A high school dropout raised $31 million to protect AI liquid cooling systems. Read his pitch deck.
Omen AI, a startup founded by 20-year-old Zach Laberge, has raised $31 million to develop sensors that monitor liquid cooling systems in AI data centers. The technology aims to prevent costly system shutdowns by detecting coolant degradation in real time.
Why it matters
As AI hardware generates more heat, efficient cooling solutions are becoming essential infrastructure for the rapidly expanding AI industry.
Omen AI founder and CEO Zach Laberge. Omen AI Omen AI raised $31 million to monitor liquid cooling in AI data centers. Its sensors aim to prevent shutdowns that can cost millions in lost computing time. Founder Zach Laberge, 20, has been starting companies since he was a kid. As AI chips become more powerful — and hotter — data centers are turning to liquid rather than air to cool servers. For the newest AI systems , fans alone can't remove enough heat. That shift has created a new problem: keeping coolant from degrading or becoming contaminated. Omen AI announced a $31 million funding round in June to address this issue. Data centers typically mail coolant samples to labs to check the health of their systems, then wait days for results.
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