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Siting and Due Diligence of Green Projects", "tagline": "Paces is software for green infrastructure developers to identify the best places to build and manage their projects", "body": "### **The Problem**\n\n[80% of](https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/transmission/lbnls-nationwide-interconnection-survey-has-good-news-and-bad-news-for-clean-energy) clean energy projects **developers** start never actually get built because most projects are started without deep due diligence on zoning and interconnection due to the cost of collecting that data. This means $17B worth of cancelled projects per year.\n\n### **The Solution**\n\nPaces is software for green infrastructure developers to identify the best places to build and manage their projects.\n\nFirst we collect environmental, permitting, zoning, energy grid data from various different sources; then we analyze the data and use AI to identify the best places for developers to build their next projects. \n\n### **Our Vision**\n\nOur long term vision for Paces is for it to be the **go-to software platform to enable the climate positive development of every piece of land on earth**. With Paces:\n\n* Solar developers can find and track all the sites for their projects.\n* EV charging developers can easily get a ranked list of the best nearby sites to deploy their next 20 charging stations\n* Heavy energy users like Data Centers, Direct Air Capture and Hydrogen plants can find locations with excess electricity\n* Financial firms can evaluate the value and risks of green assets around the world\n\n### **About Us**\n\nPaces was founded by Charles and James in early 2022.\n\n* James is our CEO! He grew up on an organic farm in Ireland and across a 15 year tech career he was employee 1 at an Google acquired AI startup and has millions in career SaaS sales.\n* Charles is our CTO! He grew up in Beijing and completed a CS degree at Cornell. Before Paces, he led AI efficiency at Facebook AI and built [metrics to track power/carbon cost of AI models](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2111.00364.pdf).\n\n### **Contact Us**\n\nIf you are building in the physical worlds, such as solar, wind, battery storage, hydrogen, EV charging, real estate and data centers, please reach out to us at [team@paces.com!](mailto:team@paces.com)", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/Gfq-paces-siting-and-due-diligence-of-green-projects", "votes": 46, "created_at": "2022-06-27T16:38:09.514Z" } ] }, { "id": 26675, "name": "Birch Biosciences", "slug": "birch-biosciences", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/6d5ede074951640a2e67e11927c78affb1e31b81.png", "website": "http://www.birchbiosciences.com", "all_locations": "Portland, OR, USA", "long_description": "Birch Biosciences engineers enzymes for plastic recycling using synthetic biology and machine learning. Our enzymes function as high performance “molecular scissors” that efficiently break down plastic polymers into chemical building blocks that can be used to manufacture high quality recycled plastic products. Today, plastic manufacturing is unsustainable and a major driver of climate change. Birch Biosciences is developing an economical end-to-end plastic recycling process that reduces carbon emissions by 70% and enables a circular plastic economy.\r\n", "one_liner": "We recycle plastic using engineered enzymes", "team_size": 10, "industry": "Industrials", "subindustry": "Industrials -> Climate", "launched_at": 1656393851, "tags": [ "Machine Learning", "Synthetic Biology", "Biotech", "Climate", "ClimateTech" ], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": false, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Summer 2022", "status": "Active", "industries": [ "Industrials", "Climate" ], "regions": [ "United States of America", "America / Canada", "Remote", "Partly Remote" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": null, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/birch-biosciences", "api": "https://devasheeshg.github.io/yc-api/batches/summer-2022/birch-biosciences.json", "year_founded": 2021, "city": "Portland", "country": "US", "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/birch-biosciences-llc", "x_url": "https://twitter.com/BirchBiosci", "fb_url": null, "cb_url": "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/birch-biosciences", "github_url": null, "logo_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/6d5ede074951640a2e67e11927c78affb1e31b81.png", "app_video_url": null, "dday_video_url": null, "company_photos": [], "primary_partner": null, "founders": [ { "user_id": 