Makrand Patil is the Founder & CEO of 6th Wave AI — the company behind 6th Logic. He leads a team building generative-AI solutions for Power, Utilities, Retail and Media, helping operators modernize legacy systems, cut operational risk, and unlock revenue from the data they already own.
6th Logic is where that work meets the grid's hardest days — the platform built to forecast the hazard, fly the assessment, twin the network, and act, increasingly on its own.
Before founding 6th Wave AI, Makrand spent 20+ years at the intersection of energy and software — leading grid-modernization programs at Deloitte (ADMS, DMS, OMS, AMI), commercializing Smart Grid software at GE Digital, and building the mobile and geospatial platforms at GE Grid Solutions that now run inside utilities across North America.
He is a Perplexity Business Fellow and a Wharton Executive Education alum, and writes and advises on where AI actually creates value in regulated industries — and where it doesn't.
6th Logic turns decades of grid-modernization experience into decision-intelligence for the utilities and emergency teams who keep the lights on.