prithika

@basepowerco, @sunerem || student @unc

i just thought the sheep were cute so put as header pic

[prithika @prithika_dev]

om nom nom

[prithika @prithika_dev]

would use this for the most impactful essays i read that month/quarterly, cool if you could include your own annotations/highlights...also readwise integration

[Daniel Belfort ⊙ @danielbelfort]

Introducing Offprint™

The physical magazine made from everything you "save for later" but never actually go back to read.

Find online, read offline.

Print media is back!

[richa 👩‍💻 @_richapandya]

still can’t believe I get to work here!

so grateful @packyM let me share a bit of what i’ve been building (including the [REDACTED UPCOMING BASE PRODUCT] 🤠).

job���s just getting started 🔋🔋🔋

[prithika @prithika_dev]

@ngmxyz WOOOOOO

[prithika @prithika_dev]

playing secret hitler with gng a few days ago got me reading victor e frankl's man's search for meaning now 😭

[Zach Dell @ZachBDell]

Today, we're launching Base Core, our own battery designed & built in Texas, and announcing our $1B Series D to bring it to homes across the country.

Three years ago, we started Base with a belief that batteries were the unlock to energy abundance. We saw battery storage as the foundation of a modern energy system, and believed we could win the market with vertical integration, technology, and relentless execution (what we now call Base Pace). So we set out to build a network of distributed batteries to deliver affordable, reliable electricity to homeowners and utilities.

While the job is far from finished, the launch of Base Core is the most meaningful step in that plan. We’ve spent the last few years learning hard lessons about building a distributed battery fleet, going from 1 install per day in June of ‘24 to 100 installs per day in June of ‘26. These lessons - how the battery is shipped, installed, used, and monitored - informed the design of Core. Now, Core will be the foundation of the company's next phase of growth.

Base Core is a first-of-its-kind home battery. At ~40 kWh it is 3x the size of most home batteries, providing up to 36 hours of backup for the average home. In the event of multi-day outage, Core is equipped with a (first of its kind) generator port - pull out a small portable generator and charge the battery back up to keep your home running as long as you need. When an outage does happen, the backup is seamless - most members won't even notice the grid went down. It's built to withstand Texas summers, Chicago Winters, and everything in between. And finally, it’s manufactured by our team in Austin, at Base Factory 1, right across the street from our HQ.

This new capital will bring Core to more homes and to accelerate our ambition beyond batteries. The round is co-led by Ribbit, Addition, Valor, and JP Morgan, with participation from new major investors D1, Sands, Coatue, Layer Global, and Energy Impact Partners. All of Base’s major existing investors are re-investing, including Thrive, Altimeter, Lightspeed, a16z, CapitalG, Trust, and more. This brings our valuation to $13B.

As we enter the most important growth period in the history of the electricity industry, our mission has not changed - advance human prosperity by delivering the world's most affordable and reliable electricity. Our strategy has not changed - technology, plus vertical integration, plus relentless execution, leads to a compounding cost advantage. What has changed is the scope of our ambition - this new capital, along with the team and capabilities we've built over the last three years, positions us to build technology across the electric stack, including what it takes to serve surging demand from AI, and to deepen our partnerships with utilities as they work to meet rising demands.

Electricity is the largest and most essential industry in the world, and it does not have a defining technology company. The company that delivers the most affordable, reliable power will be one of the largest and most impactful companies in the world. We intend to build it. If you'd like to join us, reach out.

Onwards.

https://t.co/Qp3F9rPtLa.

[prithika @prithika_dev]

@SujayKolpuru wait this is sick

[prithika @prithika_dev]

seeing the words/sentences you've spent a long time perfecting on a startup's social media is a weird but cool feeling

[prithika @prithika_dev]

lowk took the 2025 edition @arenamag magazine from my company's office to read the report on american ports...does it count as stealing if i'm gonna return it tmrw

[prithika @prithika_dev]

@paulodoestech @daylightenergy huge fan

[prithika @prithika_dev]

holy masterclass in design im fangirling sm 😭

[Daylight @daylightenergy]

"More Power" in PDF.

For the visual enjoyers.

https://t.co/izYmpPKnqZ

[prithika @prithika_dev]

after hyping myself up to jump into what i thought was cold water at barton springs and quickly realizing, post-jump, that it's a calm 69 degrees, i lowk should do more jumping into scary-looking things and learn they're ac not that scary lol

[prithika @prithika_dev]

wondering why some companies front pages don't have a “sign-in��� button at the top right - why is it a separate page that you have to search up (hubspot i’m looking at you). lock in on ui guys

[prithika @prithika_dev]

i think dia’s in-browser ai chat function is genius

i wish arc had it too. i’ve been using dia for the past week and it sucks how dia’s ai search is slow/default/doesn’t list sources in generated responses. moving between spaces isn’t intuitive asw.

arc will forever be my fav

[Sachin and Adam @Sachin_and_Adam]

We profiled the most hyped energy startup in America. Exclusive look inside the $4B startup, Base Power, with co-founders @JLopas & @ZachBDell

A former SpaceX engineer & a Thrive capital investor, rebuilding American energy dominance. Trying to do what SpaceX did to NASA and Anduril to Lockheed. But for energy.

Yep, a lot of ambition. So, what do they have to show for it?

0:00 Meet Zach & Justin: Raising $1.3B To Fix America's Grid
1:16 How The Grid Came 4 Minutes From Collapse
1:56 Zach: Why The U.S Desperately Needs A SpaceX for Energy
3:25 Justin Explain's Their Home Battery Installation
4:14 Why Thrive Capital Bet on Zach & Justin (feat. Avery Klemmer)
5:16 How Justin & Zach Met? (Anduril Factory Tour)
6:32 Zach’s Secret Co-founder Test on Justin
7:20 How Base Build Their Competitive MOAT...
10:34 Justin: “Everything you do more than once is a factory”
11:17 Zach: This Is How To Raise $1.3B from Tier-1 Funds...
13:38 How to Build An Elite Team & Culture
14:26 Zach: "I'm Never Stoked To Fire People, But..."
15:33 The Personal Cost of Being An Entrepreneur
16:35 Energy, China and America’s future
18:22 Unpacking The Chip on Zach's Shoulder
19:13 Zach: “I Am Not the CEO This Company Needs in 5 Years”
19:49 Sachin & Adam: Our 3 Biggest Takeaways

[Yaël Bienenstock @YaelBienenstock]

For years I've been taking selfies of my outfits just to remember what I wore or share with friends. Camera roll: thousands of pictures, zero of them findable. So i built the thing i wanted. Meet Yafa 🧵

[prithika @prithika_dev]

huge fan of scooters

[prithika @prithika_dev]

https://t.co/TIWY1yoO0v this is the best book on agency & courage ever @eliotpeper is such a w 🥹aspiring to be lenny in my lifetime

[prithika @prithika_dev]

@rileybrown @YouTube would recommend you use the "tweeks" extension -> https://t.co/rmgCBCvxxL, you can design your youtube page to never show shorts in a few seconds!

[prithika @prithika_dev]

@michelleefang heyy