Phykos

Growing seaweed to stabilize the climate.

Y CombinatorSummer 2021ActiveIndustrialsClimateCarbon Capture and RemovalClimate

What they do

Problem

Climate change driven by excess atmospheric carbon and insufficient natural carbon sequestration needs scalable stabilization methods.

Solution

Phykos grows seaweed as a carbon-sequestering climate technology to help stabilize the climate.

Who it's for

Organizations seeking carbon removal or climate mitigation solutions, such as enterprises and carbon credit buyers.

Founders

Nico Julian

Founder

Nico is a mechanical engineer with experience in marine satellite communications, solar startups, and moonshot origination at Google X.

Jeff Zerger

Founder

I'm a self-taught software engineer with a generalist's background and a penchant for collecting experiences. I've worked as a builder, a mechanic, a gardener, and an organic farmer, but I've spent most of the past 25 years developing software and running software teams in Silicon Valley. A former early hire at startups in cleantech, food, and aerospace, I also have over a decade of combined experience at two of the largest technology companies in the world: Apple and Google.

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