Group1

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Founded in 2021, Group1 is a private headquartered in Austin, United States with approximately 50-200 employees specializing in Energy Storage.

Group1 is building a potassium-ion battery platform derived from Nobel Prize-winning research in lithium-ion technology. The company's chemistry is inherently safer than lithium-ion, eliminates dependency on critical minerals like cobalt and nickel, and is manufactured in the USA. Products include modular battery packs in 18650 format designed for uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), data center backup, defense applications, grid energy storage, and autonomous robotics. The potassium-ion platform offers fire-safe performance, deep discharge capability, and compatibility with existing lithium-ion infrastructure formats. Founders include Alexander Girau (CEO, 15+ years in materials science and energy storage), Yakov Kutsovsky (Chief Science Officer, former CTO at Cabot Corporation with 15 years in specialty materials), and Leigang Xue (Chief Product Officer, battery scientist with 10+ years experience and 70+ published papers). Advisory board includes MIT's Martin Bazant and other renowned electrochemistry experts.

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