Kaitlyn Albertoli

She deleted her age from LinkedIn so old men would take her seriously.

When Kaitlyn Albertoli was negotiating one of her first major utility deals, she got a frantic call: “Scrub your LinkedIn. Remove your graduation date. If they know how young you are, they won’t take you seriously.”

She did it.

Reluctantly.

Because in an industry where half the workforce is over 50, being a twenty-something woman pitching AI-powered infrastructure tools wasn’t just rare.

It was practically unthinkable.

But Kaitlyn didn’t back down.

She built Buzz Solutions from a Stanford classroom into a cutting-edge company protecting the electric grid from its greatest threat: itself.

Wildfires.

Outages.

Equipment failure.

These are billion-dollar problems caused by aging, overloaded power lines.

Utilities had drones capturing mountains of inspection data.

But no way to analyze it fast enough to prevent disaster.

Kaitlyn’s solution?

PowerAI and PowerGUARD: AI platforms that scan thousands of images in real-time, detect rusted bolts, broken parts, encroaching vegetation, even security threats.

And send alerts before anything sparks.

Her favorite moment?

A head-to-head demo against every major competitor.

30 minutes.

200 images.

Buzz Solutions was the only team to deliver results on time... with triple the accuracy.

Since then, she’s landed contracts with giants like NYPA and Southern California Edison, raised $10.7M in funding, and grown her team by over 30%.

All while being one of the youngest women in a space dominated by gray suits and legacy thinking.

Her mission?

Use AI to modernize the grid, prevent wildfires, and make energy infrastructure resilient.

And to do it unapologetically as a young, brilliant, female founder.

Because the grid isn’t the only thing that needs an upgrade.