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Quaise is an energy company unlocking geothermal energy for the world population through millimeter wave drilling technology. observed

fresh · evidence today 8 sources no confidence data
70.8/100
Venture signal
scored above 65% of unstaged peers stage unparsed
Outlook Stable
Why this score? ↓
Funding
no round
2026-08-27
Adoption
no signal
downloads / week
Developer
not scored
momentum / 100
Hiring
4
eng openings

Traction

Current round

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Opportunity & risk

↗ Strongest signal: funding_recency (19% of the score).

6 independent sources 0 promoted signals inspect the evidence →

Evaluation

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Platform score derived
71/100
Founder self-assessment claimed
11/100
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Technology No signals collected yet ▾
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Team & hiring 2 of 3 signals present ▾
Team size (reported)
not provided
Open eng roles
4 observed
Total open roles
11 observed
Market & funding stage No signals collected yet ▾
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Evidence & scoring

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VentureSignalScore 70.8/100 for quaise, composed from 1 of 4 components (index v0 cross-signal), discounted ×0.76 for 20% signal coverage

ComponentWeightNormalizedContribution
funding_recency 0.2 0.932 0.1864

Evidence this score rests on

  • funding.round.announced_on 2026-09-19 https

Capital timeline every dated signal, across tiers

  1. reported Round reported ↗
  2. rumor Quaise Energy Secures $40M Series A to Unlock Terawatt-Scale Geothermal Energy ↗
  3. rumor Geothermal startup Quaise raises $40M for ultra-deep drilling ↗

Narrative vs. reality No SEC filing found for this round

Reported narrative · Tier 2
Undisclosed
announced 2026-08-27 · source ↗
Filed reality · Tier 0 · SEC
No SEC Form D on record.

An evidence gap, not proof of falsity: Form D is not always required (foreign offerings, certain exemptions) or may not be filed yet.

Community chatter Hacker News · Tier 3 · unverified manip. risk low · 0.22

Gray-market attention, not quality. 50+ HN mentions (peak 405 points). Claim-shaped headlines are rumors until corroborated — a Tier-3 factual claim carries no evidentiary weight on its own. Risk drivers: heavy gray-market attention. ▲ 405 You can have geothermal power everywhere if you drill deep enough 2022-02-25 ↗

Raw observations 29 records ▾
AttributeValueKindSourceObservedStateConf.
common_name Quaise observed artifact ↗ 2026-09-19 normalized 0.60
common_name Quaise Energy observed artifact ↗ 2026-09-19 normalized 0.60
community.hn.max_points 405 observed artifact ↗ 2026-09-19 normalized 0.20
community.hn.mentions 50 observed artifact ↗ 2026-09-19 normalized 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30259957", "title": "Geothermal startup Quaise raises $40M for ultra-deep drilling", "points": 2, "created_at": "2022-02-08", "evidence_type": "rumor", " observed artifact ↗ 2022-03-10 normalized 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30465227", "title": "You can have geothermal power everywhere if you drill deep enough", "points": 405, "created_at": "2022-02-25"} observed artifact ↗ 2022-02-25 normalized 0.20
description Developing drilling systems to access deep geothermal energy. observed artifact ↗ 2026-09-19 normalized 0.60
description Quaise is an energy company unlocking geothermal energy for the world population through millimeter wave drilling technology. observed artifact ↗ 2026-09-19 normalized 0.70
domain www.quaise.com observed artifact ↗ 2026-09-19 normalized 0.95
funding.round.announced_on 2026-08-27 observed https 2026-09-19 normalized 0.80
funding.round.source_url https://www.morningstar.com/news/business-wire/20260827266829/quaise-energy-closes-180-million-series-b-with-35-million-investment-from-nabors-industries-and-strategic-framework-to-build-worlds-first- observed https 2026-09-19 normalized 0.80
jobs.board_url https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/quaise observed artifact ↗ 2026-09-20 normalized 0.85
jobs.postings.engineering 4 observed artifact ↗ 2026-09-20 normalized 0.85
jobs.postings.total 11 observed artifact ↗ 2026-09-20 normalized 0.85
metric.venture.funding_recency_days 23.6714 derived calc 2026-09-19 superseded 0.80
metric.venture.funding_recency_days 23.6816 derived calc 2026-09-19 superseded 0.80
metric.venture.funding_recency_days 23.7174 derived calc 2026-09-19 superseded 0.80
metric.venture.funding_recency_days 24.0614 derived calc 2026-09-20 superseded 0.80
metric.venture.funding_recency_days 24.0759 derived calc 2026-09-20 superseded 0.80
metric.venture.funding_recency_days 24.7254 derived calc 2026-09-20 superseded 0.80
metric.venture.funding_recency_days 24.8224 derived calc 2026-09-20 superseded 0.80
metric.venture.funding_recency_days 24.8245 derived calc 2026-09-20 derived 0.80
score.venture_signal 71.1 derived calc 2026-09-19 superseded 0.34
score.venture_signal 71 derived calc 2026-09-20 superseded 0.34
score.venture_signal 70.9 derived calc 2026-09-20 superseded 0.34
score.venture_signal 70.8 derived calc 2026-09-20 derived 0.34
website_url https://www.quaise.com observed enrichment 2026-09-19 normalized 0.75
website_url https://www.quaise.com observed artifact ↗ 2026-09-19 normalized 0.95
website.homepage.has_pricing_link false observed artifact ↗ 2026-09-19 normalized 0.80