Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI)

Overview

Builds cleantech startups, partnerships, and green workforce programs, helping founders access capital and commercialization support while advancing deployment through research, pilots, and policy.

Part of the Los Angeles ecosystem

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• Arbor EnergyArbor Energy builds baseload power systems that scale across projects and decades, supporting the industries driving the terawatt era. Modular from 100 MW to gigawatts.
• Arc BoatsBuilds electric marine vessels and recruits across engineering, product, manufacturing, quality, sales, defense, and other teams for roles at multiple levels.
• DurinBuilds and operates automated, remotely operated core drilling rigs for mineral exploration, addressing slow, costly drilling while supporting geological modeling, lab testing, and drill planning.
• FreeformPrints high-temp metal aerospace parts at scale via large-format laser sintering. Founded by ex-SpaceX engineers in El Segundo.
• HarbingerHarbinger Motors builds medium-duty electric and hybrid commercial vehicles, including EV chassis and purpose-built platforms for fleets seeking performance, reliability, and zero-emission operations.
• HeliogenBuilds solar thermal power, heat, and water systems, helping data centers and industrial facilities design energy systems balancing decarbonization, capital investment, and operating costs.
• Machina LabsMachina Labs builds and operates AI-guided robotic factories that convert digital designs into precision-formed metal structures for aerospace, defense, automotive, hypersonics, and missile programs.
• Parallel SystemsDevelops autonomous battery-electric rail vehicles that help railroads shift freight from trucks, serve shorter low-density routes, complement existing operations, and reduce road traffic and pollution.
• RE+ (Renewable Energy + Storage)Hosts a North American clean energy event connecting industry participants through education, networking, and business content across solar, storage, hydrogen, microgrids, EV charging, and wind.
• Reflect OrbitalProvides reflected sunlight from satellites and mirrors as a service for solar energy, disaster response, industrial sites, agriculture, defense, events, and lighting applications.
• RivianBuilds fully electric vehicles for families and large-scale fleets, with connected vehicle technology designed to support travel and fleet electrification needs.
• VuecasonMetal additive manufacturing — prints aerospace and defense metal components at production scale.