# Squid Joins Y Combinator W26 for Grid Planning AI Software

Per Y Combinator, grid planning AI software company Squid joined the Winter 2026 batch; the team previously worked at National Grid, Octopus Energy and AWS. Co-founders are Conor Jones and George Kolokotronis; the company has not disclosed a verifiable new funding amount.



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## Connected profiles

- [Squid](/companies/squid)

## Sources

- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/squid