Max Pfeiffer

CTO @ Voxel Energy (YC W26) | CEO @ Maxwell Vehicles | Ex-Tesla | Forbes 30

Co-founder

Voxel Energy· Winter 2026 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States

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Founder · since 2018

Company

Voxel Energy

Role

Voxel Energy

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Voxel Energy

Energy independent data centers with solar and repurposed batteries.

Winter 2026

Experience

Career

Voxel Energy
CTO @ Voxel Energy · 2025 – Present
2025
Maxwell Vehicles
Co-founder
Co-Founder & CEO · Los Angeles Metropolitan Area · 2018 – Present
2018
Volvo Cars
Software Engineering Intern · 2018
2018
Tesla
Prototype Engineering Intern · Palo Alto, California · 2017
2017
Tesla
Electrical Engineering Intern · Palo Alto, CA · 2017
2017
University of Washington
Electrical Engineering FIG Leader · 2015 – 2017
2015
Washington Hyperloop
Director & Power Electronics Focal · Seattle · 2016 – 2017
2016
Leviton
Electrical Engineering Intern · Bothell, Wa · 2016
2016
Memorable Music
Owner · Seattle · 2013 – 2016
2013
Sail Sand Point
Program Manager - Evening and Weekend · Seattle, Washington · 2011 – 2016
2011
Clay Animation Network
Systems Engineering Intern · Seattle, Washington · 2010 – 2015
2010

Bio

Forbes 30 Under 30 recognized for bootstrapping Maxwell Vehicles, a multi-million-dollar EV manufacturing business founded out of UW ECE following a year at Tesla designing electric big-rig prototypes. Built the first economically sustainable and materially circular model for manufacturing EVs using second-life EV batteries and motors. Now focused on transformational deployment of clean energy technologies in AI energy infrastructure.