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Voltic

Voltic is launching US-built cargo ships that are 4x more profitable than diesel vessels. We have $100M+ in sales to companies including the largest US shipping company and the largest global shipper by volume. We are on pace for our first commercial deployment in early 2026. The team previously started two shipping lines and has decades of experience in maritime innovation. Our patented battery & solar tech stack was spun out of MIT’s Ocean Engineering department. We are backed by top investors

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Voltic is launching US-built cargo ships that are 4x more profitable than diesel vessels. We have $100M+ in sales to companies including the largest US shipping company and the largest global shipper by volume. We are on pace for our first commercial deployment in early 2026. The team previously started two shipping lines and has decades of experience in maritime innovation. Our patented battery & solar tech stack was spun out of MIT’s Ocean Engineering department. We are backed by top investors

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match 67

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shared extracted concept terms: stack; shared product terms: engineer, stack, ship, line; shared affiliation: Y Combinator

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match 62

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shared product terms: us, includ, early, battery; shared product theme: climate and energy; shared affiliation: Y Combinator

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match 61

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shared extracted concept terms: patent, innovation; shared product terms: start, patent, back, innovation; shared affiliation: Y Combinator

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match 53

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shared extracted concept terms: battery; shared product terms: battery, 2026, launch, experience; shared product theme: sales and marketing, climate and energy; shared affiliation: Y Combinator

Plazmod Technologies

match 49

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shared extracted concept terms: battery, innovation; shared product terms: battery, innovation, out; shared product theme: climate and energy

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match 36

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shared extracted concept terms: patent, tech; shared product terms: patent, tech