Three mechatronics engineering graduates have been aiming big since graduation. Stephen Lake, Matthew Bailey, and Aaron Grant, who all graduated from mechatronics engineering at Waterloo in 2012, founded Thalmic Labs, a startup that was rooted in their Capstone Design project.
Thalmic Labs’ most notable project was the Myo gesture control armband, after which they shifted focus and began to work on smart glass technology. It was from this pivot that they were eventually acquired by Google.
The trio worked at Google for a period of time before leaving to pursue bigger visions they had, including making an impact on climate change.
This desire to make a change led the team to create Jetson in 2024. Jetson aims to transform homes across North America by switching out old fossil-fueled furnaces for its new heat pumps that are all-electric. To achieve this goal, the team aims to keep things affordable and accessible to make the process for homeowners more streamlined and easier to initiate.
Recently, Jetson was given US $50 million in funding to support their goal of bringing clean energy in heating to more homeowners.
Learn more about Jetson and the support they received in Alum heat pump company Jetson secures backing to fuel growth in Engineering News and their official press release regarding their new funding.