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Form Energy
Form Energy is an American deep-technology company developing and manufacturing rechargeable iron-air batteries for multi-day electricity storage. Its first commercial product is designed to discharge electricity continuously for 100 hours, using an electrochemical iron-oxidation and reduction cycle. The company also develops Formware grid-modeling software. Founded in2017 by Mateo Jaramillo, Ted Wiley, William Woodford, Yet-Ming Chiang and Marco Ferrara, it operates Form Factory1 in Weirton, West Virginia, with research and engineering operations in Massachusetts and California. Its current public leadership has15 named members, and the company reports more than1,000 employees. Its relevance to AI includes grid storage agreements serving data-center electricity demand and a digital organization responsible for software, analytics, data and AI initiatives; it is primarily an energy-storage technology business. Government grant awards, commercial supply agreements, manufacturing commitments and equity financing are distinct. The published SeriesA–G figures total USD1.97B; the issuer’s August2026 statement that total equity exceeds USD2B is retained without inventing an undisclosed balancing round.
Founded 2017
Team
 Amy HigginsSenior Vice President, People |
 Brian LewisInterim General Counsel |
 Catherine CarmichaelVice President, Global Supply Chain |
 Christopher ReynoldsVice President, Core Technology |
 Kristen IlgensteinVice President & Corporate Controller |
 Marco FerraraCo-founder and Chief Digital Officer |
 Mateo JaramilloCo-founder and Chief Executive Officer |
 Navneet GovilChief Financial Officer |
 RJ JohnsonChief Commercial Officer |
 Sarah BrayVice President, Communications & Corporate Affairs |
 Ted WileyCo-founder & President |
 Tobias SchmiegVice President, Product Engineering |
 Wes SloanChief Operating Officer |
 William WoodfordCo-founder and Chief Technology Officer |
 Yet-Ming ChiangCo-founder and Chief Science Officer |