This former PG&E engineer is building a ‘Google Maps for the underground’
CivilGrid, a startup founded by a former PG&E engineer, has raised $26 million to map underground utility infrastructure. The platform aggregates disparate data to help prevent costly and dangerous utility strikes during excavation.
Why it matters
Improving the accuracy of underground infrastructure mapping can significantly reduce construction delays, costs, and public safety risks associated with accidental utility damage.
Josh Mackanic left a 10-year engineering career at Pacific Gas and Electric because he kept thinking about what the utility company doesn’t know about what’s buried underground.
The article is a standard business reporting piece on a startup funding round and the problem it aims to solve.
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