Lyten

What Lyten does

Lyten, Inc. is a privately held supermaterial applications company founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Jose, California, that develops and manufactures products powered by a proprietary tunable material called Lyten 3D Graphene — a three-dimensional carbon lattice produced by permanently sequestering carbon from methane. The company runs a platform-plus-application model: the 3D Graphene technology is the single underlying platform, and it is monetized across six named commercial product lines including lithium-sulfur Battery Systems, 3D Printer Filament (e.g., PA1205), Structural Adhesives (e.g., Lyten Adhesive 6120HT), Methane Monitoring sensors, the Lyten S Cure concrete admixture, and LytR polyethylene resin. The flagship Battery Systems business includes lithium-sulfur cells manufactured in San Jose, the Voltpack Mobile System BESS built at the Lyten Dwa facility in Gdańsk, Poland, and lithium-metal and lithium-sulfur production scaled through the former Northvolt Cuberg plant in San Leandro.

Revenue mechanics are not publicly disclosed but are anchored by strategic-investor-customer relationships with Stellantis, FedEx, Honeywell, and AEVEX Aerospace; US Department of Defense and ISS National Lab programs; and BESS shipments spanning more than 20 countries. The company has raised more than $625M in equity from over 1,000 investors (no single investor above 5%) and secured up to $650M in EXIM Bank debt financing. Between late 2024 and early 2026, Lyten executed an aggressive asset-acquisition strategy, absorbing roughly $5B in former Northvolt assets across Sweden (Northvolt Ett, Labs), Poland (Northvolt Dwa), Germany (Northvolt Drei pending), and recycling (Northvolt Revolt), giving it 16 GWh of operational cell capacity, 6-12 GWh of BESS capacity, and one of Europe's largest battery R&D centers. Customers span automotive, defense, space, motorsports, logistics, industrial energy storage, and — as of January 2026 — the global concrete industry.

The company's go-to-market combines direct sales of cells and BESS units with vertically integrated production, supported by 315+ employees across US and European sites and 541+ patents granted and pending. Backed by founders Dan Cook (President & CEO) and Lars Herlitz (Chairman), Lyten is pursuing a 'Lyten Industrial Hub' strategy that co-locates battery manufacturing, recycling, and AI data center infrastructure at former Northvolt sites in Sweden and Poland, alongside a planned $1B+ Reno, Nevada gigafactory.

Name

Lyten

Legal name

Lyten, Inc.

Website

https://lyten.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Lyten is a privately held supermaterial applications company that commercializes its proprietary Lyten 3D Graphene platform across lithium-sulfur batteries, BESS, 3D printing filaments, structural adhesives, methane sensors, and concrete admixtures for automotive, defense, space, and industrial customers in the US and Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Advanced Battery Manufacturing

NAICS

Battery Manufacturing (33591)

SIC

Electronic & Other Electrical Equipment (No Computer Equip) (3600)

akta.pro primary industry

Battery Cells (Li-ion, LFP, Sodium-ion, Lead-acid, NiMH) (IMAGAHAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Battery Modules & Packs (Industrial/Commercial pack assembly) (IMAGAHAB), Battery Management Systems (BMS) & Battery Electronics (IMAGAHAC)

Keywords

• Lithium-sulfur batteries
• Supermaterials manufacturing
• Battery energy storage systems
• 3D printing filaments
• Concrete admixtures

Headquarters

HQ city

San Jose

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Lyten develops and manufactures products based on its proprietary Lyten 3D Graphene supermaterial, with lithium-sulfur battery systems as the flagship offering — including cells for drones, defense, autonomous systems, and space plus the Voltpack Mobile System (VMS) battery energy storage system. The platform is extended into 3D printer filaments, high-strength structural adhesives, the S Cure concrete admixture, and Continuous Methane Intelligence sensors, sold to enterprise customers across automotive, defense, aerospace, motorsports, energy storage, data center, and construction verticals.

Product overview

Lyten is a supermaterial applications company built around a single core platform — Lyten 3D Graphene, a tunable supermaterial produced by permanently sequestering carbon from methane — which powers a portfolio of six named commercial product lines. Battery Systems is the flagship product and includes lithium-sulfur cells manufactured in San Jose, CA (and formerly Cuberg/San Leandro), the Voltpack Mobile System (VMS) BESS produced at Lyten Dwa in Gdańsk, Poland, plus the Lyten Ett (Sweden) and Lyten Drei (Germany) gigafactories acquired from Northvolt. Beyond batteries, Lyten has expanded the 3D Graphene platform into adjacent industrial verticals: 3D Printer Filament (including the PA1205 graphene-reinforced nylon), the Lyten S Cure Concrete Admixture launched January 2026, high-strength Structural Adhesives (including Lyten Adhesive 6120HT), and Methane Monitoring sensors. Lyten Motorsports, launched in May 2025 in Indianapolis with INDYCAR Experience, is a sub-brand that commercializes Lyten's filaments and adhesives into the racing industry. LytR is a polyethylene resin infused with 3D Graphene. Together these offerings form a platform-plus-modules architecture in which Lyten 3D Graphene is the shared materials platform and the Battery Systems, 3D Printer Filament, S Cure, Structural Adhesive, Methane Monitoring, Lyten Motorsports, and LytR lines are the application modules.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Lyten 3D Graphene™: Proprietary supermaterials platform that is the foundation for all Lyten products including batteries, composites, sensors, and concrete admixtures.
• Lyten Motorsports
• Lyten S Cure™
• Voltpack Mobile System (VMS)
• Lyten Adhesive 6120HT
• PA1205
• Lyten Dwa
• Lyten Ett
• Lyten Labs
• Lyten Sweden
• Lyten Poland
• LytR™

