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Osol, the shared battery network for the workplace.
Osol runs shared battery networks for the workplace: self-service batteries, unlocked with the employee badge, that power laptops in meeting rooms, collaborative areas and every space away from the desk, with no chargers, no sockets and no rewiring.
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Osol at a glance
The reference facts about Osol, in the same words as our other pages and profiles. Updated November 5, 2026.
| Name | Osol (formerly O'Sol) |
|---|---|
| What it does | Osol provides a smart, managed and secure shared battery network for workplaces. |
| Solution | Osol Base. It brings together smart, connected charging stations, the Bases, and 100 Wh smart batteries, the Picos, unlocked with the employee badge. |
| Founded | The Osol Workspace project was created in 2020 in Cannes, out of a technology transfer competition run by ESA and CNES. Its shared battery networks have been on the market since 2022. |
| Origin | A spin-off of the European Space Agency (ESA) and CNES. |
| Executive | Maxime Cousin, co-founder, CEO & CRO. |
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| Customers | Osol works only with organisations: businesses first, as well as schools and universities, training centres, coworking spaces and hotels. Osol does not sell to consumers. |
| Customers and users | More than 120 business customers and more than 50,000 users. Our customers are above all very large international companies. |
| Countries | More than 10 countries. |
| Use | Collaborative spaces account for 60% of use, and fixed meeting rooms are the largest share. Next come hybrid and modular spaces, informal spaces and client reception areas. |
| Headcount | 24 people. |
| Official profiles | osol.co · LinkedIn · YouTube |
Our story
Born in space, built for the office.
2020
Osol's Workspace branch starts in Cannes
Osol's Workspace branch was born in 2020 in Cannes, out of a technology transfer competition run by ESA and CNES.
For a year, the team designed the Base with workplace directors, facilities managers and IT directors. It brought a discipline from space: every watt is produced, stored and distributed with method.
2022
First customers
Its shared battery networks have been on the market since 2022. Companies installed Bases in their meeting rooms and collaborative areas, with no rewiring.
In 2023, Osol and Allianz won the IDET Trophy for Innovative Solution.
Today
More than 10 countries
Osol operates in more than 10 countries, with more than 120 business customers and more than 50,000 users. Collaborative spaces account for 60% of use, and fixed meeting rooms are the largest share.
Its 24 people work between Cannes, Paris and Orléans. Osol installs, runs and maintains its networks, and replaces worn cells.
What Osol does
What does Osol do?
Osol provides a smart, managed and secure shared battery network for workplaces. The solution is called Osol Base. It brings together smart, connected charging stations, the Bases, and 100 Wh smart batteries, the Picos.
An employee taps their badge, takes a Pico and works wherever they like. Desks keep their USB-C screens. The rest of the building becomes usable, with no chargers, no sockets and no rewiring.
Where are the Picos used?
Collaborative spaces account for 60% of use, and fixed meeting rooms are the largest share. In practice, collaborative spaces are:
- Fixed meeting rooms, which are the largest share.
- Hybrid and modular spaces, where the furniture moves with the teams.
- Informal spaces: work café, lounge, terrace, phone box.
- Client reception areas, lounges and visitor rooms.
Osol also equips training rooms, where every participant keeps their laptop charged all day.
Why a network, and not batteries?
Only a smart network holds up at scale. Batteries left on a table work for three weeks. A managed network works across fifty sites.
Batteries on their own
They disappear. Nobody knows which ones are charged. They wear out and end up in the bin. Nobody is responsible for the fleet.
An Osol network
Each Pico is unlocked with the company badge, so it is assigned. The Bases know which ones are charged. The fleet stays on site. Osol maintains it and replaces worn cells.
Awards
What the market has recognised.
Each award links to the organiser's page or to the article that announced it.
