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Anthrogen

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3 people|Active|Hiring|Website
Artificial IntelligenceDeep LearningBiotech
48°Significant Pivot
Before

Genetically engineering cyanobacteria for carbon capture.

After

Scalable, carbon-negative polymer manufacturing.

Full description — before

We genetically engineer bacteria to capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. We are applying CRISPR to a novel form of bacteria to create the most accessible and scalable high-quality credit. We use advanced robotics to harvest the bacteria in a cost-efficient manner before preparing them for long-term storage to safely store away the carbon for millions of years. Climate change is a present reality not a future; we need to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere at scale as fast as possible to help reverse it.

Full description — after

We are engineering photosynthesizing bacteria and cascading their enzymatic outputs for low-cost, scalable, and carbon-negative polymer manufacturing. We want to take in tons of CO2 to help reverse climate change while also working to decarbonize supply chains, so carbon capture becomes redundant in the first place. We have engineered the fastest photosynthesizing organism in the world with CRISPR and use generative models to design our enzymatic cascades. We are stating with starch as the quintessential polymer but will expand to other verticals soon.

Category shift
Energy & Climate TechEnergy & Climate Tech
Summary

The company shifted from purely genetically engineering bacteria for carbon capture to using those engineered bacteria to produce carbon-negative polymers, which is a fundamentally different product leveraging the same biology but delivering value via sustainable materials rather than carbon credits.

Detected 1 year ago · 2024-09-05
Company journey — 2 pivots

Scalable, carbon-negative polymer manufacturing.(viewing)

47.8°Significant Pivot2024-09-05
Started as

Genetically engineering cyanobacteria for carbon capture.