Lydia Maher is Co-Founder and CTO at Critical Loop, a company building universal power infrastructure to fix the electric grid through mobile microgrids and battery solutions.

Lydia studied at the University of California, Berkeley and previously worked at Palantir Technologies before co-founding Critical Loop in 2023.

Lydia was featured in Forbes Mexico for her insights on battery design and has been cited by the California Public Utilities Commission for Critical Loop's regulatory filings.

Critical Loop has raised $13.5 million to date from investors including Alchemist Accelerator, Better Ventures, Adapt Nation Capital, Climate Capital, and HNVR Technology Investment Management.

The team is formed by engineers from SpaceX, Palantir, and Tesla, and has deployed microgrids for airports, industrial warehouses, and large EV charging sites, with projects like San Diego International Airport's energy system.