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      <div class="hero-eyebrow">Riddle<strong style="color: var(--kern-accent);">&amp;</strong>Code — Vienna</div>
      <h1>
        Infrastructure for<br><strong>distributed energy.</strong>
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        We build the platform utilities and aggregators use to connect, dispatch and monetise distributed energy assets at scale. Our product is <strong style="color: var(--text-primary);">KERN</strong>.
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        <a href="/kern/" class="btn btn-primary">Discover KERN →</a>
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        <h3>Aggregators</h3>
        <p>Secure your bids every time. KERN dispatches behind the meter and confirms execution — no manual intervention, no penalties.</p>
        <span class="card-link">For aggregators →</span>
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        <h3>Utilities</h3>
        <p>Turn your customer base into a steerable flexibility portfolio. From HEMS fleet to energy communities — one platform, one autonomous layer.</p>
        <span class="card-link">For utilities →</span>
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        <p>Maximize shared self-consumption automatically. KERN optimizes every asset in the community — and connects collective flexibility to markets.</p>
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        <p>Close the gap below your platform. KERN delivers a normalised API feed, confirmed dispatch and 24h forecasts — for every asset your clients have.</p>
        <span class="card-link">For platforms →</span>
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        <strong>KERN interacts with your platform at step 1 and 2.</strong><br>Steps 3–5 are fully autonomous — no manual intervention required.
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        Live system — visitable on request.
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