Products and services

• Battery Systems Lyten's flagship lithium-sulfur battery systems, including cells for drones, defense, autonomous systems, and space, plus the Voltpack Mobile System (VMS) modular BESS. Manufactured in San Jose, CA and at the Lyten Dwa facility in Gdańsk, Poland, targeting automotive, defense, aerospace, and energy storage customers.
• Voltpack Mobile System (VMS) Third-generation modular Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) inherited via the Northvolt Dwa acquisition, produced at the Lyten Dwa facility in Gdańsk, Poland. AI-enabled power management system orchestrating power with millisecond response times between solar, wind, generator, battery, and grid sources for commercial, industrial, and data center markets in more than 20 countries.
• 3D Printer Filament High-strength 3D printing filaments incorporating Lyten 3D Graphene, including the PA1205 graphene-reinforced nylon filament, used in motorsports, aerospace, defense, and prototyping applications to improve strength, reduce weight, and enable final-production parts.
• Lyten S Cure Concrete Admixture High-performance, drop-in concrete admixture powered by Lyten 3D Graphene nanomaterials that delivers +110% one-day compressive strength, +29% at seven days, and up to +20% improvement in 28-day durability while reducing reliance on cement and supplementary materials. Launched January 2026 as Lyten's third major industrial vertical.
• Structural Adhesive High-strength structural bonding adhesives powered by Lyten 3D Graphene supermaterials, including the Lyten Adhesive 6120HT which delivers more than twice the hot strength of leading commercial products, targeted at motorsports, aerospace, and defense applications.
• Methane Monitoring (Continuous Methane Intelligence) Continuous Methane Intelligence sensor product line built on Lyten 3D Graphene, offering ultra-thin sensors that significantly increase detection sensitivity and selectivity for environmental monitoring, automotive, industrial, health, and supply chain applications.
• Lyten Motorsports Venture launched in Indianapolis in May 2025 in partnership with INDYCAR Experience to design and manufacture ultra-lightweight, high-strength 3D printed parts and composites for U.S. and international racing series using Lyten 3D Graphene filaments and adhesives, targeting up to 30% weight reduction and 20% strength improvement.

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

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AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• ESS Inc. ESS Inc. manufactures iron-flow battery energy storage systems, a direct competitor to Lyten's Voltpack Mobile System (VMS) BESS offering in long-duration stationary storage markets including data centers and microgrids.
• Enovix: Enovix designs 3D silicon-anode lithium-ion battery cells targeting consumer electronics, IoT and EV applications — a direct next-gen battery peer with a comparable materials/architecture innovation narrative to Lyten 3D Graphene.
• Directa Plus: Directa Plus is a graphene-materials producer commercializing its Grafysorber and other graphene-based products across environmental, composites and textile markets — directly comparable to Lyten 3D Graphene as a graphene-platform applications company.
• QuantumScape: QuantumScape is a publicly listed solid-state lithium-metal battery developer backed by Volkswagen — directly comparable to Lyten's lithium-sulfur/lithium-metal technology positioning and automotive OEM strategic-investor model.
• Form Energy: Form Energy develops iron-air battery systems for multi-day grid storage and is constructing a multi-GWh factory in West Virginia; directly comparable to Lyten's BESS strategy and gigafactory ambition for grid-scale energy storage.
• Solid Power: Solid Power is developing sulfide-based solid-state batteries with automotive OEM partners including BMW and Ford; comparable to Lyten as a next-gen battery chemistry company pursuing gigascale manufacturing and automotive qualification.
• Sila Nanotechnologies: Sila develops silicon-anode battery materials as a drop-in chemistry upgrade for lithium-ion — a direct peer in next-generation battery materials with similar automotive OEM partnerships (Mercedes, Panasonic) and parallel materials-platform strategy to Lyten 3D Graphene.
• Group14 Technologies: Group14 produces silicon-anode battery material (silicon-carbon composite) used by EV and consumer-electronics cell makers; comparable to Lyten as a battery-materials platform company commercializing a novel chemistry with tier-1 cell-maker adoption pathways.
• Amprius Technologies: Amprius produces silicon-anode lithium-ion cells with extreme energy density for aviation, defense and EV applications — directly comparable to Lyten's lithium-sulfur high-energy-density strategy and overlapping defense/space customer base.

Broad incumbents

• Fluence Energy: Fluence is a leading global BESS integrator and manufacturer; overlapping directly with Lyten Dwa's VMS product in commercial, industrial, and utility-scale storage, with broader scale and existing tier-1 customer relationships.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles27 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds8 records

Investors11 records

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M&A5 records

Investments

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