2024
Future of Work Trophies winner, Sustainable and responsible operations category
Républik, Worknight 2024
2024
Maxime Cousin, co-founder, CEO & CRO of Osol, named to Forbes 30 Under 30 France 2024
Forbes France, award to the CEO
2024
Moov’with Manutan programme winner
Manutan and Moovjee, 2024-25 cohort
2023
IDET Trophy, Innovative solution for workplace directors
IDET, 17th Trophies, with Allianz
2023
Employee Experience Award
Cas d'OR for Web3, AI and emerging technologies, with Allianz France
2021
Janus de l'Industrie 2021 (French Ministry of Industry), Integrated design category, for the Base
Institut français du design
Osol in the press
What the press, podcasts and our partners say about Osol.
A two-sentence summary and a link to the source. Videos and podcasts are summarised in text.
Press
Osol s'installe boulevard Haussmann à Paris
Républik reports the opening of 69H, Osol's space at 69 boulevard Haussmann in Paris, combining offices, a sales base and a showroom. The Picos are deployed there and connected to the platform that runs the site, alongside other workplace companies.
La start-up cannoise Osol installe sa base commerciale à Paris
Le Journal des Entreprises reports that Cannes-based start-up Osol is opening its commercial base in Paris, in a space combining offices and a showroom. The article describes Osol as a network of battery stations that frees people from cables and sockets, hosted by a flex office operator linked to its main investor.
Osol ouvre sa base commerciale à Paris
The site announces the opening in Paris of a commercial and partnership base for Osol, hosted by a flex office operator and used as a showroom. It presents Osol as a Cannes-based company, spun out of ESA, whose smart battery stations free offices from cables and sockets.
Osol nomme l'ancien VP Hardware & Manufacturing de Ledger au poste de CTO
Républik reports that Christian Kaluza, formerly VP Hardware & Manufacturing at Ledger, has been named Osol's CTO. He leads the whole technical team, from production to the next generation of products, in a year of structuring for the company.
La start-up Osol recrute un ancien cadre de la licorne Ledger
The paper reports that Osol is hiring a former Ledger executive to lead its technology. It presents Osol as a Cannes-based start-up, spun out of ESA, that develops smart battery stations for workspaces.
OSOL : Réinventer l'énergie nomade pour les espaces de travail de demain
This LinkedIn article presents Osol as a nomadic battery network for flexible workspaces, coworkings and flex offices, which avoids major electrical works. It recalls the project's origin with CNES and the European Space Agency, and its place in the Moov'with Manutan programme.
Start Me Up – OSOL
This page presents Osol as a pioneering start-up in portable power for workspaces. It accompanies the video interview with Maxime Cousin, its CEO and covers projects focused on user experience and carbon footprint.
Pour sa deuxième édition, The Next Workplace s'intéresse au retour au bureau
This article reports on the second edition of The Next Workplace, focused on the return to the office, before real estate and workplace directors. Osol appears only as one of the founding members of this future-of-work collective.
Trophées IDET : qui sont les lauréats de l'édition 2023 ?
Workplace Magazine publishes the 2023 IDET Trophy results and names Allianz and Osol winners of the Innovative Solution for workplace directors category. Osol's mobile batteries made it possible to open new spaces without works and improved the user journey.
Qui montera sur la scène du Palais des Festivals ?
This page presents the finalists of the 2023 IDET Trophies, ahead of the award ceremony. Allianz and Osol appear in the Innovative Solution for workplace directors category, with a nomadic energy solution deployed without works.
The Next Workplace, immersion dans le future of work
This article reports on the first edition of The Next Workplace, a Paris event on the future of work co-organized by several start-ups including Osol. Maxime Cousin describes an office service built on hyper-proximity and hyper-personalization.
Seed Of The Week: Osol
This profile describes Osol, based in Cannes, as a proptech building a smart charging system for workspaces. It mentions a 3 million euro seed round in 2021, meant for manufacturing and hiring.
