Madrone
<!-- hacklab:yc-profile -- YC company profile Hyper-efficient coolers for data centers Madrone builds cooling systems for data centers. In Texas, where most new sites are, Madro…
About Madrone
YC company profile
Hyper-efficient coolers for data centers
Madrone builds cooling systems for data centers. In Texas, where most new sites are, Madrone can cool using 30% less power and water, thanks to novel dew-point cooling technology.
- YC batch: Spring 2026
- Founded: 2025
- Team size: 2
- Location: San Francisco
- Country: US
- Status: Active
- Industry: Industrials
- Stage: Early
- YC partner: Tom Blomfield
Founders
Akshay Trikha — Founder/CEO
Founder/CEO at Madrone, where I'm making data center cooling more efficient. Prev. trained models with millions of inferences at QuantumScape, and to predict material properties at Berkeley.
Erik Meike — Founder/CTO
Founder at Madrone (YC P26). Previously Hardware Development Engineer at Apple, working on iPhone wireless power technologies across multiple years. Started career with early-stage hardware/robotics experience at JITx (automated PCB design) and PRENAV (autonomous quadcopter monitoring). Harvey Mudd Engineering.
Source: Y Combinator · Retrieved 2026-11-02. Company information is self-reported on YC.