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Quaise

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

fresh · evidence 9d ago 11 sources no confidence data
65.8/100
Venture signal
scored above 55% of unstaged peers stage unparsed
Outlook Stable
Why this score? ↓

What we have established three decisions, kept apart

  1. 1 Identity verified Not recorded

    No person- or entity-level identity check is on record for this company. A name match is not one.

  2. 2 Evidence sufficient to publish Yes

    The inclusion bar: two or more independent sourced evidence families. This profile is published and listed. It is a statement about how much evidence we hold, and about nothing else.

  3. 3 Fit for a seed/Series-A sourcing buyer Not established

    We have not established fit. That is not a soft no and not a soft yes — it is unknown, and it is never counted as a qualified prospect.

Funding
no round
2026-08-27
Adoption
no signal
downloads / week
Developer
not scored
momentum / 100
Hiring
4
eng openings
Commercial
sales-led
homepage

Traction

Current round

No fundraising data yet. This category is part of the record and will populate as evidence is collected or the founder provides it.

Opportunity & risk

↗ Strongest signal: funding_recency (17% of the score).

↓ Scored on 1 of 4 components — funding_magnitude, adoption, developer had no computable metric.

8 independent sources 0 promoted signals inspect the evidence →

Evaluation

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Platform score derived
66/100
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
8 observed
Market & funding stage No signals collected yet ▾
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Evidence & scoring

Why this score? none_required ▾

VentureSignalScore 65.8/100 for quaise, composed from 1 of 4 components (emerging formula), discounted ×0.76 for 20% signal coverage

ComponentWeightNormalizedContribution
funding_recency 0.2 0.8664 0.1733

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.

Financing events four different events, four different dates

A first sale, a filing, an amendment and a public announcement are not the same event, and one date may not stand in for another. Where the latest financing date cannot be established from what we hold, this says unknown rather than substituting a date we do have.

Latest established financing date
2026-08-27
Money moved on or after
2026-08-27
Total reported by
not established
Basis
reported round

A reported round dated 2026-08-27 by its own source.

Community chatter Hacker News · Tier 3 · unverified manip. risk low · 0.06

Gray-market attention, not quality. 9+ HN mentions (peak 189 points). Claim-shaped headlines are rumors until corroborated — a Tier-3 factual claim carries no evidentiary weight on its own. ▲ 189 Quaise Energy is working to create geothermal wells 2022-08-04 ↗

Raw observations 204 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 superseded 0.20
community.hn.max_points 189 observed artifact ↗ 2026-10-08 normalized 0.20
community.hn.mentions 50 observed artifact ↗ 2026-09-19 superseded 0.20
community.hn.mentions 9 observed artifact ↗ 2026-10-08 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 superseded 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 superseded 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 superseded 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 superseded 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 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32342501", "title": "Quaise Energy is working to create geothermal wells", "points": 189, "created_at": "2022-08-04"} observed artifact ↗ 2022-08-04 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32342501", "title": "Quaise Energy is working to create geothermal wells", "points": 189, "created_at": "2022-08-04"} observed artifact ↗ 2022-08-04 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 superseded 0.85
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