Navigators
Founders operating within the existing grid system to accelerate permitting and secure transmission access. They sell time in a market where grid delays cost billions.
A category of founder operating within the existing electrical grid system, accelerating permitting, securing transmission access, automating interconnection studies, and otherwise selling time in markets where grid delay costs are measured in billions. Will Jones at Evolve Partners and the Ampere software platform are cited examples. Navigators do not bypass the grid; they make it move faster.
First introduced in: Chapter 6