Funding Buzz Solutions Raised $20M to Inspect the Grid the AI Buildout Is About to Overload An oversubscribed Series A led by Texas-based S3 Ventures, closed the same week Texas paused 474 gigawatts of interconnection requests. The pitch is that utilities must improve reliability and absorb AI load growth simultaneously — and cannot hire their way through the imagery. Hugo Pegley · Aug 18, 2026