The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies Sion Power Corporation: 1 model, 2 deployments across 2 regions, $75.0M raised. 1 source back the record.
Overview
Tucson-based developer of next-generation Licerion® lithium-metal battery technology for electric vehicles, defense, and aerospace. Founded in 1989 as a spin-off from Brookhaven National Laboratory, the company holds 430+ patents and operates a 115,000 sq ft R&D and production facility. Its Licerion® platform delivers up to 500 Wh/kg — twice the energy density of conventional lithium-ion — with strategic investment from LG Energy Solution and Eric Schmidt's Hillspire.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 2 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeries A post-money
Key facts
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company Sion Power Corporation has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Mühlbauer Group1× joint
Most recent
- Sion Power x Mühlbauer Group2025-03-31with Mühlbauer Groupoperating
Sion Power Corporation on the deployment map
View the global map2 verified deployments across 2 regions, newest verified Jun 2024. Explore where Sion Power Corporation's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Sion Power Corporation deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (5)
- Pamela Fletcher CEOsecondary-verified
- Tracy Kelley President & Chief Science Officer, Co-foundersecondary-verified
- Job Rijssenbeek CTOsecondary-verified
- Mitch Hourtienne Chief Commercial Officersecondary-verified
- Liz Rojewski COOsecondary-verified
Founders (1)
- Tracy Kelleysole
Safety record
No incidents on record for Sion Power Corporation.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- Sion Power Corporation2 deployments
Recent coverage
Sion Power Corporation in third-party press
Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- DJI7 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Gobio Robot6 models
- Orbbec6 models
Financial state
- Total funding
- $75.0M
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
1 total · 1 operating
Every company Sion Power Corporation has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- Sion Power x Mühlbauer Group2025-03-31with Mühlbauer Groupoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Mühlbauer Group1× joint
All 1 partnerships
open in the atlas →- Sion Power x Mühlbauer GroupwithMühlbauer Groupmanufacturing2025-03-31operating
Funding rounds (1)
- Series A2024-01-23
$75M(reported) · $450M post
Investors: LG Energy Solution (lead), Bricks Capital Management (strategic), Euclidean Capital (follow), Hillspire LLC (strategic)
Timeline
Every recorded move in Sion Power Corporation’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
PartnershipSion Power x Mühlbauer Group
2025-03-31Mühlbauer Group developed and installed Sion Power's fully automated large-format lithium-metal battery cell production line, capable of producing 75MWh of 56Ah cells annually. Mühlbauer invested over 100 million euros in battery production technology over five years.
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2024-01-23Series A raising $75000000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 26, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Licerion at United States (multiple hotel chains)
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Licerion at Germany, Europe
Sources (1)
- verification source · https://sionpower.com/
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Sion Power Corporation.Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- DJI7 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Gobio Robot6 models
- Orbbec6 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Sion Power Corporation from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/sion-power.md
- RSS feed: /companies/sion-power/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/61c7b365-6c99-4f62-aa54-c6bab2dd0881
- Revision history: /companies/sion-power/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- DJI7 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Gobio Robot6 models
- Orbbec6 models
Video
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Heat Index
Category contender77/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Sion Power Corporation draws attention at the 95th percentile but verifies reality at the 33rd percentile among other robots. Hype Gap +61.4, 7th widest among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 2 verified deployments. Broad public reach with 55.9M video views. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Sep 3, 2026