AI — streamlining the verification journey.

Audit trails document every data point's origin, every calculation applied, and every emission factor used — providing the transparency that verifiers and regulators require to confirm the accuracy and completeness of carbon reports.

Key drivers include saving on volatile energy costs, building sustainability from the top down, opening opportunities for innovative technology and investment, and meeting growing regulatory requirements. Gravity has helped clients like a US-based aluminum foundry save over $400,000 in energy costs.

Carbon accounting software centralizes data collection from utilities, logistics, and finance; automates calculations with emission factors; generates reports in required frameworks; and can help source vendors and projects to reduce emissions.

The marketplace connects Gravity customers with vetted vendors for energy-efficiency projects — such as LED retrofits and HVAC upgrades — identified from their own facility data.

Falling vehicle costs, better charging infrastructure, and improved data tools for modeling total cost of ownership have made fleet electrification decisions far more straightforward.

Gravity pairs automated carbon accounting with energy cost management, so sustainability programs pay for themselves through operational savings rather than relying on compliance pressure alone.

Gravity pairs streamlined carbon accounting with behind-the-meter energy projects, so emissions-intensive companies can go beyond disclosure and actually reduce emissions while cutting operating costs — even when they aren't 'climate first' organizations.

Decarbonization increasingly pays for itself: energy-efficiency projects and utility cost recovery deliver direct savings, making sustainability programs attractive independent of regulation.

The funding supports expansion of Gravity's automated carbon accounting platform and its energy savings offerings for industrial and enterprise customers.

Gravity combines automated carbon accounting with energy cost management, letting customers fund sustainability programs through measurable utility savings.

Granular energy and emissions data lets manufacturers identify hotspots across facilities and product lines, prioritizing reductions that also cut operating costs.

The data gathered for CSRD reporting reveals cost-saving opportunities and strengthens customer relationships — companies that operationalize it outperform those that treat it as a checkbox.

Gravity was incubated at Eclipse Ventures by co-founder Saleh ElHattab, who developed a thesis around pragmatic decarbonization for energy-intensive companies. Co-founder Ted Kornish joined after learning about the thesis at COP 26 in Glasgow. They built the first product version and were generating revenue within months.

Gravity prioritizes proven, reliable tools — what they call a 'boring tech stack' — over experimental technologies. The founders believe startups can't afford to spend resources experimenting with unproven databases when there are customers to serve.

Gravity has grown approximately 3-4x annually. Their first year focused on a pilot program with 10 customers, building software in real time informed by direct customer feedback on measuring Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions.

Profitable sustainability means decarbonization initiatives that generate positive financial returns — energy savings, cost recovery, and revenue retention — rather than being cost centers.

Gravity focuses on the industrial sector with an ROI-oriented sales approach, a marketplace strategy for connecting companies with decarbonization solutions, and a culture of pragmatism that prioritizes measurable business outcomes alongside emissions reduction.

Gravity primarily serves energy-intensive industrial sectors including manufacturing, construction, metals, mining, and logistics — industries where emissions are highest and the ROI from efficiency projects is most significant.