KAKTI

KAKTI is a Danish AI software company headquartered in Grindsted, Jutland, founded in 2023, that provides autonomous optimization solutions for district heating plant operators. The company's platform continuously analyzes weather forecasts, energy price signals, and demand patterns in real time to automatically make operational decisions — including day-ahead market bidding, asset scheduling, and energy storage orchestration — without requiring constant human intervention. The system is designed to free heating plant operators from the burden of acting as commodity traders, allowing them to refocus on engineering and infrastructure maintenance. KAKTI claims to deliver 15–25% annual energy cost savings and reduces daily operational involvement to under 30 minutes. The platform manages six or more interconnected heating assets simultaneously. The company positions its product using a cactus metaphor — resilient and low-maintenance, designed to thrive in complex operational environments. KAKTI has received backing from the Google for Startups AI for Energy Accelerator, Ada Ventures, Denmark's Export and Investment Fund (EIFO), and Antler, among others. The company's technology is deployed at GEV and other district heating networks across Scandinavia.