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title: "Intelligent Infrastructure"
date: 2026-01-03
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summary: "Is utility SaaS just back-office software, or is it intelligent infrastructure? Octopus Energy built Kraken for itself, then licensed it to other utilities."
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**Is utility SaaS just back-office software, or is it intelligent infrastructure?**

[**Octopus Energy](https://www.linkedin.com/company/octopusenergy/)** built [**Kraken](https://www.linkedin.com/company/krakentech/)** for itself, then licensed it to other utilities. Think Amazon building AWS, then opening it to the world.

At $8.65B valuation serving tens of millions of customers, Kraken proves the AI -powered operating system works. This company is barely 10 years young.

That raises an important question:

❓Why hasn’t something like this emerged at scale and valuation in the U.S., given America’s innovation advantage and the insatiable demand for energy? 

When we talk about ***advanced*** infrastructure, we focus on steel, concrete, and megawatts. But infrastructure also requires an intelligence layer—software that coordinates assets, capital, and operational risk in real time.

So, energy tech isn’t just a software story. It’s a strategic infrastructure story.

**Link**:  Wall Street Journal, Octopus Energy to spin off AI arm Kraken at $8.65B valuation  ([https://lnkd.in/gcccQkC8](https://lnkd.in/gcccQkC8))

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