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Catalyst with Shayle Kann

Catalyst with Shayle Kann

How Base Power plans to use its fresh $1B [re-published]

Apr 16, 2026 · 40m

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[This episode is a re-run from October 2025. Look out for a new episode of Catalyst on Thursday, April 23.] Yesterday, Base Power announced a ⁠$1 billion series C⁠, giving the residential battery company an eye-popping $4 billion post-money valuation. Base manufactures, installs, owns, and operates residential batteries — a vertical integration strategy that CEO ⁠Zach Dell⁠ says is the “magic” to beating utility-scale batteries on CapEx. The company also acts as an electricity retailer and sells generation capacity. So how does Base’s business model work? And what will it do with its new fundraise? In this episode, Shayle talks to Zach about Base’s business model, the vertical integration…