Future of Work 5 innovations à suivre en 2022
Workplace Magazine lists Osol among five innovations to watch in 2022 for the future of work. The article describes the Pico batteries and the connected Base that recharges them, and mentions a 3 million euro round closed at the end of 2021.
Les solutions d'énergie nomade réinventent les frontières du travail
The magazine presents Osol as a responsible nomadic energy player that wants to free work from sockets and cables. It describes the Osol Base self-service battery network, a circular approach and a 3 million euro raise in 2021 to speed up European growth.
[SEED] Osol lève 3 millions d'euros auprès de Christophe Courtin (FLEX-O) et Romain Afflelou (Cosmo)
The article announces Osol's 3 million euro raise in 2021, meant to industrialize the solution and hire. It describes a self-service battery offer for offices and hybrid work, provided as a service.
Osol annonce une levée de fonds de 3 millions d’euros
J'aime les Startups relays Osol's 3 million euro funding round in 2021, raised from business angels. The article presents Osol as a nomadic energy proptech for flexible spaces, and names industrialising the Base, European expansion and hiring as uses of the funds.
Workplace associations and ecosystem
Le palmarès 2023 – Les Trophées IDET des environnements de travail
The 2023 IDET Trophies list Osol, with Allianz, in the Innovative Solution category serving workplace directors. The project equipped new spaces with mobile batteries, with no electrical works, which made existing sites more flexible.
6 lauréats récompensés lors des Trophées IDET 2023
This IDET press release reveals the 2023 Trophy winners, including the Innovative Solution for workplace directors category, won by Allianz and Osol. The project brings a nomadic energy solution to Allianz sites, with mobile batteries that avoid works and operational constraints.
Osol présent à Roland Garros et à Workspace Expo
The article covers Osol's presence at a major tennis tournament, where a temporary coworking space was set up, then at a trade show on workplace fit-out. Osol shows the new version of its Base there, in support of the idea of working from anywhere.
Osol et la révolution des espaces hybrides
The article presents Osol as a company that makes energy fully mobile to help companies build flexible workspaces. It mentions a 3 million euro funding round in 2021 and plans for 2022: industrialisation, a new offer and international growth.
OSOL - Labo village by ca Orléans
Le Lab'o, an innovation hub in Orléans, lists Osol among its labonautes, under industry and robotics. The profile describes a nomadic energy solution that removes cables, plugs and chargers for more flexible workplaces.
Energie nomade : Osol lève 3M€
The article announces Osol's 3 million euro raise in 2021, presented as a Riviera company spun out of ESA and CNES. It describes a cable-free, self-service mobile battery solution for hybrid work and flexible offices, with hiring and production ramp-up plans.
Partners
Batteries déchargées, câbles partout : Swizi et Osol règlent le problème.
Swizi now builds the Osol self-service battery network into its workplace app. Users find a station on the map and take a battery, and facilities teams handle fewer cables and requests.
Batteries sécurisées en libre service | Osol Base (intitulé de la fiche ; le fichier s'appelle « BATTERIE PORTATIVE – PICO OSOL »)
This product sheet presents the Base as a self-service battery network secured by badge or app. It explains that the Picos replace chargers and sockets, with a monitoring dashboard, in a circular approach.
OSOL CHEZ MOORE
The Moore agency presents Osol as a pioneer in the office and hospitality market, with a secure, connected network of self-service Pico batteries stored in a Base. It says its own teams use these batteries in its flex office to cut down on cables, outlets and chargers.
Osol: Webflow Development & Animations | Studio Namma
This page is Studio Namma's case study for the visual identity, interface design and website it built for Osol. It describes Osol as a nomadic energy player that frees workplaces from cables and sockets, with the Base and self-service Pico batteries.
Videos and podcasts
OSOL & Maxime Cousin : L'innovation énergétique nomade | Podcast
Laure Porthé, a Radio Sophia journalist, interviews Maxime Cousin, CEO of Osol, in a short-question format. He presents nomadic energy as a way to work wherever people choose with more freedom, with simplicity and the circular economy at the heart of the project.