913224, "full_name": "Johan Kers", "title": "Founder", "founder_bio": "Johan is co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Birch Biosciences. He has spent the last 15 years programming bacteria and genetic circuits to produce novel therapeutic proteins and other natural products at leading companies including Absci and Ginkgo Bioworks. Johan is especially interested in solving major sustainability problems using biotechnology. He holds a PhD from Cornell University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University School of Medicine.", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "http://linkedin.com/in/johankers", "x_url": "", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/77c9dbc7ddcfc0cea9d901a92e53475050f42ea4.jpg" } ], "jobs": [], "news": [], "launches": [ { "id": 64291, "title": "🌳 Birch Biosciences — Engineered Enzymes for Plastic Recycling 🌳", "tagline": "We recycle plastic using engineered enzymes", "body": "**The problem:**\n\nToday, plastic recycling doesn't work.  Less than 9% of plastic is recycled in the United States, a number unchanged over the past 15 years.  The current mechanical recycling process involves melting and reforming plastic at high temperatures, generally resulting in major greenhouse gas emissions while producing low quality plastic at high cost.  This is a major problem as consumers demand more sustainable plastic products, but brands are unable to meet this demand due to sustainability, quality, yield, and price issues with mechanically recycled plastic.  If we don’t develop a circular plastic economy, plastics will be responsible for 15% of global CO2 emissions by 2050.\n\n**The solution:**\n\nBirch Biosciences is engineering an enzyme-mediated process to recycle plastic. Our high performance enzymes work as “molecular scissors'' at low temperatures to break down plastic polymers into monomer “building blocks,” which can be re-polymerized into high quality recycled plastic products. Birch recycling technology will:\n\n* **Reduce** **carbon emissions** associated with plastic recycling by > 70%.\n* Generate recycled plastic of **equivalent** **quality** **to new plastic**.\n* Produce recycled plastic at **equal or lower cost** than mechanically recycled plastic.\n* Increase the variety of plastic products that can be **effectively recycled**\n\nBirch’s recycling process enables a true ‘circular’ plastic economy where plastic products are continuously recycled into the same plastic products, rather than being manufactured from oil or gas.  This is especially important as consumers, brands, and our planet demand more sustainable products.\n\n**Our technology focus:**\n\nEnzymes as “molecular scissors” are the centerpiece of our recycling technology. We discover and develop high performance enzymes using iterative machine learning and quantitative high-throughput screening of novel protein designs. Our technology stack enables design of robust enzymes for industrial scale plastic recycling using a fermentation-like bioprocess.\n\nWe’re currently focused on engineering enzymes for PET plastics (i.e., beverage bottles, polyester clothing) and polyurethane plastics (i.e., foam for furniture, bedding, insulation). In addition to YC, our technology development is supported by the US Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation.\n\n**How you can help:**\n\nIf you or anyone in your network might be interested in learning more or helping out, we would love to chat.  We're especially interested in talking with:\n\n* Companies and brands that use PET plastics\n* Experts in the plastic manufacturing and recycling industry\n* Operators of recycling facilities\n* Nonprofits with an interest in sustainability and plastic recycling\n\nWe can be reached at [founders@birchbiosciences.com](mailto:founders@birchbiosciences.com)", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/Gix-birch-biosciences-engineered-enzymes-for-plastic-recycling", "votes": 246, "created_at": "2022-07-02T17:42:00.694Z" } ] }, { "id": 26763, "name": "Voltic", "slug": "voltic", "former_names": [ "Vault", "Sylva", "Clyent" ], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/10ff722eceb550e5d2356209069344867f3e3b39.png", "website": "https://volticshipping.com/", "all_locations": "New York City, NY, USA; Remote", "long_description": "Voltic is launching US-built cargo ships that are 4x more profitable than diesel vessels. \r\n\r\nWe have $100M+ in sales to companies including the largest US shipping company and the largest global shipper by volume. We are on pace for our first commercial deployment in early 2026. The team previously started two shipping lines and has decades of experience in maritime innovation. Our patented battery & solar tech stack was spun out of MIT’s Ocean Engineering department. We are backed by top investors like the largest maritime VC in the world. 