A power line went down outside of Washington, DC, this week. Normally, the grid would only need a few seconds to recover from such an…
Author: Tim De Chant
OpenAI's AI spending spree has ballooned to $750B |
9:13 AM PDT · July 22, 2026 OpenAI announced Wednesday that it will spend $750 billion on infrastructure through 2030, some 25% more than it…
a16z-backed Base Power is offering cheaper electricity to the power grid that needs it most |
10:52 AM PDT · June 25, 2026 Energy storage startup Base Power began selling its massive home battery systems to residents of Illinois yesterday, Canary…
Here’s why Slate changed the battery in its cheap EV truck |
Slate, maker of the stripped-down EV pickup truck, found another way to simplify its product: the battery. When the startup revealed its starting price on…
Helion, the Sam Altman-backed fusion startup, raises $465M to build a power plant for Microsoft |
Helion, the fusion startup backed by Sam Altman, announced on Thursday that it had raised $465 million in a new funding round that values the…
Focused Energy raises whopping $240M Series A for laser-powered fusion tech |
Focused Energy recently raised an oversubscribed $240 million Series A round, one of the largest early-stage rounds for a fusion power startup. The new round,…
Scoop: Former Tesla exec and Heron Power CEO Drew Baglino has founded a heat pump startup
Former Tesla executive Drew Baglino has quietly founded a heat pump startup, TechCrunch has learned. This is the second company founded by Baglino in the…
Porsche shutters e-bike, battery, software subsidiaries as part of company overhaul |
Porsche is closing three of its subsidiaries as it copes with falling sales and declining profits, the German automaker announced Friday. The automaker’s battery subsidiary,…