Voltic is a company that develops electric cargo ships [1]. Founded in 2022, the company went through Y Combinator's Summer 2022 batch [3]. Voltic is headquartered in New York City, NY, USA, with remote operations [2], and operates with a team size of 5 [4].
According to Y Combinator's directory, Voltic is launching US-built cargo ships that are 4x more profitable than diesel vessels [5]. The company has $100M+ in sales to companies including the largest US shipping company and the largest global shipper by volume [5]. Voltic is on pace for its first commercial deployment in early 2026 [5]. The team has previously started two shipping lines and has decades of experience in maritime innovation [5]. The company's patented battery and solar technology stack was spun out of MIT's Ocean Engineering department [5], and it is backed by investors including the largest maritime venture capital firm in the world [5].
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- Voltic is launching US-built cargo ships that are 4x more profitable than diesel vessels. We have $100M+ in sales to companies including the largest US shipping company and the largest global shipper by volume. We are on pace for our first commercial deployment in early 2026. The team previously started two shipping lines and has decades of experience in maritime innovation. Our patented battery & solar tech stack was spun out of MIT’s Ocean Engineering department. We are backed by top investors like the largest maritime VC in the world. [5]
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