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Five years. From MIT spinout to commercial-scale industrial heat. Browse by the year it happened.

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2026
Commercial stage

First commercial unit online. Global expansion. Senior team build-out. Canary Media, Latitude Media, Global Cement & Enlit World coverage.

★ KEY MOMENT
February 26, 2026

First commercial-scale Joule Hive Thermal Battery commissioned in San Antonio.

The transition from technology demonstration to commercial deployment.
August 31

Storing renewables with firebrick thermal batteries.

pv magazine
August 20

Meet the CEO who’s tackling industrial heat decarbonisation.

Enlit World
June 10

DNV validates 20-year lifetime of Joule Hive core materials

PRESS RELEASE
April 2

Opens Amsterdam Office, Names Head of European Sales

PRESS RELEASE
March 25

New Headquarters, E-Brick Production Facility & Manufacturing Veteran Hire

PRESS RELEASE
March 18

The Joule Hive: Thermal energy without fuels.

Global Cement
February 6

Are thermal batteries inching closer to replacing fossil fuels?

Latitude Media
January 30

Startup unveils heat battery it says can decarbonize almost any factory.

Canary Media
January 29

Supratim Das joins as VP of Finance

PRESS RELEASE
January 29

“US presidents come and go, but energy efficiency is forever.”

CleanTechnica
January 23

“This battery company from MIT helps factories ditch fossil fuels for cheap renewable power.”

Fast Company
2025
Partner growth

HWI/Calderys partnership. Electrek, ASME, Energi Mix & Global Corporate Venturing coverage.

★ KEY MOMENT
July 24, 2025

HWI/Calderys partnership to transform industrial heat.

Manufacturing partner unlocks scale-up of the electrically-conductive firebrick.
July 28

“This MIT spinout’s electric bricks store heat hotter than lava.”

Electrek
May 16

$500K MassVentures START Grant

FUNDING
April 7

E-Brick heating element breakthrough featured

ASME
March 13

“Ancient technologies reimagined for industrial decarbonization.”

Energi Mix
February 28

“The university spinouts helping to decarbonise the mining industry.”

Global Corporate
Venturing
2024
Series A

$19M Series A. DOE selection. TechCrunch, Popular Science, MIT News, Business Insider, Inside Climate & more.

★ KEY MOMENT
December 12, 2024

$19M Series A from Holcim, Vale, ArcelorMittal’s XCarb® Innovation Fund, and leading climate investors.

Strategic capital from the world’s largest industrial users of high-temperature heat.
December 11

Plan to help industry replace natural gas with bricks

TechCrunch
December 9

The 50 greatest innovations of 2024

Popular Science
November 26

“Decarbonizing heavy industry with thermal batteries.”

MIT News
August 13

Combine an ancient technology with clean energy to save over $1 trillion

BUSINESS INSIDER
August 7

DOE to fund Joule Hive Thermal Battery commercialization.

Cement Products
August 5

Joule Hive achieves Technology Readiness Level 6 — selected for $40M+ DOE funding

MILESTONE
June 1

“Electrified firebricks may be the answer to low-carbon process heat.”

CleanTechnica
May 23

The race to decarbonize heavy industry.

Inside Climate
February 14

Pilot projects with 3M, Amy’s Kitchen, Buzzi Unicem USA, SwRI & EPRI

PARTNERSHIPS
February 14

Electrified Thermal Solutions profiled by Springwise.

Springwise
2023
Tech proven

DOE Energy Storage Prize. Forbes 30 Under 30. TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield. CEMEX Ventures recognition.

September 23

Stellar achievement at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 — Startup Battlefield 200

TC Disrupt '23
September 22

Accepted into the first Future Energy Storage Studio by Ørsted & Newlab

PROGRAM
May 31

$100K MassVentures grant funding

FUNDING
April 21

Recognized on CEMEX Ventures Cleantech Construction Innovations Map

RECOGNITION
March 21

Joey Kabel selected as Forbes 30 Under 30 for 2023

Forbes
February 27

Selected in DOE Energy Storage Innovations Prize winners

MILESTONE
2022
Founded

$4.5M to convert surplus electricity into on-demand zero-carbon heat.

★ FOUNDING MOMENT
July 20, 2022

$4.5M Seed to convert surplus electricity into on-demand, zero-carbon heat.

The bet: rebuild the firebrick as a heating element. The capital to find out.
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