He Was Managing 19 Energy Projects—Then Built the AI That Solved the Nightmare

When Bryan Villano was managing nearly 20 renewable projects, he hit a wall: contract overload. That wall turned into his startup, Contract Power—an AI-powered SaaS tool built for the energy sector’s most ignored pain point: documents.

In this episode of Off the Grid, On the Record, we dive into:

• The exact moment that made Bryan say “I need to build this”
• Why general-purpose AI fails energy companies
• How Contract Power’s ClauseSense tool redefines compliance tracking
• What makes it industry-first, not just “AI-enhanced”
• Why missing a single sentence nearly killed a $300M deal
• What AI agents and SaaS 2.0 will mean for the future of clean tech
• Their SOC 2, Techstars-backed growth path ...