Crusoe — vertically integrated AI infrastructure (energy sourcing, AI-optimized data centers, cloud). Founded 2018 by Chase Lochmiller (CEO) and Cully Cavness; Denver, CO. ~$3.9B raised; ~$10B valuation. Investors incl. Founders Fund, Valor Equity Partners, Mubadala Capital, NVIDIA, Bain Capital Ventures, Altimeter Capital, 1789 Capital.

Crusoe Energy Systems is a Denver, Colorado-based company that provides next-generation AI infrastructure and cloud compute using an energy-first approach, founded in 2018. The company originally focused on eliminating natural gas flaring in oil fields by converting wasted energy into power for data centers, and has expanded into large-scale AI factory deployments. Its headquarters is located at 1641 California St., Denver, CO.

Englewood CO (Australian HQ, US office). Room-temperature diamond quantum accelerators. IQT Fall 2024 investment. Key differentiator: operates at room temperature (vs millikelvin for superconducting qubits) — enables deployment in field environments, data centers, edge. AFRL research partnership.