Browsing: Materials
Redwood Materials CEO Chris Lister is leaving the battery recycling company to retire, TechCrunch has learned — and he’s not the only executive to leave recently.…
Redwood Materials has laid off about 135 employees, or about 10% of its workforce, as it restructures to better accommodate its growing energy storage business, according…
From the Startup Battlefield to the International Space Station: geCKo Materials Made a Sticky Product
For a successful deep-tech startup, lab discovery is only the first step. To turn an innovative technology into a scalable business, a founder must navigate a…
Electric vehicle drivers and electric smartphone users have been repulsed by the prospect of silicon anode batteries, which promise dramatically increased energy density and shorter charging…
The top 16 logistics, manufacturing and materials startups from the Disrupt Startup Battlefield
Every year, TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield competition attracts thousands of applicants. We narrow these applications down to the top 200 contenders, and of those, the top 20…
Second Startup Battlefield of 2024 geCKo Materials unveils four new products at TechCrunch Disrupt
Second 2024 TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield, geCKo materialsreturned to the stage at this year’s show to debut new products as it pushes deeper into commercializing its…
Redwood Materials is raising another $350 million to boost its energy storage business
Battery recycler and cathode maker Redwood Materials has raised $350 million as it builds its new energy storage business in a bid to fuel the AI…
GM sends new and old EV batteries to Redwood recycling materials, which then reinstall the packages for steady energy storage, the two companies announced today. GM…
Lithium -ion batteries have been reduced to cost 75% During the last decade, a miracle of research and development that is not the result of a…
Redwood Materials starts the energy storage business and its first target is AI Data Centers
Mounted between two huge buildings on the hills of the Nevada desert, 805 retired EV batteries are in neat formation, each wrapped in white tarps -…