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He is excited to make the shipping industry greener and more efficient. Prosser grew up in Ligonier, PA, where he was the oldest of five siblings. He graduated from MIT in three years with multiple majors, winning a Fulbright upon graduation to study the auto industry's transition to EVs. He also rowed for MIT's D1 Heavyweight Crew team, with whom he won a Gold Medal at Head of the Charles. In his free time, he enjoys pizza, movies and skiing. 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This is Prosser from [Voltic](https://volticshipping.com/). We’re creating electric cargo ships that are greener and cheaper than current options. \n\n### 🚢 **THE PROBLEM**\n\nShipping is a massive industry that contributes **2\\.2%** of the world’s CO2 emissions, 15% of the world’s NOx emissions and 13% of the world’s SOx emissions ([Source](https://clearseas.org/en/air-pollution/)). In other words, approximately 816,640,000,000 kg (.8 gigatons) of carbon dioxide is emitted by ships every year ([Source](https://ourworldindata.org/co2-emissions)). There is currently no generally accepted path to full sustainability for the industry. \n\nAt the same time, fuel is an enormous operating cost for ships. Ranging from **50%** at shipping’s most efficient to **75%** on fast or heavy routes when fuel prices are high, cargo prices are highly dependent on fuel prices ([Source](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1361920920306817)). This means our ships will not only be great for the environment but also sustainably cheaper than current alternatives. \n\n### **⚡ OUR SOLUTION**\n\nSupported by grants from the Department of Energy, we designed a solar and battery tech stack that can completely power a container ship at standard operating speeds. Unlike most hardware startups working on difficult engineering problems, we do not have a multi-year, multi-round path to profitability. We already have our first customer, and expect our first ship to be operational in the near future. This will be the first step towards building out a fleet of zero-emission vessels. Long term, we want to fully power the shipping industry via electricity, operating a fleet that can serve any route in the world. 🚢 🚢 🚢 \n\nEmail [contact@volticshipping.com](mailto:founders@volticshipping.com) for inquiries or contacts.\n\nAnd give our [LinkedIn page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/voltic-shipping/) a follow :)", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/J9U-voltic-electric-cargo-ships", "votes": 97, "created_at": "2023-07-31T23:07:33.095Z" } ] }, { "id": 26769, "name": "ALT TEX", "slug": "alt-tex", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/6cf48f1bdd01fd17e94a2956a2f313bda002e407.png", "website": "https://thealttex.com/", "all_locations": "Toronto, ON, Canada", "long_description": "ALT TEX is a Toronto-based biomaterials startup that has developed the world’s first biodegradable and carbon neutral fabric, engineered from the world’s largest landfill contributor - food waste. Polyester alone makes up 60% of the $2.5 trillion fashion industry and is the biggest blocker preventing brands from meeting sustainability mandates. The patent-pending ALT TEX fermentation technology creates a polyester alternative that works with the existing infrastructure to supply a sustainable, high performance and cost competitive polyester replacement to fashion brands, at scale. \r\n\r\nThe product solves key problems for fashion brands, consumers, and the environment:\r\n\r\n(1) Fashion brands: ALT TEX sells fabric to fashion brands, allowing them to differentiate via sustainable options (sustainable fashion growing 11% CAGR) and hit sustainability targets, without sacrificing performance or changing their current supply chain.\r\n\r\n(2) Consumer: The ALT TEX fabric is projected to be half the price vs. other specialized sustainable alternatives (due to low-cost input and scalability), meaning greater accessibility.\r\n\r\n(3) Environment: A single shirt produced with ALT TEX fabric can divert 1 kg of food waste from landfills, 9 kg of carbon emissions from the air, and 4 g of micro-plastics from our waterways.