Airthium

Decarbonized heat and power cheaper than fossil fuels

Y CombinatorSummer 2017ActiveIndustrialsClimateEnergy StorageHard TechHardwareClimate

What they do

Problem

Industrial companies need affordable high-temperature heat and reliable power without CO2 emissions from fossil fuels.

Solution

Airthium builds proprietary high-temperature heat pump engines (and later thermal energy storage units using the same engine) that deliver decarbonized heat and power more cheaply than fossil alternatives.

Who it's for

Food and mining companies and other industrial heat users seeking to replace gas-fired steam boilers and reduce energy costs and emissions.

Founders

Andrei Klochko

Founder/CEO

PhD in Plasma Physics from École Polytechnique (Paris, France), then started Airthium as CEO and CTO in 2015 before going through YC in 2017. This is still my current position.