The US technology company Sakuu was honored by Fast Company with the “World Changing Ideas Award 2025” for its Kavian platform. The jury particularly recognized the dry-based printing process for the production of battery electrodes, which offers ecological and process-related advantages over conventional wet processes. From over 1,500 applications, the Fast Company editorial team selected 100 projects that were deemed to be particularly effective and forward-looking.
Kavian technology makes it possible to print anodes and cathodes directly onto current collector foils using additive manufacturing without solvents or drying ovens. This not only reduces energy requirements and CO₂ emissions, but also significantly reduces the space required in production. The platform supports various material systems such as NCM, LFP or graphite-silicon and therefore offers a high degree of flexibility for cell chemistry. In the future, alternative systems such as aluminum or sodium ions will also be integrated.
“It’s a great honor to have Fast Company recognize our dry electrode printing process as a World Changing Idea,” said Robert Bagheri, Sakuu founder and CEO. “This award further validates the effectiveness of our Kavian Platform for enabling battery cell producers and OEMs to scale up production to support the growth, sustainability, and efficiency demands of the future.”
“The World Changing Ideas Awards have always been about showcasing the art of the possible,” says Fast Company editor-in-chief Brendan Vaughan. “We’re proud to recognize the organizations and leaders that are making meaningful progress on the biggest issues of our time.”
In addition to the ecological effects, the technology also promises economic benefits: lower investment costs for systems, lower operating costs and simplified scalability of production. Sakuu holds more than 100 patents in the areas of materials, processes and system technology and sees the award as confirmation of its own approach of using additive manufacturing to make an industrially viable contribution to the transformation of energy storage.
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