Amber Solutions, a startup looking to commercialize digital control of electricity, raised $8.5 million in a Series B round.
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Building fixtures like smoke detectors and circuit breakers currently use electro-mechanical technologies. Amber, which is based in Dublin, California, is aiming to replace electromechanical switching with solid-state electronics on a path to silicon.
The company says its programmable solid-state power system can control the flow of electricity digitally. So, for example, if the lights go out in a building, the system can communicate that.
“With our technology, before you can even find your phone to call maintenance, …
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