For nearly 70 years, the home electrical panel has looked the same. Meanwhile, the home itself is transforming: solar on the roof, batteries in the garage, heat pumps, EVs in the driveway, and smart appliances and devices everywhere.

And yet, the panel? Still the same. It is the last dumb box left, and FUTURi is fixing that with deep tech.

FUTURi’s Energy Processor

FUTURi Power, founded by Dr. Martin Ordonez (UBC Professor, Kaiser Chair at UBC, and recipient of the King Charles III Coronation Medal for leadership in clean energy innovation), reimagines the panel as the Energy Processor, a programmable energy computer that finally gives the home’s electrical system a brain. It is designed as a like-for-like replacement for the traditional panel that is future-proof and intelligently measures and coordinates loads, avoids peaks, and manages energy use at the edge.

Why This Matters

Homes are no longer passive energy consumers. They are dynamic nodes in the grid. By making the panel intelligent, FUTURi enables:

• For homeowners: Achieve a 100% electric home without costly service upgrades. A smarter, more resilient, and efficient energy ecosystem.
  
• For utilities: Demand peaks flattened, demand response (DR) programs and distributed energy resources (DERs) integrated, deferring costly capital expenditures.
  
• For builders and communities: Intelligent electrification helps accelerate the deployment of built infrastructure without overloading the grid.

This is why FUTURi and utilities are already collaborating on projects to evaluate how Energy Processors can strengthen the grid and benefit customers.

Our Perspective

As Dr. Martin Ordonez, Founder and CEO of FUTURi Power, puts it: “Panels used to be passive. The Energy Processor is active, safe, and software-defined. It gives homes and grids a common language.”
At TSF, Smart Energy is one of our five focus areas. Our thesis is simple: the cost of intelligence is collapsing, and the biggest opportunities lie where software and hardware come together to reshape behaviour.

FUTURi is exactly that blueprint for intelligent electrification: deep-tech power electronics plus intelligent control. That combination turns a 70-year-old box into the brain of the modern home. Dr. Ordonez and his team are globally recognized experts in electrification who are translating decades of pioneering research into transformative commercial solutions.

And this is just the beginning. There is so much more the company can do to make electricity truly intelligent. FUTURi has a bright future ahead (pun fully intended).