Justin Lopas (@JLopas) / X

Justin Lopas

5,250 posts

Justin Lopas

@JLopas

Co-founder/COO @basepowerco Former @anduriltech @SpaceX.

Austin, TX

Joined June 2011

Justin Lopas
@JLopas
Dec 5, 2024
Best written article on this subject I’ve read in a long time, by @Noahpinion
Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼
@Noahpinion
Dec 4, 2024
China is using excess manufacturing capacity to forcibly deindustrialize America and its allies. And neither Trump nor the Democrats have come up with a full, comprehensive plan to fight back. noahpinion.blog/p/manufacturin…
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Justin Lopas
@JLopas
Oct 8, 2025
Today, we’re announcing our $1B Series C fundraise, and the opening of Factory 1. It's time to rebuild America’s electric grid.⚡ Let’s go ⬇️
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Justin Lopas
@JLopas
Oct 21, 2025
Come to Austin, TX to define your career and change the world
Austin Rief ☕️
@austin_rief
Oct 21, 2025
This is an incredible recruiting ad from Base Power.
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Justin Lopas
@JLopas
Nov 24, 2024
Replying to @codyaims
Just wait until they find out how much inconel NAS bolts cost!
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Justin Lopas
@JLopas
Sep 27, 2025
We’re going to manufacture, assemble, test, pack, store, and ship so many batteries up in this spot. 👀
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Justin Lopas
@JLopas
Apr 20, 2025
In the last decade, dozens of startups have been built in the manufacturing space. In today's post, I summarize three distinct business models I see, and highlight a handful of each that I've been close to. 1) "Manufacturing SaaS" companies 2) "Make-parts-for-other-people"
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Justin Lopas
@JLopas
Nov 29, 2023
Oh man it’s about to see the light of day. It’s one of the coolest pieces of machinery I’ve ever seen or worked on.
Palmer Luckey
@PalmerLuckey
Nov 29, 2023
Anduril is launching two new products on Friday evening. One of them is a radical new category of weapon that is totally unlike anything that has come before it, the other has dozens of applications outside defense. Please, everyone, send me your energy!
GIF
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Justin Lopas
@JLopas
Mar 3, 2024
Ever notice how warehouses look like ICs on a circuit board at night? So cool.
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Justin Lopas
@JLopas
Oct 18, 2025
Boarding a flight SFO -> AUS Time for 3 hours of The Experience
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Justin Lopas
@JLopas
Jul 21, 2023
Extremely bullish on Mexico as a replacement for China for many supply chains.
The Spectator Index
@spectatorindex
Jul 20, 2023
🇲🇽 Mexico has replaced 🇨🇳 China as the top trading partner of the 🇺🇲 United States, according to Axios report.
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Justin Lopas
@JLopas
Oct 4, 2024
This is a dream I’ve had for a while How It’s Made but longer, with a live host, and less cold/more personable. America is one hit tv show away from having the next generation think manufacturing is a cool and a prestigious career
Zane Hengsperger
@zanehengsperger
Oct 3, 2024
tv show request: mtv cribs for factories
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Justin Lopas
@JLopas
Apr 11, 2025
Production 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸
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Justin Lopas
@JLopas
May 7, 2024
Excited to share @basepowerco today; built alongside my cofounder @ZachBDell and the rest of our killer team. We started Base Power to reinforce the US grid. It’s no secret that American infrastructure needs support, and the electric grid is central to that. Base is energy
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Justin Lopas
@JLopas
Apr 9, 2025
Super excited to share that @basepowerco raised a $200M Series B to fuel our next phase of growth; in particular, our first factory to support the US power grid with distributed energy technology. We couldn’t be more thankful to bring in new partners around the table: Addition,
Base Power
@basepowerco
Apr 9, 2025
We’re excited to announce that Base Power has raised $200M in Series B funding, co-led by Addition, @a16z, @lightspeedvp, and Valor, with support from @ThriveCapital, Altimeter, Trust Ventures, and @terraincap. Addition’s Lee Fixel joins our board alongside Antonio Gracias of
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