
Zach Dell
@ZachBDell
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Building @Basepowerco. Formerly @ThriveCapital @Blackstone. Grateful
Joined February 2020
Today we are announcing our $1B Series C, but money isn’t the story. The story is what we’ll do with it, and the scale of the challenge ahead. Our mission isn’t constrained by capital, supply, or demand. It’s constrained by talent. To build America’s next great power company, we
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. @Statesman Your first headline was a defiant promise: to stand for democracy and champion the public’s right to know. From the ink on thousands of papers to the screens of millions, that promise has echoed for over a century. Stepping into your iconic South Congress printing
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Fun chat with @shaylekann on @CatalystPod If you work in the industry and are curious to learn more about how our model works, this one is for you
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Podcast Episode · Catalyst with Shayle Kann · 10/09/2025 · 40m
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Factory🤝Product The rebuilding of the grid won't happen unless we deploy physical assets, at scale. Those assets have to come from somewhere - and that somewhere needs to be right here in the US. @basepowerco's first factory is actively under construction just south of
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Fun to join @SquawkCNBC this morning to talk about what we are building at @basepowerco
Check out Base Power CEO & co-founder @ZachBDell on CNBC Squawk Box earlier today talking about our Series C.
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It was great talking to @espricewright & @rmcentush on the pod about all things electric grid. The grid itself - less so generation - is the real bottleneck to American Dynamism.
“You should be paying for the thing, not the thing getting to you.” Base Power co-founder Justin Lopas says generation keeps getting cheaper, but delivery costs are still rising. Rebuilding the grid is the next big challenge. @JLopas @basepowerco
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500 days since launch, Base Power is announcing our $1B Series C and the opening of our Austin factory. We skipped the launch video this time. Built something real instead. A newspaper written by real people, featuring our own team, for you. And yes, we made a real crossword,
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This month, right on the heels of today’s Series C announcement, @basepowerco will operate the largest aggregated distributed energy resource (ADER) fleet in ERCOT. Our fleet of residential, behind-the-meter Base Power Company batteries demonstrates two important things:
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Come Build the First Beloved Power Company. The future of power is a battery on every home. To make that future real, people have to love their power company - the way they love Costco’s samples or H-E-B's tortillas. That kind of love is earned, not bought. It comes from trust,
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Spent the day at Base in Austin this week, and the talent they’ve assembled is incredible. The product and vision is audacious. How many companies might become one of the most important in the country? Not many. Base is one.
Today we are announcing our $1B Series C, but money isn’t the story. The story is what we’ll do with it, and the scale of the challenge ahead. Our mission isn’t constrained by capital, supply, or demand. It’s constrained by talent. To build America’s next great power company, we
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News: @basepowerco raises $1B and issues a call to JOIN THE CHARGE in building America’s Power Company™. Terrain partner @vanlancker sat down with CEO @zachbdell in front of Base Factory 1 to discuss hiring, hardware, culture, and what it takes to build a new energy future.
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Today we begin the first 100 Year Conversation with @MichaelDell. A project to capture timeless wisdom from leaders who have built institutions that endure. At the heart of the work is one question: How do you build something that lasts 100 years? Few founders have endured
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Houston, we brought backup. Base is now available in the City of Houston with the only energy plan with a whole-home battery included. No solar required. Backup power for a fraction of the cost. Lower bills every month.
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Here WE go! @basepowerco
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The Run: TBD. That’s the fun part, and it’s why we’re hiring. Building the first beloved power company means rethinking everything: hardware, operations, and creative. If you want to run at the intersection of growth, ops, and AI, join us:
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Join Base Power and help power America. We're looking for world-class engineers, operators, electricians, and creatives to help fix the grid.
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America’s Power Company🤝America’s Team Tonight, @basepowerco's first big-boy TV ad hits. Here’s the story of its development and some lessons for other creatives + operators. 🧵
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America’s Team kicks off tonight. And so does our first big TV ad in Dallas. Watch it here first:
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Working with the smartest and hardest working people in their domains is so rewarding…
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