Thank You
On June 4, 2026 we gathered above downtown Los Angeles, then walked to the corner at Pico Station to cut the ribbon on Gaia's first deployment. Two units. Live in the corridor. Thank you for being in the room.
A modular infrastructure unit that combines on-site energy conditioning, battery-supported lighting, and integrated crop growth in a single streetscape-ready platform. One closed loop of water powers both jobs.
A pump moves water through a closed loop inside each unit. That circulation conditions and stabilizes stored energy, smoothing the spikes inherent in grid and solar inputs. Energy is made predictable, then delivered to connected loads at pedestrian scale.
The Tri-Root Zone runs soil, aeroponic, and deep water culture in one unit. The same water conditioning the energy feeds the plants. No separate infrastructure. 90% less water than traditional farming.
Durable, tamper-resistant, designed to run continuously with minimal manual oversight. On-grid, off-grid, or hybrid. When the grid goes down, Gaia keeps running. Each unit is a node. A network behaves like distributed resilience infrastructure.
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Gaia develops localized energy and greening infrastructure designed for public-facing urban environments. The company focuses on distributed infrastructure systems built to support resilience, community activation, and future-ready development across urban corridors, districts, campuses, and mixed-use environments.
Gaia is a portfolio company of Techstars, the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) at Georgia Tech, and the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator. The company holds patents covering water-based energy capture and integrated system design. Gaia maintains a research collaboration with the Alabama Mobility and Power Center (AMP), a partnership between the University of Alabama and Mercedes-Benz U.S. International focused on resilient power systems and mobility infrastructure.
The LA Social District is the community benefit district serving Downtown Los Angeles. The district focuses on placemaking, pedestrian activation, public safety, and economic vitality across the neighborhood, working with property owners, businesses, and residents to improve daily public realm conditions.
The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) builds an inclusive green economy by accelerating cleantech startups, piloting emerging technologies, and partnering with public and private sector leaders to bring resilient infrastructure into Los Angeles neighborhoods.