\r\n\r\nCo-founders Myra and Avneet have worked together managing teams and projects for six years, with backgrounds in serial entrepreneurship, corporate sales at Fortune 500 companies, textile manufacturing and biochemistry. To date, ALT TEX has created their first fabric prototype that’s 70% stronger than cotton, secured $1M in LOIs and raised $2.3M.", "one_liner": "Biodegradable and carbon neutral textiles, engineered from food waste.", "team_size": 10, "industry": "Industrials", "subindustry": "Industrials -> Climate", "launched_at": 1659631637, "tags": [ "Carbon Capture and Removal", "Bioplastic", "Biotech", "Climate", "Food Tech" ], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": false, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Summer 2022", "status": "Active", "industries": [ "Industrials", "Climate" ], "regions": [ "Canada", "America / Canada" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": null, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/alt-tex", "api": "https://devasheeshg.github.io/yc-api/batches/summer-2022/alt-tex.json", "year_founded": 2020, "city": "Toronto", "country": "CA", "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/alt-tex/", "x_url": "https://twitter.com/thealttex", "fb_url": null, "cb_url": null, "github_url": null, "logo_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/6cf48f1bdd01fd17e94a2956a2f313bda002e407.png", "app_video_url": null, "dday_video_url": null, "company_photos": [], "primary_partner": null, "founders": [ { "user_id": 578199, "full_name": "Myra Arshad", "title": "Founder", "founder_bio": "Hey, I'm Myra - Co-founder and CEO of ALT TEX. Coming from a family background in textile manufacturing, I'm disrupting the $2.5 trillion fashion industry with better and more sustainable materials.\n\nPrior to ALT TEX, I held corporate roles in sales and marketing at Fortune 500 companies, before founding fluidic – a direct to consumer lifestyle brand. Prior to fluidic, I built FarmBox, a Hult Prize backed, AI micro-farming technology that enabled food sustainability in refugee camps.", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/myra4/", "x_url": "https://twitter.com/thealttex", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/a7545ee525a8ce037e02092f3887cf6713e3ead5.jpg" }, { "user_id": 1018781, "full_name": "Avneet Ghotra", "title": "Founder", "founder_bio": "Hi, I'm Avneet - Co-founder and CTO of ALT TEX. I left medical school to build ALT TEX. With education and research background in biochemistry & environmental science, I lead the R&D behind ALT TEX’s food waste to fabric mission. Prior to medical school & ALT TEX, I founded Approaching Zero, a non-profit dedicated to reducing plastic pollution through production of reusable cotton produce bags. Continuing that vision, I am now building a global solution for fashion's polyester pollution. 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We’re [Myra](https://www.linkedin.com/in/myra4/) and [Avneet](https://www.linkedin.com/in/avneet-ghotra-51284728/), co-founders of [ALT TEX](http://thealttex.com). We’ve created the world’s first polyester-alternative fabric, made from food waste.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=65136&key=user_uploads/578199/71da3b57-6b33-4db2-a80f-becf0dd70065)\n\n🌍 **The problem: polyester is leading fashion’s GHG emissions, but has no circular alternative.**\n\nThe fashion industry’s heavy reliance on petroleum-derived polyester textiles is a major contributor to the 10% of global GHG emissions the industry generates annually. The plastic-based material, found in 60% of the clothes we wear, creates over 50 million tons of global annual landfill waste, generates 35% of all ocean micro-plastics, and consumes 70 million barrels of oil each year.\n\nDespite 1/3 of the fashion industry committing to 0 carbon emissions by 2050, polyester, the most widely used fabric, has no fully circular, carbon-neutral alternative.\n\nAt the same time, food waste is on the rise with 1 billion tons generated annually across the world. So, we’re using one problem 🍎 to fix the other 👕. Here’s how ⬇️\n\n👕 **The Solution: Fabric created from the world’s largest waste source - food waste.**\n\nALT TEX reduces the fashion industry’s dependence on fossil fuels through its biodegradable and carbon-neutral textiles engineered from food waste. The patent-pending fermentation technology plugs into the existing polyester supply chain to provide fashion brands with a cradle-to-cradle polyester alternative without sacrificing performance.\n\nThe product solves key problems for fashion brands, consumers, and the environment:\n\n1. Fashion brands: ALT TEX sells fabric to fashion brands, allowing them to differentiate via sustainable options (sustainable fashion growing 11% CAGR) and hit sustainability targets, without sacrificing performance or changing their current supply chain.