About Us

About Us

Our Vision: Energy Equality for All 

Our Vision: Energy Equality for All 

Our Vision: Energy Equality for All 

Mission: Embed Automation and Intelligence into the World's Most Inefficient Energy Infrastructure 

Mission: Embed Automation and Intelligence into the World's Most Inefficient Energy Infrastructure 

Mission: Embed Automation and Intelligence into the World's Most Inefficient Energy Infrastructure 

Our Roots

Born out of Off-Grid Electric (later ZOLA Electric) as a door-to-door effort to provide solar in rural Tanzania 15 years ago. This set the foundation for a global movement to transform energy access.

Our Evolution

We recognized early on that the future of energy relies on sustained performance, not just initial connectivity. To meet the complex realities of emerging markets, we evolved from a decentralised solar provider into a comprehensive technology partner, combining a complete hardware stack with intelligent control, data, and software layers.

Who We Are Today

Founded by Bill Lenihan in 2023, ZOLAi was born out of this rich operational history. Today, we deliver the AI-native Agentic Energy Platform that empowers Energy-as-a-Service (EaaS) providers to manage the entire customer journey, from sales through support.

Meet Our Leaders 

Meet Our Leaders 

Meet Our Leaders 

Our Leadership Team Combines a Dynamic Mix of Employees with Independent Experts to Provide the Strategic Insight and Experience Driving Our Mission. 

Our Leadership Team Combines a Dynamic Mix of Employees with Independent Experts to Provide the Strategic Insight and Experience Driving Our Mission. 

Our Leadership Team Combines a Dynamic Mix of Employees with Independent Experts to Provide the Strategic Insight and Experience Driving Our Mission. 

A technology pioneer with a strong track record of launching large-scale enterprise platforms and connected products across clean energy and smart grids at Proterra and Sunverge.

An operational driving force with deep EaaS domain experience. Successfully leads the world’s most largest technology enabled EaaS provider for emerging markets.

An MIT-educated product leader who specializes in scaling cloud software, AI-driven climate tech, and energy storage systems at Oracle and Nexant

A high-performance operations executive driving global value chains and strategic growth, leveraging his extensive background in scaling international operations during his tenures at ENGIE, JD.COM, and Philips.

A strategic leader scaling PAYGO solar energy solutions in Tanzania for Off-Grid Electric, backed by an extensive executive and finance background at Unilever and PwC.

Board Members 

Board Members 

Board Members 

David Hatfield

Veteran cloud infrastructure executive known for scaling tech giants like Pure Storage to multi-billion-dollar enterprises.

Ben Fried

Former Google CIO and large-scale systems expert; provides ZOLAi with the deep technical architecture and AI-infrastructure expertise required for global scale.

Herald Chen

Prominent tech and finance leader with a background at KKR and AppLovin; brings sophisticated financial and operating capability to ZOLAi's growth and scale strategy.

Nancy Pfund

Impact investing pioneer and DBL Partners founder; provides ZOLAi with unmatched expertise in ESG-driven enterprise and sustainable global scaling.