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The AE-1

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BUILT BY

The AE team.

We’ve built the entire Aotea Energy technology stack in-house. From hardware to software to assembly, right here in New Zealand. We believe this is good for our country: it strengthens energy security, creates local capability, and gives us full control over the quality and resilience of our product.

Steve Tait

General Manager

2025

Tom Foster

Manufacturing

2025

Jack Stevens

Software Engineer

2022

David Carr

Software Engineer

2022

Josh Anderson

Finance

2025

James Hamlet

Head of Engineering & Design

2022

Zac Wesley-Brown

Head of Software Engineering

2022

Tom Moulder

Install Lead

2026

Tama Toki

Founder / CEO

2018

Antoine Riboulon

Chief of Operations

2026

Johan Brand

Electronics Engineer

2025

Jude Darby

3D / CAD Designer

2025

Jamie Wesley-Brown

Designer

2022

Tama Toki

Founder / CEO

Antoine Riboulon

Chief of Operations

Johan Brand

Electronics Engineer

Josh Anderson

Finance

James Hamlet

Head of Engineering & Design

Zac Wesley-Brown

Head of Software Engineering

Tom Moulder

Install Lead

Jack Stevens

Software Engineer

David Carr

Software Engineer

Tom Foster

Manufacturing

Steve Tait

General Manager

Jude Darby

3D / CAD Designer

Jamie Wesley-Brown

Designer

our partners

OUR VISION

Power doesn't have to be owned by a few big players. A battery in every home turns households from customers into participants. Cheaper bills, a stable grid, and a country that keeps more of what it makes. We're building that here.

ORIGINS

Aotea Island

Aotea Energy grew from Aotea (Great Barrier Island), where there is no connected electricity grid and energy independence is essential. Living in this environment sparked an interest in solar, batteries and decentralised energy.

The idea began when Aotea’s own solar and battery infrastructure created an opportunity to share unused energy with the surrounding community. This became the foundation for Aotea Energy’s vision: a peer-to-peer energy network where homes and businesses can generate, store and share renewable energy locally.

Rooted in community, sustainability and self-sufficiency, Aotea is developing this technology on the island with the ambition of creating a model that can scale across Aotearoa.

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