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June 9, 2023

Vellex Computing Co-Founder Named Cohort 2023 Fellow in Activate Berkeley

Dr. Palak Jain, CEO and co-founder of Vellex Computing, was announced as a Cohort 2023 Activate Fellow in the Activate Berkeley Community at Berkeley Lab’s Cyclotron Road. Founded in 2015, the two-year Activate Fellowship provides support for entrepreneurial scientists to move their breakthrough technologies from ideas to scalable solutions.
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December 9, 2022

Vellex Computing Named as Semifinalist in the American-Made Solar Prize

The American-Made Solar Prize, a multimillion-dollar competition funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and administered by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), has selected 20 teams to advance as semifinalists in Round 6 of the prize, including Vellex Computing. Each team won $50,000 in cash prizes and is eligible to continue to the next phase of the competition, which is designed to energize U.S. solar innovation.
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OUR BLOGS

August 29, 2025

Types of Optimization for your Business needs

Meghesh Saini
Many enterprises waste millions on IT, logistics, and supply chain inefficiencies due to poor optimization. This blog highlights key optimization problem types-resource allocation, routing, inventory, energy, and financial, and outlines how solving them can cut costs, boost performance, and support sustainability. With modern, data-driven strategies, businesses can significantly reduce waste and enhance resilience. Vellex helps organizations tackle these challenges, delivering measurable savings and competitive advantage through smart optimization.
August 25, 2025

Optimization: Challenges and Opportunities

Meghesh Saini
Optimization powers efficiency, cost savings, and performance across industries. Yet traditional digital methods struggle with scalability, speed, and energy use. As systems grow more complex, new approaches are needed. Physics-inspired and hybrid analog-digital computing offer faster, more sustainable solutions. Vellex is pioneering this frontier with a platform that leverages natural dynamics to solve problems in milliseconds while consuming minimal power. From EV fleets to healthcare scheduling, our solutions enable industries to achieve real-time, scalable, and energy-efficient optimization.
May 6, 2025

Streamlining the Future of Grid Interconnection with AI

Palak Jain, Ph.D.
In the race to a sustainable energy future, the efficient connection of renewable energy sources to the grid is paramount. However, a staggering 90% of interconnection applications are plagued with deficiencies and errors, leading to significant delays and increased costs. At Vellex Computing, we recognized this critical bottleneck and developed a groundbreaking solution: the Interconnection Concierge (IC).

OUR PUBLICATIONS

September, 2021

A Digital Twin Approach for Fault Diagnosis in Distributed Photovoltaic Systems

Palak Jain; Jason Poon; Jai Prakash Singh; Costas Spanos; Seth R. Sanders; Sanjib Kumar Panda
Published in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics ( Volume: 35, Issue: 1, January 2020)
August, 2021

Model-Based Fault Detection and Identification for Switching Power Converters

Jason Poon; Palak Jain; Ioannis C. K.; Costas Spanos; Sanjib K. Panda; Seth R. Sanders
Published in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics ( Volume: 32, Issue: 2, February 2017)