Kurt Walkom is Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer at Gridsight, an AI-powered platform helping electricity networks manage and integrate renewable energy at scale.

Kurt holds a double degree in Finance and Engineering from UNSW Sydney, and previously co-founded Pearler, a Sydney-based fintech platform empowering everyday Australians to become long-term investors.

A serial entrepreneur and financial independence advocate, Kurt brings a rare combination of engineering rigor and commercial strategy to the complex challenge of modernising energy infrastructure.

At Gridsight, Kurt has led commercial operations and go-to-market strategy, helping the company partner with half of Australia's electricity distributors and expand into New Zealand, the US, and UK.

Gridsight has raised $43.5M across a Series A and Series B, with its platform analysing over 4.2 GW of distributed energy resources and unlocking over $100M in value for utility customers.