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Watt It Takes
with Mateo Jaramillo

Mateo Jaramillo is the Co-Founder and CEO of Form Energy, the company working on a new kind of long-duration battery that could change the power sector. In this episode, Mateo shares his story and the story of Form, from his days in New York deploying residential lead acid battery systems, to his work starting Tesla’s Powerwall business, to Form’s work developing and commercializing their innovative battery systems.

 
 
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Mateo Jaramillo

Co-Founder & CEO
Form Energy
 
 
 

Mateo Jaramillo is co-founder and CEO of Form Energy. He was formerly Vice President of Products and Programs for Tesla’s stationary energy storage program, an effort he started. Mateo joined Tesla in 2009 as the Director of Powertrain Business Development, serving as commercial lead on over $100M in new development and $500M in production contracts signed for electric powertrain sales. Prior to Tesla, Mateo was Chief Operating Officer and part of the founding team at Gaia Power Technologies, a pioneering distributed energy storage firm.

 
 

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

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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