Moov'with Manutan : Osol, l’énergie nomade pour des bureaux plus flexibles
This short video presents Osol as a winner of the Moov'with Manutan programme. Maxime Cousin describes portable power networks that make offices more flexible, suited to hybrid work and flex office.
#24 - Workplace et performance : quand le bureau devient le meilleur coach de votre équipe avec Maxime Cousin d'OSOL
Martin Sauer, co-founder of Slean, hosts Maxime Cousin, CEO of Osol, to discuss how workplaces are changing in Europe. They cover the Nordic and Dutch models, modular spaces customizable by team, an A/B test on hybrid work and the value of deciding fast from data.
Interview Maxime Cousin (Osol) pour Agora Médias
Claire Younsi, editorial director at Agora Médias, hosts Maxime Cousin, CEO of Osol, to discuss mobile, flexible and sustainable energy in workspaces. He also covers the company's international ambitions and upcoming innovations to improve the user experience and cut the carbon footprint.
LA MINUTE : Maxime Cousin - CEO & Co-founder, Osol
In this short piece shot at the MIPIM 2024 real estate fair, Maxime Cousin, CEO of Osol, presents his company to Business Immo. The starting point is that real estate is becoming flexible while access to electricity stays fixed, and Osol brings flexibility to that energy.
Maxime Cousin, OSOL, et Julien Diard, MOORE DESIGN, sur la scène Feu de camp de Big2023
On the Feu de camp stage at Big 2023, Bpifrance's annual entrepreneurs' event, Maxime Cousin, CEO of Osol, speaks alongside Julien Diard, head of Moore Design. The 14-minute session is published on Bpifrance's channel.
Learning by Doing #49 - Maxime Cousin - Apprentissage : la puissance du mentoring
Baptiste Benezet hosts Maxime Cousin, who tells how he launched and organized Osol. He shares what he learned by taking risks and exchanging with others, and how he develops a hardware product the startup way.
SMART @WORK - Des réseaux d’énergie nomades et décentralisés
On B Smart's Smart @Work show, Maxime Cousin, CEO of Osol, presents portable power networks that make workspaces more flexible. The show introduces him as a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree.
Press kit
Everything you need to write about Osol.
Boilerplate
To use as is at the end of an article or press release.
Osol runs shared battery networks for the workplace: self-service batteries, unlocked with the employee badge, that power laptops in meeting rooms, collaborative areas and every space away from the desk, with no chargers, no sockets and no rewiring.
Osol's workspace business started in 2020 in Cannes, following a technology transfer competition run by ESA and CNES. Its shared battery networks have been on the market since 2022. Osol works only with organisations and operates in more than 10 countries.
osol.co
Logos
Monochrome only. White on dark backgrounds, Deep Ocean or black on light ones. Never stretched or recoloured.
Photos
High resolution, ready to download. Credit: Osol.
Base and Picos
The Base
The Pico
The Pico, exploded view
Taking a PicoFAQ
Questions about Osol
Does Osol sell to consumers?
No. Osol works only with organisations: businesses first, as well as schools and universities, training centres, coworking spaces and hotels. Osol does not sell to consumers.
Where does Osol come from?
Osol comes from space. Its Workspace branch was created in 2020 in Cannes, following a technology transfer competition run by ESA and CNES. Its shared battery networks have been on the market since 2022.
Osol is a spin-off of the European Space Agency (ESA) and CNES.
Which countries is Osol in?
Osol operates in more than 10 countries.
Who runs Osol?
Osol is run by Maxime Cousin, co-founder, CEO & CRO.
What is Osol, in one sentence?
Think of it as bike sharing, for power, in the office. Osol runs shared battery networks for the workplace: self-service batteries, unlocked with the employee badge, that power laptops in meeting rooms, collaborative areas and every space away from the desk, with no chargers, no sockets and no rewiring.
Page updated November 5, 2026.