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The Chakra of Electron Arbitrage

Introduces EAAST, the framework that ties Luminary’s ventures into one circle of electron arbitrage across space and time.

Luminary Strategies · 5 min read

In brief

Arushi argues that batteries, distributed assets, large flexible loads and compute are all versions of one activity: electron arbitrage across space and time, which Matt Smith of Rebellionaire dubbed EAAST. She introduces a five-segment chakra that maps Luminary’s ventures and market work, from Base Power and Powertown to PCLR, V-Wire and Emerald AI, around a shared moat of prosperity work. She also explains why the word “prosperous” belongs before “infrastructure” when large projects arrive in communities.

Key points

  1. 01Storage, controllable load, generation, software and compute are all ways to arbitrage grid constraints across space and time.
  2. 02Five chakra segments place Base Power, Powertown, PCLR, V-Wire and Emerald AI on one wheel.
  3. 03Infrastructure should create visible capability, grow markets and give private capital more reason to participate.

“I have started to see all of these as versions of the same underlying activity: electron arbitrage across space and time.”

Arushi Sharma Frank

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