# Madrone

[Madrone on Hacklab](https://hacklab.so/org/madrone)

Startup · 2 people on Hacklab

## Links

- [Website](https://madrone.cool/)
- [Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/madrone)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/madrone-labs/)
- [X](https://x.com/madronelabs)

## About

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## 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.

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/akshay-trikha/)

### 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.

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/erikmeike/)

[Source: Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/madrone) · Retrieved 2026-11-02. Company information is self-reported on YC.

## Current staff

- [Akshay Trikha](https://hacklab.so/akshay-trikha) — Founder/CEO (Present)
- [Erik Meike](https://hacklab.so/erik-meike) — Founder/CTO (Present)