The materials that built the modern world can't build what's next.
The modern world runs on metals — copper, aluminum, steel. They powered the first industrial revolution, wired our cities, and connected our economies. But the demands of the next industrial revolution are outpacing what these materials can deliver.
Engineers are hitting their physical limits. The AI and electrification revolutions are driving copper demand that global supply cannot meet. Six countries control two-thirds of global copper mining. New mines take 17 years to reach production. The gap cannot be closed in time.
The next leap in performance cannot be incremental. It must be foundational. At DexMat, we are building that foundation.
We engineered Galvorn to be the new foundation
Galvorn is a next-generation advanced carbon platform material that rewrites the rules on compromise. It unites exceptional strength, light weight, and conductivity with superior environmental resilience — freeing engineers to redefine today's performance barriers and pioneer what's next.
Critically, Galvorn is built for industrial scale. Our process can efficiently and sustainably turns abundant, domestic natural gas into a secure, sovereign supply chain for conductivity. For the United States and its allies, this creates a unique opportunity to bypass the volatility, energy intensity, and geopolitical risk of global metal markets — and secure the material foundation for the age of AI and electrification.
DexMat is shipping more than a material. We are delivering a platform technology with a strategic economic and national security advantage.
Our mission
To accelerate the next industrial revolution with high-performance, commercially competitive, and sustainable materials.
Our vision
A world where humanity's greatest achievements are built with sustainable materials that push the boundaries of performance.
Where we are today
DexMat is headquartered in Houston, Texas — where we produce and ship Galvorn to customers across aerospace & defense, wire & cable, and automotive.
We are actively engaged with industry leaders across our target verticals, with customers advancing from evaluation toward formal development agreements.
We are scaling a platform material that the next generation of industry needs — and building the domestic supply chain to support it.
Founded on more than 30 years of science
Galvorn did not emerge from a single breakthrough — it is the result of decades of fundamental research, persistent engineering, and a conviction that the promise of advanced carbons could be made real at industrial scale.
1991
Carbon nanotubes are discovered.
Sumio Iijima's discovery of carbon nanotubes generated extraordinary scientific excitement — and for good reason. Their properties at the nanoscale were unlike anything seen before: exceptional strength, conductivity, and flexibility. But translating those properties into a usable macro-scale material proved far harder than anticipated. For over a decade, CNTs remained largely confined to research labs and niche additive applications.
2001
The search for a scalable fiber spinning process begins.
Prof. Richard Smalley — 1996 Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry — began exploring liquid processing as a route to spinning carbon nanotubes into continuous fibers that retained their nanoscale properties at macro scale. Prof. Matteo Pasquali, now DexMat Co-Founder and Chief Science Advisor, joined the project from the outset and led it after Smalley's passing in 2005.
2013
First demonstration of high conductivity and strength in CNT fiber.
Prof. Pasquali led a team — including Dmitri Tsentalovich, PhD, now DexMat Co-Founder and CTO, and Colin Young, PhD, now DexMat Senior Research Scientist — that unveiled new CNT fibers with a breakthrough combination of properties: textile-like in form, conductive and thermally efficient like a metal wire. The work was conducted in partnership with Dutch firm Teijin Aramid, the U.S. Air Force, and Israel's Technion Institute.
2019
DexMat is founded.
DexMat was founded to take the science out of the lab and into the world — commercializing the liquid phase spinning process developed at Rice University and making Galvorn accessible to the industries that need it most.
2023
20x scale-up and 96% cost reduction.
Following its 2023 funding round, DexMat demonstrated a 20x increase in production capacity and a 96% reduction in production costs — validating the techno-economic scalability of the Galvorn production process and establishing DexMat as a commercially viable advanced materials company.
2025
2.5x revenue growth. New customers developing with Galvorn each month.
DexMat achieved 2.5x revenue growth in 2025, with active customer development underway across aerospace & defense, wire & cable, and automotive — and several customers advancing toward formal development agreements. The production scaleup roadmap continues, anchored by the Houston facility and a clear path to industrial-scale supply.