\n2. Consumer: The ALT TEX fabric is projected to be half the price vs. other specialized sustainable alternatives (due to low-cost input and scalability), meaning greater accessibility.\n3. Environment: A single shirt produced with ALT TEX fabric can divert 1 kg of food waste from landfills, 9 kg of carbon emissions from the air, and 4 g of micro-plastics from our waterways.\n\n**The Story & Future:**\n\nMyra and Avneet have worked on every school project together since the 9th grade. With Myra’s background in corporate sales and family history in the textile sector, alongside Avneet’s background in environmental science and biochemistry, the two came together in 2020 to build ALT TEX. Today, ALT TEX has created its fabric prototype, raised $2,300,000 USD in funding, secured $1,000,000 in pilot LOIs and has grown the team to 10.\n\n**How you can help:**\n\nAs we scale out of the lab and into the market over the next year, we’re looking for:\n\n1. fashion brands interested in sourcing a sustainable polyester alternative\n2. food manufacturers looking for a sustainable way to re-purpose their waste\n\nIf you’re curious or have help/resources for us, please feel free to reach out!\n\n📩 [myra@thealttex.com](mailto:myra@thealttex.com)\n\n🌐 [thealttex.com](http://thealttex.com) | [linkedin.com/company/alt-tex/](http://linkedin.com/company/alt-tex/)\n\n👩‍💻 [@thealttex](https://twitter.com/thealttex)", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/Gwa-alt-tex-fabric-made-from-food-waste", "votes": 188, "created_at": "2022-08-04T17:08:53.742Z" } ] }, { "id": 27078, "name": "Wand Solar", "slug": "wand-solar", "former_names": [ "Allero.io", "Allero", "Wand" ], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/d578cfd1e80bacd21b29dac7951d27cd195252dc.png", "website": "https://www.wandsolar.com", "all_locations": "Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel", "long_description": "Wand Solar enables Solar Revenue for Income Properties owners. 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Start billing tenants like a utility.", "body": "# 🚀 Wand Solar — Bill Tenants for Solar Energy Like a Utility\n\n👋 Hi everyone! We’re Idan and Itai, co-founders of **Wand Solar**.\n\n## 🔥 The Problem\n\n**Solar wasn’t built for rentals.**\n\nToday, landlords invest in solar systems for their rental properties, but **tenants get all the savings**.\n\nLandlords pay tens of thousands upfront—and see no return. ❌\n\nWe spoke with dozens of landlords who installed solar on their house, but when they moved out and kept it as a rental, they had **no way to bill their tenants** and recoup their investment.\n\n\n\n## ⚡ What We’re Building\n\n**Wand lets landlords bill tenants for solar energy—just like a utility.**\n\n* 💰 Tenants pay what they normally would for electricity (or less)\n* 🏠 Landlords finally earn from the solar systems they paid for\n* ⚡ Same utility line items and tariffs. Full transparency\n* ✨ Want to offer a deal? Set your own discount (e.g., 10%, 15%)\n* 💳 Tenants pay by credit card—just like any other utility\n* 🏦 Landlords get paid via wire transfer\n\n**_No additional hardware. No tenant disruption. Just new income from the sun._**\n\n**_You earn first, we only earn when you do_** - we charge 10% of the solar revenue you collect.\n\n## 🔄 How It Works\n\n1. **Add your property and connect your solar system -** just enter basic property info and link your solar setup.\n2. **We track solar usage in 15-minute intervals -** we measure how much solar energy your tenants use—accurately, throughout the month.\n3. **We generate monthly solar bills using your utility’s rates -** the bills reflect the same line items and tariffs your utility company uses.\n4. **Tenants receive transparent, familiar-looking bills -** nothing confusing—just clear, itemized solar billing that looks like a standard utility bill.\n5. **Tenants pay, you get paid -** tenants pay by card, you receive automatic transfers. You keep 90%, we take 10%.\n\n## 💡 Why We Built This\n\nBefore Wand, we built a DevOps startup together. But we wanted to work on something with deeper impact—something that could actually move the needle on climate.\n\nThen we saw this stat:\n\n**55% of electricity in the U.S. is used in rental properties.**\n\nYet solar adoption in rentals is almost nonexistent—because of the **split incentive problem**: landlords pay for solar, but tenants get the savings.\n\nIt’s a broken system. And it’s a massive opportunity—both for reducing carbon emissions and unlocking billions in untapped properties across the entire value chain.\n\nWe built Wand to fix it. Now, landlords can finally earn from solar, and tenants still benefit from clean, affordable energy. Win-win.