Base Power, valued at $13B, hosts 48-hour hiring hackathon in Austin
lifebypixels · x · 2026-09-16
Texas home-battery company Base Power is teaming up with the AITX community for a 48-hour hiring hackathon at its Austin HQ, September 25-27, judged by Base engineers and backed by Thrive Capital and a16z.
- Base Power has installed batteries in 17,000 homes in under three years and raised $1B in August at a $13B valuation; it is hiring software engineers
- Three tracks: making the Texas grid's real-time data useful, building fault-tolerant orchestration systems, and the most commercializable product idea
- The event is explicitly a recruiting event with limited spots
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