Justin Lopas
Advisor to Investment Committee
Justin Lopas is the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Base Power, an energy technology company based in Austin, Texas, focused on modernizing and decentralizing the electrical grid through home battery systems. Before founding Base Power in 2023, he led manufacturing at Anduril Industries and worked at SpaceX, where he played a key role in building the Starship program and establishing the Starbase site in Texas.
At Anduril, he managed a team of over 150 people overseeing manufacturing, operations, and supply chain for advanced defense systems. Known for his precision-building mindset learned at SpaceX, Lopas now applies those principles to scalable energy infrastructure, helping transform battery storage into intelligent grid technology.
A graduate of the University of Michigan with a degree in mechanical engineering, Lopas has also held positions at Apple and Baker Hughes.