Today we’re announcing $1B of Series C funding and calling on engineers, operators, and creatives everywhere to join the charge to build the future of American power. In less than two years, Base has become one of the fastest growing energy companies in the country. We’ve deployed more than 100 MWh of battery capacity, partnered with major homebuilders and utilities, and scaled across Texas. This funding will accelerate the buildout of our first factory in the heart of Austin at the former Austin American-Statesman printing press. But the biggest challenges still lie ahead, as demand soars and the aging grid struggles to keep up. We’re looking for problem-solvers who want to build technology to accelerate America’s growth.

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As we've grown to serve thousands of Texans, we’ve heard from homeowners that staying powered through everyday outages matters, but many remain concerned about protection during longer outages when the next major storm hits. We're excited to introduce the Base Generator Recharge Port, a first-of-its-kind product that allows Base members to plug a standard portable generator, like the ones you get at Costco or Walmart, directly into your Base battery to keep you powered for days.

This wasn’t just another fundraising announcement. It was a masterclass in taste, timing & teamwork. Huge props to the @basepowerco crew for executing one of the best comms moments of the year. $1B raised, every detail mattered. A story worth studying. axios.com/2025/10/20/base-po…

@Jason and the besties know we need all the electrons we can get Love the @basepowerco mention on @theallinpod

Great conversation w @ZachBDell of @basepowerco on Energy markets Surprisingly fast solar adoption Batteries and next-gen distributed grids Do regional energy costs drive future AI dominance? Energy as an input to everything humanity does

Monitoring the Situation #3: Who Is Nick Land & the State of Energy Zach Dell is founder and CEO of Base Power, an energy tech company that builds affordable, reliable power via home batteries. In this episode of Monitoring the Situation, a16z General Partners Erik Torenberg, Katherine Boyle, and Erin Price-Wright sit down with Zach to discuss the current state of home power generation, what’s misunderstood about the data center buildout, and how to fix the US electricity grid. Plus, Erik and Katherine talk with a16z crypto CTO Eddy Lazzarin about Silicon Valley’s favorite Dark Enlightenment philosopher, Nick Land. @ZachBDell @eddylazzarin @espricewright @KTmBoyle @eriktorenberg

Fun chat with ⁦@shaylekann⁩ on ⁦@CatalystPod⁩ If you work in the industry and are curious to learn more about how our model works, this one is for you podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

Factory🤝Product The rebuilding of the grid won't happen unless we deploy physical assets, at scale. Those assets have to come from somewhere - and that somewhere needs to be right here in the US. @basepowerco's first factory is actively under construction just south of downtown Austin and across the street from our HQ office.

. @Statesman Your first headline was a defiant promise: to stand for democracy and champion the public’s right to know. From the ink on thousands of papers to the screens of millions, that promise has echoed for over a century. Stepping into your iconic South Congress printing facility, we feel the weight of this building, the history in its bones. Where your great press roared mightily as an engine of information and culture, we are honored to start a new engine of energy and progress. Our company won’t print words, but it will deliver on a similar, vital promise: to empower our community. We are Base Power, born in Austin. Right here, we’re forging the technology that powers our community's home, businesses, and future. The Statesman storied Austin’s relentless growth, from dirt roads and cowboys to hippies and techies. Now we'll power the next chapter. With Gratitude from Deep in the Heart of Texas, Base Power Company

Lots of talk around American manufacturing, but few companies are actually making it a reality. @basepowerco is setting up Base Factory 1 right across the street from their Austin HQ. 🇺🇸

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Yesterday we announced our Series C. This funding will power our next chapter: building our Austin factories, starting with Factory 1 at the former Austin American-Statesman printing press downtown. We sat down with three of our leaders, Dino Sasaridis (Head of Hardware), Andy Ross (Head of Manufacturing), and Justin Lopas (COO & Co-Founder), to talk about what it American-made energy means for the future. Q: Justin, Why produce your own hardware instead of using contract manufacturers like many companies and startups? Justin: This is really part of our whole core thesis surrounding vertical integration. By virtue of designing and building the hardware ourselves, we can control costs, quality, and design intent far more effectively than outsourcing. We’re doing what’s often referred to as Final Assembly, Test, and Pack (FATP) - we aren’t mining the lithium for instance - although we may get there someday. When manufacturing your own hardware, you viscerally feel how difficult - or not difficult - it is to manufacture, and are able to iterate on design for manufacturability far more quickly. This design-build-deploy loop is highly critical to rapidly iterating on our product to make it more performant, affordable, and reliable. Q: Dino, why open the first Base factory here in Austin Texas? Dino: The importance of opening and ramping capacity of your factory at a location which is very near the engineers cannot be overstated. Base is headquartered in Austin, so the factory is too. For the engineers - the factory will be a home away from home. I expect the Base factory in Austin will be a proof point that high value mechanical assemblies, such as batteries, can be built in the USA, with industry-leading low costs. Q: How will this scale? Is this a one-off or the start of something bigger? Andy: Base Factory 1 is our pilot line where we will build the people machine along with our manufacturing machine. It is where we trial our processes, train people, and refine the design. We will be developing and refining how we run Base Factory Operations while optimizing how we build our battery systems. Once we nail it here, we’ll move towards higher levels of automation to improve our $/kWh and $/space performance for Base Factory 2. The need for resilient and affordable power is massive. This is only the beginning, and it’s incredibly exciting.

Congrats to @basepowerco ~ @ZachBDell @colecjones cc @vanlancker on their huge Series C. It’s awesome to lead the wave of affordable consumer home energy in America, but I’m also here for the cute newspaper, stickers, and nice copywriting 📰🗞️ (that’s also important)!

America’s Power Company dropped some great mail @basepowerco

"Competing with someone having fun…is hard. And we are having fun." "We find it endlessly interesting and fun — that is the best source of energy there is." @ZachBDell @basepowerco

Check out Base Power CEO & co-founder @ZachBDell on CNBC Squawk Box earlier today talking about our Series C.

This month, right on the heels of today’s Series C announcement, @basepowerco will operate the largest aggregated distributed energy resource (ADER) fleet in ERCOT. Our fleet of residential, behind-the-meter Base Power Company batteries demonstrates two important things:

News: @basepowerco raises $1B and issues a call to JOIN THE CHARGE in building America’s Power Company™. Terrain partner @vanlancker sat down with CEO @zachbdell in front of Base Factory 1 to discuss hiring, hardware, culture, and what it takes to build a new energy future. 0:00 - Building America's Power Company 0:19 - Intro 1:00 - Base Factory 1 reveal 1:10 - Building in Austin 2:38 - A technology company competing in energy 3:53 - The importance of vertical integration 5:23 - Where Base's joyful culture comes from 7:14 - Why work at Base? 9:51 - Base Pace & the turtle 11:42 - Building a beloved energy brand 12:59 - Infrastructure level ambition 13:42 - Longevity & compounding opportunity 15:03 - The appeal of hard problems 17:14 - Endless energy in subject matter 21:10 - Closing

Today, we’re announcing our $1B Series C fundraise, and the opening of Factory 1. It's time to rebuild America’s electric grid.⚡ Let’s go ⬇️