\n\n🚀 [Use Our Solar Income Calculator to See How Much You Could Earn—in Seconds.](https://www.wandsolar.com/real-estate)\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=89699&key=user_uploads/1014551/e1089a7c-f5b5-494e-ab45-6ef4458b85d4)\n\n## 🏁 Ready to Boost Your Income?\n\n☀️ **Already have solar?**\n\n[Sign up now](http://app.wandsolar.com/signup) and **get your first month free.**\n\n_shoot us an email at _[_founders@wandsolar.com_](mailto:founders@wandsolar.com)_ after you sign up to claim it._\n\n🔧 **No solar yet?**\n\nWe’ll connect you with trusted installers—schedule a call or drop us a line \\*\\*[**here**](https://www.wandsolar.com/schedule-a-call).\n\n**Wand Solar — Utility-style billing for landlords with solar.**\n\nCheck us out → [www.wandsolar.com](http://www.wandsolar.com)\n\n📬 Questions? [founders@wandsolar.com](mailto:founders@wandsolar.com)", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/NKl-wand-solar-utility-style-solar-billing-for-landlords", "votes": 61, "created_at": "2025-04-21T14:30:32.587Z" }, { "id": 65694, "title": "🛡 Allero - Open source project that protects your production CI/CD pipelines", "tagline": "We scanned many OSS project and found tons of CI/CD pipelines which are not protected. Allero is here to protect them all.", "body": "### **Hey Fam! 👋**\n\nI am [@Idan Shahar](https://www.linkedin.com/in/idan-shahar/?originalSubdomain=il) and together with [@Itai Peri](https://www.linkedin.com/in/itayperry/) we founded [Allero](https://allero.io/).\n\n### **📣 TL;DR**\n\n**We scanned public repositories of FreeCodeCamp, Medium, Supabase, Posthog, and many more. Guess what we found out?!**\n\n[Allero](https://github.com/allero-io/allero) is an open source () CLI policy enforcement tool that protects your production CI/CD pipeline. CI/CD pipelines tend to be messy, and there are so many variations of pipeline manifests spread across different repositories. This makes it difficult to ensure security, code quality, and compliance standards are in place in every pipeline.\n\nBy running Allero, you can easily reveal and prevent problematic pipelines across multiple organizations and repositories.🏁\n\n### **👩🏽‍💻Who is it for**\n\nYou are a DevOps engineer or a platform engineer responsible for CI/CD pipelines in your company. You have at least a few dozen pipelines, and they are complex as hell! You obviously spend so much time managing and maintaining them, which is a total nightmare. Why? because you need to ensure that the code they deliver is bug-free, not vulnerable, scalable, and ready for production.\n\n**We already found many problematic pipelines in open-source projects, and we are 100% sure there are many of them out there!**\n\n* [Medium](https://github.com/Medium/jupyterhub/blob/master/.github/workflows/test.yml#L141) - When using npm in CI, in order to avoid surprises in dependencies’ versions, you should always use `npm ci` instead of `npm install`\n* [Supabase](https://github.com/supabase/supabase/blob/master/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml#L42) - When using `npm ci` / `npm install` without `--ignore-scripts` - you risk running unknown scripts injected by your dependencies - which may be malicious.\n\n**Are you sure you don’t have them as well? Go ahead and see for yourself** **with** **our** [**CLI**](https://github.com/allero-io/allero#%EF%B8%8F-one-minute-installation-to-run-allero-validation-on-a-daily-basis-most-recommended)**!**\n\n**Wanna help us out?**\n\nWould love for you to run our tool, and to hear your thoughts! If you’re missing any rules, please reach out to us at [founders@allero.io](mailto:founders@allero.io) or just create a [new issue](https://github.com/allero-io/allero/issues/new) in our repo!\n\nIf you found this helpful, would love you to share it with your friends. Also, a GitHub Star goes a long way in helping our journey. 🌟", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/H5a-allero-open-source-project-that-protects-your-production-ci-cd-pipelines", "votes": 20, "created_at": "2022-08-29T17:35:55.185Z" }, { "id": 64859, "title": "Allero - Prevent Non-compliant Code from Reaching Production", "tagline": "With Allero, only high quality and secure code makes it to production.", "body": "### Hey Fam! 👋\n\nI am [@Idan Shahar](https://www.linkedin.com/in/idan-shahar/?originalSubdomain=il) and together with [@Itai Peri](https://www.linkedin.com/in/itayperry/) we founded [Allero](https://allero.io).\n\n### 📣 TL;DR\n\n[Allero](https://allero.io) scans your code delivery processes (aka CI/CD pipelines) to verify that security, code quality, and compliance checks are in place and that only valid code reaches production. 