Zach Dell
@ZachBDell
Building @Basepowerco. Formerly @ThriveCapital @Blackstone. Grateful
Today, we announced a $200M round led by Addition, @a16z, @lightspeedvp, and Valor, with participation from existing investors @ThriveCapital, Altimeter, Trust Ventures, and @terraincap. Addition founder Lee Fixel will join our board alongside Antonio Gracias of Valor.
Grateful for the opportunity to get in the weeds on the grid, energy markets, @basepowerco, and much more with @patrick_oshag
My conversation @ZachBDell on building Base Power If you are interested in energy, the grid, and how each are changing, this is an awesome overview Even since we recorded, Base is scaling at an impressive clip A company, and entrepreneur, to watch
A great read by the always insightful @ArushiSF on the progress made and challenges ahead to modernize the grid as demand for electricity grows... latitudemedia.com/news/ai-requir…
Grateful for members like Carla using @basepowerco to support their community
Super proud of @MichaelDell and @altcap leading the charge on Invest America Long USA 🇺🇸
Dell will match $$ into Invest America accounts & will make a major gift from their foundation to the accounts of kids. “The Invest America Act enables the promise of financial mobility or as President Lincoln said the right to rise.” @MichaelDell
You can just do stuff
⚡️From Member Idea to Shipped in 48 Hours On Wednesday, a Base member asked: “Can I charge the battery from my electric truck” By Friday, we’d pulled 3kW straight from an EV into our backup battery. From idea → tested → live in < 48 hours. We’re building the future of home…
Why Lennar is betting on a startup building backup batteries for Texas homes cnbc.com/2025/04/29/why…
Great concept, congrats @jeffawilke and team
The people spoke. We built. Meet the radically simple, radically affordable Slate. Reserve yours at Slate.auto
It was so fun to chat with @FoundersPodcast as he was putting together this episode David is a pro and his work product is exceptional I have probably heard these stories more times than anyone, and they never get old Proud son ❤️
I read both of the books Michael Dell wrote to make this episode. Lots of incredible stories and insights in this one: Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3ajPv5… Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fou…
"The team is the most valuable asset at the company by far.. almost half of the team has relocated from some other part of the country to Austin to come join the mission" Base Power CEO @ZachBDell With about 80 employees, @basepowerco has successfully recruited top engineers &…
When I joined @basepowerco a year ago I had just left Tesla, and I was thinking about the core problems facing the grid, as a power systems engineer does. 1. Demand is increasing 2. Transmission isn’t getting built
Today, I was shamed in front of thousands of technologists for - at the time of this article being written - being responsible for a critical constrain. The turtle is no longer with me, and I can confirm that we are in fact cooking. You must yearn for the turtle.
Today, I was shamed in front of thousands of technologists for - at the time of this article being written - being responsible for a critical constrain. The turtle is no longer with me, and I can confirm that we are in fact cooking. You must yearn for the turtle.
Nobody tells our story like @packyM If you are excited about the mission and want to be a part of our team "executing violently" in Austin, apply for a role: basepowercompany.com/careers Can you handle the turtle?
Base Power Company is one of the special ones. I believe batteries + software are the most valuable layer in the US electric stack, and that Base can win that layer. Call it the Base layer. 1,000+ batteries. $200M. Violent execution. This is Chapter 2 in their story:
We are very excited to deepen our partnership with @ZachBDell and @basepowerco. Creating the future of energy in America!
Today, we announced a $200M round led by Addition, @a16z, @lightspeedvp, and Valor, with participation from existing investors @ThriveCapital, Altimeter, Trust Ventures, and @terraincap. Addition founder Lee Fixel will join our board alongside Antonio Gracias of Valor.
Warehouse visit today The team is cooking 🧑🍳 Affordable & reliable power coming to a neighborhood near you 🔋🇺🇸
We're proud to support @basepowerco as they raised $200M to accelerate the future of energy. In under a year, they’ve become one of the fastest-growing battery storage developers in the U.S.—and they’re just getting started. This funding will power their national expansion,…