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Sri Halima: MatZero has personal heating mats deployed at Everest Base Camp

Sri Halima · Advice Line with Steve Ells of Chipotle · Apr 9, 2026 · at 22:42

Sri Halima, founder and CEO of MatZero, discusses market traction and testing for her low-voltage personal heating mats with Guy Raz and Steve Ells.

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“We've actually got mats at Everest Base Camp at the moment keeping That exact audience warm.”

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The claim, plainly

MatZero currently has personal heating mats deployed at Mount Everest Base Camp.

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Assessment

On the April 9, 2026 episode of How I Built This, Mat Zero founder Sri Hollema stated that the company currently had heating mats deployed at Mount Everest Base Camp. Official company communications published on May 14, 2026 confirmed that mountaineers Adriana Brownlee and Tenji Sherpa had been using Mat Zero heated mats at Mount Everest Base Camp over the preceding weeks as part of extreme-condition field testing during the spring 2026 climbing season.

Mat Zero announced on May 14, 2026 that mountaineers Adriana Brownlee and Tenji Sherpa had been using Mat Zero heated mats at Mount Everest Base Camp over the past few weeks.
The deployment formed part of real-world cold-weather and high-altitude testing during the April–May 2026 Everest climbing season.
No conflicting reports or disputes regarding the presence of the mats at Everest Base Camp in April 2026 were identified.

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[1] matzero.com [2] matzero.com [3] lboro.ac.uk [4] swansea.ac.uk [5] lboro.ac.uk [6] facebook.com [7] facebook.com

Sri Halima MatZero MatZero heating mats Mount Everest "Mat Zero" "Everest" "Adriana Brownlee" "Tenji Sherpa" 2026

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