Shipshape to Build Network Operations Center in Birmingham, Announces Investment Partnership | Your Money

By Tanya Dock On Nov 3, 2021

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AUSTIN, Texas – (BUSINESS WIRE) – Nov. November 2021–

Shipshape, a company with a vision that all homes are safe, reliable and efficient, announced the construction of a network operations center in Birmingham, Alabama.

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Rendering of Shipshape’s Network Operations Center in Birmingham, AL (Graphic: Business Wire)

The Network Operations Center will be located at 2222 Arlington Avenue, a reborn Class A office building in Midtown Birmingham that is being supplied by the New York D&A companies and the local FiveStone Group. Shipshape will move into the top floor and secure the signage rights for the building.

The company plans to grow to more than 750 employees by 2025. Shipshape’s Network Operations Center, based in Birmingham, will bring high-tech, high-wage jobs to the area, including home assistants helping homeowners across the country save time, money and energy while taking care of their homes.

“We are very impressed with the level of talent in Alabama and look forward to continuing to invest in the community as we grow our business,” said Courtney Sczudlak, director of Home Assistant Operations.

In 2020, Shipshape participated in the Techstars Alabama EnergyTech Accelerator, sponsored by Alabama Power, the Alabama Department of Commerce, Altec, and PowerSouth. This program laid the foundation for Shipshape’s relationship with Alabama Power.

Following the Techstars program, Shipshape worked closely with the research and development team at Southern Company, Alabama Power’s parent company, and Alabama Power’s Smart Neighborhoods team to test and evaluate the Shipshape platform.

“We immediately adapted to Alabama Power in our values and our mission. It’s a remarkable company run by good people focused on making the lives of their customers and the state better, ”said Alexander Linn, Founder and CEO of Shipshape.

Alabama Power recently participated in the latest fundraising round for Shipshape along with other local and national investors. This strategic investment by Alabama Power further demonstrates its commitment to energy efficiency and offers significant benefits to homeowners, local businesses and communities.

In addition to partnering with Alabama Power, Shipshape is demonstrating its commitment to the Birmingham economy with plans to hire locally. “The startup ecosystem in Birmingham has grown dramatically over the past decade and Shipshape recognizes Alabama as a great opportunity for development,” said Ryan Dalton, co-founder and chief revenue officer of Shipshape.

About Shipshape Solutions Inc.

Shipshape is committed to making homes smart enough to take care of themselves. Shipshape believes that every home should be safe, reliable, efficient, and well-maintained. The company operates a first proprietary, proprietary smart home predictive maintenance platform that provides homeowners with solutions to reduce home maintenance and operation costs. The Shipshape platform integrates an ecosystem of smart home hardware to enable advanced analysis and recommend actions that reduce risk and improve system performance. Shipshape’s software platform unlocks the value of sensor data and opens a whole new era of the smart home. Shipshape is based in Austin, Texas. More information is available at: http://www.shipshape.ai.

About Alabama Power

Alabama Power, a subsidiary of Atlanta-based Southern Company (NYSE: SO), provides reliable, affordable electricity to 1.5 million customers across the state. Learn more at www.alabamapower.com.

About D&A companies

D&A Companies was founded in 2018. D&A consists of architects, engineers, real estate and construction professionals who are convinced of the value of their work. The company has collectively managed over 1,000,000 square feet of civil engineering and adaptive reuse of buildings valued at over $ 1 billion. These include residential, hospitality, and mixed-use buildings, including seven major projects in New York City, New York State, the Southeast, the Midwest, and more. The three D&A partners have 40 years of joint experience in the areas of real estate acquisition, underwriting, architecture, construction, marketing and sales. The company strives to leave a legacy of beautiful, well-designed, high-quality buildings while building strong partnerships. Architecture is a central element in the founding of D&A. The company’s expertise in architecture and construction adds significantly to the value of the projects carried out by D&A. The partners’ experience as project managers bases all designs on the realities of time, budget, buildability and ease of maintenance. The interaction of these disciplines is fundamental to D & A’s ability to create projects that are both successful and timeless. Learn more at dacompanies.com.

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CONTACT: Shipshape Media Relations:

Adam Morrisey

614-315-1687

adam@shipshape.ai

KEYWORD: TEXAS ALABAMA UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA

INDUSTRY KEYWORD: MOBILE / WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY CONSTRUCTION & REAL ESTATE UTILITIES BUILDING SYSTEMS ENERGY ARCHITECTURE HARDWARE DATA MANAGEMENT RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION & REAL ESTATE

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