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September
2025
Lithium: The Unsung Power Source Behind the AI Boom September 30, 2025 Artificial intelligence is transforming nearly every industry, from healthcare to finance to transportation. But behind the sleek interfaces and breakthrough models lies an overlooked truth: AI runs on massive amounts of power. And increasingly, the material making that possible is lithium. The AI Energy Challenge AI models require staggering amounts of electricity to train and … Read now
Lithium’s Lasting Dominance in Batteries September 15, 2025 I’ve always been a believer that every application has a theoretically best-suited battery chemistry. Lithium is not the answer for every use case, and it never will be. For years, I was a strong supporter of sodium batteries as a potential alternative. On paper, they offered a compelling path with abundant raw materials, lower costs, … Read now
August
2025
Exploring AI across the Battery Supply Chain Part 3: Materials Discovery August 30, 2025 Can AI Accelerate Battery Materials Discovery? In battery innovation, many of the biggest breakthroughs have come not from new engineering tricks, but from the discovery and development of better materials. LiFePO4, for example, defied the prevailing understanding of lithium insertion mechanisms at the time of its discovery, yet went on to reshape the industry. More … Read now
Exploring AI across the Battery Supply Chain Part 2: Raw Material Processing August 7, 2025 Can AI Optimize Raw Material Processing? Or Just Help Us Understand It Better? Mining gets most of the attention, but it’s what happens after you pull material from the ground that really determines whether it becomes something useful. Raw material processing is where chemistry, variability, and scale collide. It is where things can get very … Read now
July
2025
Can AI Make Mining and Resource Discovery More Efficient and Sustainable? July 15, 2025 Battery supply chains start long before cathodes, cell factories, or pack integration. They begin with exploration by drilling through rock in remote terrain, working with fragmented historical data, and operating in one of the most uncertain parts of the entire process, usually in remote and/or dangerous terrain. It’s a domain shaped by complex geological, environmental, … Read now
June
2025
The Summer EV Surge: How Lithium Supply Powers the Road Trip Season June 15, 2025 Summer in America means one thing: the open road. From coastal drives along Highway 1 to cross-country treks on Route 66, millions of drivers will be hitting the pavement this season. But in 2025, more of those drivers than ever are behind the wheel of electric vehicles (EVs). According to industry forecasts, U.S. EV sales … Read now