Madrone
Madrone is a YC Spring 2026 (P26) company. Based in San Francisco, CA, USA. Team of 2.
About Madrone
Summary
Madrone builds dew-point cooling systems for data centers, replacing conventional chillers and cooling towers. Its units sit outside the facility and supply 20°C water through a different thermodynamic process, cutting the power and water that operators currently divert away from GPUs. Customers include hyperscale builders standing up new sites and operators retrofitting existing shells to support denser, newer GPU generations.
Business model
Tens of millions of dollars in savings per facility implies a capital-equipment sale or per-facility contract, though the exact pricing structure is not specified.
Go-to-market
Madrone targets hyperscale data center operators and retrofit buyers directly, with an installation model that covers both greenfield builds and existing facilities.
From the Y Combinator listing
Hyper-efficient coolers for data centers
Madrone builds cooling systems for data centers. In Texas, where most new sites are, Madrone can cool using 30% less power and water, thanks to novel dew-point cooling technology.
Facts
- Industrials / Industrials -> Energy
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- 2
- Active
- Early
Founders (2)
- Akshay Trikha
- Erik Meike
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