Sila
Funding History
| Series F · 01/2021 | $3.3B |
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About
Sila Nanotechnologies designs and manufactures silicon-carbon anode materials for lithium-ion batteries, aiming to replace graphite anodes with technology it says increases energy density and enables faster charging without sacrificing cycle life.
- CEO
- Gene Berdichevsky
- Headquarters
- Alameda, California
- Founded
- 2011
- Website
- https://www.silanano.com
- totalFundingRaised
- $1.265B (disclosed rounds since 2021; earlier rounds undisclosed)
Overview
Sila Nanotechnologies is an Alameda, California-based battery materials company founded in 2011 by Gene Berdichevsky, Gleb Yushin, and Alex Jacobs to replace the graphite anode in lithium-ion batteries with silicon. Its Titan Silicon technology is a silicon-carbon (Si/C) composite that the company says delivers roughly 20% higher energy density than industry-leading graphite cells, sub-10-minute fast charging, and more than 2,000 charge cycles without losing capacity, while dropping into existing battery manufacturing lines as a near drop-in replacement for graphite.
Sila manufactures Titan Silicon at a more than 600,000-square-foot facility in Moses Lake, Washington that became operational in 2025 and earned ISO 9001:2015 certification in August 2026 -- which the company says makes it the only advanced battery technology maker in North America running gigawatt-hour-scale production. Titan Silicon already powers the WHOOP 4.0 fitness tracker and is under supply agreements with Mercedes-Benz and Panasonic Energy, and Sila has pivoted an increasing share of its commercial pitch toward AI hardware, robotics, aerospace, and defense customers alongside its original electric-vehicle base.
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