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Why we exist

Build it here.

America won't win by making cells the old way cheaper. It will win by making them a fundamentally intelligent way — autonomous, domestic, and learning. A nation that cannot manufacture cells does not control its own infrastructure.

01 — Mission / Vision

Why we get up in the morning.

Mission

Rebuild American cell manufacturing with autonomous, lights-out factories that out-compete on the P&L, not on subsidies.

Vision

A fleet of dark gigafactories replicated from one Digital DNA blueprint — the foundation under America's grid, AI compute, and industrial base.

02 — The Plan

From Giga Gateway to a five-factory fleet.

1 GWh
Phase 01 · Giga Gateway

Demonstrate the dark factory

A fully autonomous 1 GWh plant producing a 53 Ah fully certified cell — proof that lights-out works, end to end.

+2 GWh
Phase 02 · Scale the cell

The larger 314 Ah cell

Add 2 GWh on the 314 Ah prismatic cell for grid and datacenter storage — three gigawatt-hours running dark.

+10 GWh
Phase 03 · Rapid scale

Ramp on the blueprint

Add 10 GWh more on the same Digital DNA blueprint — thirteen gigawatt-hours of autonomous capacity.

By 2032
Phase 04 · The fleet

Five more dark factories

At least five more dark factories, each 10 GWh — running autonomously and learning from one another.

03 — Leadership

Who's building it.

Founder & CEO

Shailesh Upreti

A battery scientist and entrepreneur who has spent his career on domestic lithium-cell manufacturing and materials genomics. He founded American Energy to bring autonomous cell production home.

The team

Engineers, not operators

A small, deep bench of materials scientists, controls engineers, and data scientists building the line that runs itself.

More team announcements soon.
04 — Where

Endicott, New York.

The historic Southern Tier manufacturing corridor where American computing was born — now home to the first dark factory. The people, the grid, and the industrial DNA to build cells are already here.

HQ
Endicott, NY
Southern Tier, New York
Chemistry
LFP
No cobalt · no nickel
Model
Lights-out
Fully autonomous production
Phase 01
Giga Gateway
1 GWh · 53 Ah certified cell
05 — Values

How we operate.

Autonomy over headcount

Engineers, not shifts

A handful of engineers run what used to take thousands. The line does the labor.

Data over intuition

Every decision traces to a signal

Nothing runs on a hunch. Every parameter is measured, logged, and learned from.

Domestic by design

Sovereign supply

A supply chain that can't be embargoed, tariffed, or delayed by anyone else.

Steady power. No surprises.

Reliability is the product

The brand promise. Cells that just work — quietly, for two decades.

America doesn't win by making cells the old way cheaper — it wins by making them a fundamentally intelligent way.