Meet The Staffing Billionaire Who Just Won The Republican Gubernatorial Runoff In Georgia

His medical staffing firm lifted Rick Jackson out of poverty. Now he’s beaten Trump’s pick in Georgia’s gubernatorial runoff and will face Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms.

Scaling for sovereignty: How EU policy is reshaping Europe’s deeptech playbook
Scaling for sovereignty: How EU policy is reshaping Europe’s deeptech playbook

Europe’s deeptech startups are increasingly being asked to do more than build successful businesses. As policymakers focus on strengthening strategic autonomy, securing critical supply chains, and ac…

Enera raises $2M to improve the EV charging experience

Enera, an AI-powered driver experience platform forelectric vehicle charging, has raised $2 million in funding. The round was ledby Lakehouse Ventures, marking the firm’s first investment outside the …

GM Doubles Down On Energy Business To Serve Data Center Electricity Demand

The carmaker scaled back electric vehicle plans, but is going all in on advanced batteries, including a new sodium-ion chemistry designed for large-scale power storage.

GM thinks EVs can help offset AI’s energy suck with vehicle-to-grid tech
GM thinks EVs can help offset AI’s energy suck with vehicle-to-grid tech

At an event in San Francisco today, General Motors made a series of announcements around EV batteries, energy storage, and grid resiliency in the face of growing electricity demand from AI data centers. The automaker announced that it would be activating new vehicle-to-grid capabilities for its current EV and home energy customers. It’s releasing a […]

Granarium raises €1M+ to commercialise renewable supercapacitors for grid stability

Deeptech energy startup Granarium Technologies, spun out from VTT, has raised over €1 million Pre-Seed funding. BSV Ventures and Beamline led the round, with participation from FiBAN (Finnish Business…

Donut Lab’s solid-state battery claim debunked by Ziroth
Donut Lab’s solid-state battery claim debunked by Ziroth

Donut Lab’s solid-state battery claims have been thoroughly debunked by Ryan Inis Hughes on his popular Ziroth YouTube channel. According to Hughes, Donut Lab has engaged in deliberate, calculated deception by claiming to have a solid-state battery ready for mass production. In reality, it’s nothing more than a standard lithium-ion design. Hughes’ investigation got an […]

GALVANY secures €10M seed round for heat pump expansion

Berlin-based GALVANY Energy GmbH has raised€10 million in seed funding to support the continued development and rollout ofits platform for the installation, operation, and optimisation of heat pumpsac…

The Electron’s Interstate: AI Will Cause An Infrastructure Collision

As data centers transform into “AI factories,” global economic power is shifting to nations that can scale power grids, transformers, and energy infrastructure.

Zigging when most are zagging, ex-Meta CTO raises $250M climate fund

Mike Schroepfer’s Gigascale Capital has raised a large fund to back founders building climate-friendly solutions for the world’s energy and material shortages.