Gabe Elias

9 statements across 2 episodes · 5 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Apr 30, 2025 by Gabe Elias · across every show →

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Apr 30, 2025 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Material expects its battery manufacturing costs to reach $85–$90 per kWh
“We expect to be able to manufacture at somewhere around the 85 to 90 dollars per kilowatt hour.”
Gabe Elias Apr 30, 2025 ▶ 11:43 Will VCs Back 3D-Printed Conformal Batteries?
Apr 30, 2025 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Elias: Customizing battery nanomaterials incurs negligible cost for Material
“But these are all customizable, and they really don't cost us as a company much of anything to make that change for each customer.”
Gabe Elias Apr 30, 2025 ▶ 16:43 Will VCs Back 3D-Printed Conformal Batteries?
Apr 30, 2025 positive
Disclosure
Material has built three multi-material 3D printers and printed 150 batteries
“We've created three multi-material, multi-modal, three-D printers. We've printed over a 150 batteries, and we've raised our energy density from initially pretty low levels and testing into now competitive rates.”
Gabe Elias Apr 30, 2025 ▶ 10:48 Will VCs Back 3D-Printed Conformal Batteries?
Apr 30, 2025 bearish
Opinion
Elias: Chinese oversupply keeps battery prices at unsustainably low levels
“I really think the battery industry specifically is artificially constrained by the oversupply, obviously, that we know from China, and that keeps the prices at a lower level than what's probably sustainable.”
Gabe Elias Apr 30, 2025 ▶ 25:25 Will VCs Back 3D-Printed Conformal Batteries?
Apr 30, 2025 positive
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Material has closed $1.5 million of its $3 million seed round
“He's closed 1.5 million of his three million dollar round.”
Josh Muccio Apr 30, 2025 ▶ 39:39 Will VCs Back 3D-Printed Conformal Batteries?
Apr 30, 2025
Opinion
Elias: F1 engineering takes conventional automakers four times longer
“The things I was able to do in Formula One would take a conventional auto manufacturer, probably four or five times the amount of time and money for that matter.”
Gabe Elias Apr 30, 2025 ▶ 19:18 Will VCs Back 3D-Printed Conformal Batteries?
Apr 30, 2025 neutral
Disclosure
Material is targeting early-stage gross margins of 25% to 30%
“Well, I guess it depends on the complexity, but, you know, I'm going to be targeting in the 25 to 30% margin, at least at the early stage.”
Gabe Elias Apr 30, 2025 ▶ 16:17 Will VCs Back 3D-Printed Conformal Batteries?
Apr 30, 2025
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Elias won seven F1 world championships as an engineer at Mercedes
“So when I started at Mercedes in 2014, I kind of reached the zenith. I was one of two Americans on the team. Living in England, and I won seven world championships in that process.”
Gabe Elias Apr 30, 2025 ▶ 8:04 Will VCs Back 3D-Printed Conformal Batteries?
Jun 25, 2025 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Material closed $1.5M of $3M round and opened Miami facility
“Gabe closed 1.5 million of his three million dollar round, and they opened their first dedicated facility in Miami.”
Josh Muccio Jun 25, 2025 ▶ 35:00 Season 13 Finale: Who Needs VC Anyway?
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