Vinay Konuru

At Princeton, he earned a minor in Sustainable Energy and completed a senior thesis with ZERO Lab exploring the integration of thermal energy storage with direct air capture systems and the impacts on indirect emissions from electricity consumption. He also served as president of the Princeton Undergraduate Student Energy Association. After graduating, Vinay worked at Rondo Energy, a developer of high-temperature thermal batteries, where he reported directly to founder and Chief Innovation Officer John O’Donnell as his personal engineer. In April 2025, he co-founded Jeevy Fabrication, a start-up backed by Y-Combinator fabricating high quality welded assemblies for critical infrastructure development, including the aerospace and energy sectors. Connect with him on LinkedIn here.