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Watt It Takes
with Gene Berdichevsky

Gene Berdichevsky is the Co-Founder and CEO of Sila, the next-generation battery materials company who shipped the world’s first commercially available silicon anode for lithium-ion batteries. In this episode, Emily sat down with Gene to hear his story and the story of Sila, from his days as the seventh employee at Tesla, where he developed the Roadster’s battery, to the then-nine years he and his team at Sila had been working on their silicon anode technology.

 
 
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Gene Berdichevsky

Co-Founder & CEO
Sila
 
 
 

Gene Berdichevsky is the Co-Founder & CEO of Sila. Prior to co-founding Sila, Gene was the seventh employee at Tesla Motors where he served as Principal Engineer on the Roadster battery, leading the development of the world’s first, safe, mass-produced, automotive lithium-ion battery system. Gene holds two degrees from Stanford University; an MS in Engineering with a focus on energy and materials, and a BS in Mechanical Engineering. He has co-authored 42 patents and 4 academic publications. Gene has been named to the Forbes 30 under 30 list, the MIT Technology Review 35 Under 35, and was a recipient of the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans.

 
 
Watt It Takes is our monthly podcast that tells the stories of founders who are building a carbon-forward future — their upbringings, their risks, their failures, and their breakthroughs that are transforming our world.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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