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Betting on America: Winning the Global Tech Race

Betting on America: Winning the Global Tech Race

Electricity Whenever You Want It: Featuring Mateo Jaramillo, Co-Founder and CEO of Form Energy

Jun 10, 2026 · 44m

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Co-founder and CEO of Form Energy, Mateo Jaramillo, joins Navin Girishankar to discuss the challenge of building long-duration energy storage from the ground up. He explores iron-air batteries as a scalable and bankable innovation, the precision manufacturing process required to bring this technology to market, and why West Virginia was the right place to build. He also reflects on the evolving role of government, the investor base backing the effort, and the lessons learned at the frontier of U.S. reindustrialization.