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Advano

Advano is a New Orleans, Louisiana battery-materials company that develops silicon-based anode materials for lithium-ion batteries. Spun out of Tulane University in 2016 and backed by 25+ patents, its flagship REALSi silicon-carbon composite is engineered as a drop-in replacement for graphite anodes, delivering up to 9x the energy density of graphite for electric vehicles, consumer electronics, defense, and grid energy storage. Advano's process avoids hazardous silane gas, uses abundant metallurgical-grade silicon, and runs on existing manufacturing equipment. The company operates a pilot plant in New Orleans East and is scaling toward 3,000 tons of REALSi in 2026 and 20,000 tons by 2030. This is a physical deep-tech manufacturer with no public API or developer platform; it is catalogued in the API Evangelist network as a VC portfolio company profile.

Advano is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Battery Materials, Silicon Anode, Lithium-Ion Batteries, and Electric Vehicles.

Advano’s developer surface includes engineering blog, support, and 7 more developer resources.

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10.6/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-21 · rubric v0.12.0
0 APIs
CompanyBattery MaterialsSilicon AnodeLithium-Ion BatteriesElectric VehiclesEnergy StorageDeep TechAdvanced Manufacturing

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scored 2026-08-21 · rubric v0.12.0
Composite quality — 10.6/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 21
Developer Ergonomics 1.2 / 17
Access Clarity 3.6 / 17
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 11
Contract Governance 0.0 / 10
Discoverability 4.3 / 9
Regulatory Posture 2.8 / 15
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
Documented Reversibility 0 / 6
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Advano Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 5

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog
 Careers
Careers
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Twitter
Twitter

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: advano
name: Advano
description: Advano is a New Orleans, Louisiana battery-materials company that develops silicon-based anode materials for
  lithium-ion batteries. Spun out of Tulane University in 2016 and backed by 25+ patents, its flagship REALSi silicon-carbon
  composite is engineered as a drop-in replacement for graphite anodes, delivering up to 9x the energy density of graphite
  for electric vehicles, consumer electronics, defense, and grid energy storage. Advano's process avoids hazardous silane
  gas, uses abundant metallurgical-grade silicon, and runs on existing manufacturing equipment. The company operates a pilot
  plant in New Orleans East and is scaling toward 3,000 tons of REALSi in 2026 and 20,000 tons by 2030. This is a physical
  deep-tech manufacturer with no public API or developer platform; it is catalogued in the API Evangelist network as a VC
  portfolio company profile.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/advano/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://www.advano.io/images/favicon/apple-touch-icon.png
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- dcvc
- partech
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-industry: battery-materials
x-no-api: true
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-17'
tags:
- Company
- Battery Materials
- Silicon Anode
- Lithium-Ion Batteries
- Electric Vehicles
- Energy Storage
- Deep Tech
- Advanced Manufacturing
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/advano-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.advano.io/
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.advano.io/news
- type: Support
  url: https://www.advano.io/contact
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.advano.io/site/terms-of-use
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.advano.io/site/privacy-policy
- type: Careers
  url: https://www.advano.io/careers
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/advano
- type: Twitter
  url: https://twitter.com/advanotech
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence

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