Bedrock Materials

aid: bedrock-materials
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - none
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
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://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/bedrock-materials.png
name: Bedrock Materials
description: 'Bedrock Materials was a Chicago-based deep-tech startup founded in 2023 by Spencer Gore (CEO, previously Tesla
  and Enovix) and Rafael Vila (CTO, Stanford battery scientist) to manufacture engineered sodium-ion cathode active materials
  as a low-cost, easy-to-source alternative to lithium-ion — built from abundant sodium, manganese, iron and aluminum, and
  designed to drop into existing lithium-ion cell manufacturing lines for low-voltage, starter-lighting-ignition, micromobility
  and industrial-traction applications. It raised a $9M seed round led by Trucks Venture Capital with Refactor Capital and
  Version One Ventures. In April 2025 the company wound down and returned the majority of that seed capital to its investors:
  CEO Spencer Gore concluded that sodium-ion could not be produced cheaply enough to beat lithium iron phosphate (LFP) after
  lithium oversupply collapsed prices, and that energy-density gains carried steep trade-offs. Bedrock Materials was a materials-science
  manufacturer and never operated a developer program, public API, or developer portal; both bedrockmaterials.com and its
  former bedrock.inc website are now parked/for-sale domains with no company content. This profile is retained as a verified-defunct
  record in the API Evangelist network — there is no API surface to enrich.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bedrock-materials/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- version-one-ventures
- trucks-venture-capital
- refactor-capital
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: defunct-no-api-surface
x-status: defunct
x-defunct-date: 2025-04
x-defunct-note: Wound down and returned the majority of its $9M seed funding to investors; sodium-ion could not compete on
  cost with lithium iron phosphate.
x-defunct-sources:
- https://heatmap.news/climate-tech/bedrock-materials-sodium-ion
- https://www.axios.com/pro/climate-deals/2025/04/07/bedrock-materials-stops-batteries
- https://sodiumbatteryhub.com/2025/04/10/us-sodium-ion-battery-start-up-bedrock-materials-shuts-down/
x-former-website: https://bedrock.inc/
x-founded: '2023'
x-headquarters: Chicago, Illinois, United States
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
tags:
- Company
- Deep Tech
- Batteries
- Energy Storage
- Materials Science
- Sodium-Ion
- Defunct
apis: []
common: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-20'
  status: nochange
  artifacts_added: 0
  pass: local-v1
  note: Searched and probed; company verified defunct (April 2025) with no API, docs, developer portal or live web presence.
    No artifacts are derivable without fabrication.