--- title: Gyre Energy raises $1.3m to make the world’s cold stores... description: Gyre Energy, an Oxford-founded startup, has raised $1.3m in pre-seed funding led by Speedinvest to deploy its AI-powered cooling optimization platform inside a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/gyre-energy-raises-1-3m-to-make-the-world-s-cold-stores-work-less-when-power-costs-most-7qwyvkgvs twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Gyre Energy raises $1.3m to make the world’s cold stores work less when power costs most | daily.dev og:description: Gyre Energy, an Oxford-founded startup, has raised $1.3m in pre-seed funding led by Speedinvest to deploy its AI-powered cooling optimization platform inside a... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/gyre-energy-raises-1-3m-to-make-the-world-s-cold-stores-work-less-when-power-costs-most-7qwyvkgvs og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/7QWYVKGVs.png og:image:alt: Gyre Energy raises $1.3m to make the world’s cold stores work less when power costs most og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Gyre Energy raises $1.3m to make the world’s cold stores work less when power costs most **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Gyre Energy, an Oxford-founded startup, has raised $1.3m in pre-seed funding led by Speedinvest to deploy its AI-powered cooling optimization platform inside a major global cold chain operation. The platform uses physics-based AI to model thermal dynamics of cooling sites, forecast demand, and shift energy consumption to off-peak hours via thermal energy storage — reducing costs without altering existing hardware. In an earlier deployment at a UK frozen store, Gyre cut electricity costs by 38% and daily energy use by 35% with an 18-month payback period. The funding comes as heatwaves strain European power grids and cooling accounts for roughly 10% of global electricity demand, a figure set to grow. The company is also eyeing data centre cooling as a future market. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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