I am excited to publicly launch
@basepowerco
with my co-founder
@JLopas
and the rest of our team.
We started Base to make power more affordable and reliable, by building the foundation for the energy transition - starting with distributed battery storageβ¦
Base Power Company is coming out of stealth today.
The plan: put batteries on Texans' homes. Make money trading power in the country's most volatile power market. Fix the grid. Unlock the clean energy future.
That's as hard as it sounds, but Base pulled together a team fromβ¦
Justin Lopas (
@JLopas
) is on an epic run.
β£ Lead Manufacturing Eng on Starship
β£ Head of Manufacturing at Anduril
β£ And now, co-founder of Base Power
Fresh out of stealth, Base builds home batteries 2x larger than a Tesla Powerwall.
Here's how:
ERCOT issued a notice of "possible future Emergency Condition of reserve capacity deficiency" for Fri & Sat nights. It's a good time to learn about
@basepowerco
from founder
@ZachBDell
; residential batteries solve multiple problems.
#txlege
#energytwitter
Homeowners in parts of Texas can sign up for our beta today to save money on electricity, and protect their homes from power outages with a Base battery.
We quietly launched our beta last month, and have already saved our first customers thousands of dollars and protected themβ¦
If you have the opportunity to work with
@vanlancker
@ericstromberg
@terraincap
- jump at it.
They were ideal day 1 investors - strategically, tactically, and creatively helpful.
The breakout companies of today started by calling their shot...
In retrospect, it's clear that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank in 2023 marked the ceremonial end of one startup era as we begin a new one.
That 15-year cycle was defined by increasingly standardized andβ¦
We at are a close-knit, fast, and hard-working team in Austin, Texas. If joining us sounds fun and you love solving hard problems, send me a note: zach
@basepowercompany
.com
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