Sila secured a $1.4 billion loan from the U.S. Department of Defense to crank out silicon‑rich anodes at its Washington‑state plant. The money arrives as the Pentagon tightens its demand for higher‑energy batteries to…

The loan ties Sila’s production line directly to military procurement schedules. In practice, the DoD will likely place large orders once the factory reaches volume, forcing Sila to prove that its silicon‑graphite ble…

Biogas‑to‑chemicals: Rise Reforming's container labs

Rise Reforming, a YC S26 graduate, turned a shipping container into a plug‑and‑play biogas reactor at a Chicago wastewater plant. The pilot unit now sits on‑site, converting raw biogas into dimethyl ether (DME) and ot…