🏁\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=64859&key=user_uploads/1014551/711f2234-57e1-44b6-8dd5-c9e678973107)\n\n## 📖 Our Story\n\nItai and I both have been engineers for most of our careers. During my years at Microsoft, I worked with lots of companies who developed microservices in the cloud. While microservices bring lots of advantages, they also come with a lot of complexity - as there are so many of them, often by the hundreds.\n\nHundreds of microservices means hundreds of delivery processes - a significant bottleneck with DevOps engineers. I witnessed developers ending up developing their own delivery processes (CI/CD), while the DevOps team owns the process organization-wise and provides guidance to developers.\n\nThis poses a huge challenge for companies (and in particular DevOps and Platform Engineers) to ensure CI/CD pipelines are up to security, quality and compliance standards.\n\nAs a result, companies are forced to allocate significant engineering resources to deal with incidents like data breaches, complex rollbacks due to bugs, long delivery times, etc.\n\n## 🤯 We solve it with one simple CLI tool!\n\n**Manage your deployment risks with us!**\n\n* ✔️ Simply query pipelines to ensure they are up to security, compliance, and quality standards, across the entire organization.\n* 📊 Gain visibility into your pipelines across multiple SCM and CI/CD platforms in one single tool.\n* 🏃 Simplicity is our thing. Just download the CLI, generate a token, and start querying pipelines.\n\n**For example:**\n\n* Verify that every pipeline implements Snyk / SonarQube / unit/integration tests. (or any other tool!)\n* Make sure binaries are not being published to the wrong destinations.\n* Get the top 10 pipelines that fail the most / are the slowest.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=64859&key=user_uploads/1014551/eae5776e-8ef1-4b8d-8b5c-49f1cda57bca)\n\n**Sounds interesting? Wanna try our alpha version? 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We build small unmanned hydrogen airships to automatically gather massive amounts of precise data in a sustainable and cost-effective way.\n\n🚫 **The problem :**\n\nWe currently focus on:\n\n* 💨 Pipeline inspection to detect methane leaks (4% of global greenhouse gas emissions).\n* ⚡Power line inspection to prevent outages, reduce wildfire risks ($19 billion per year in the US), and ensure grid reliability.\n\nCurrent solutions (helicopters, airplanes, satellites and drones) are not adapted to make accurate, efficient and sustainable observations.\n\n✅ **Our solution** :\\\nOur solution is a crossover between drone and lighter than air technologies, using hydrogen as a lifting gas and power source.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=72609&key=user_uploads/935793/71bfe7a3-7276-4501-a63f-19311f24fcb5)\n\nThis vehicle combines long range, high payload, and hovering capabilities\n\nWe have already built four prototypes, [two minimum viable products (MVPs)](https://youtu.be/MQLInmqLF7M), and are running a paid pilot with the largest power line company in Europe.\n\n🙏 **Our ask: How you can help**\n\n* **🤝 Refer:** If you know anyone that works in Oil&Gas or utilities please connect us ([thomas@hylight.aero](mailto:thoma@hylight.aero)).\n* **📣 Share:** Share this post with your network.\n* **🔔 Follow:** Follow us on [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/hylightaero).\n\nWe are building the perfect airborne platform to better observe, understand, and improve our world.\n\nJoin us for the flight!\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=72609&key=user_uploads/935793/56584ff9-a2da-41ab-985b-3a830e9f5f67)\n\n", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/It7-hylight-hydrogen-airships-for-long-range-monitoring", "votes": 696, "created_at": "2023-06-28T14:55:01.605Z" } ] }, { "id": 29650, "name": "Sorcerer", "slug": "sorcerer", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/543dab64586e13bb93c11e6012ecd070fb8c8a67.png", "website": "https://sorcerer.earth", "all_locations": "San Francisco, CA, USA", "long_description": "Sorcerer is deploying a global network of persistent airborne sensors to fuel advanced weather forecasting. Our high-altitude balloons collect 1000x more data than existing systems and are already used daily by meteorologists to track extreme weather across the US and Central America.", "one_liner": "Building a nervous system for the atmosphere", "team_size": 4, "industry": "Industrials", "subindustry": "Industrials -> Climate", "launched_at": 1720630564, "tags": [ "Hard Tech", "Hardware", "Climate", "Aerospace", "AI" ], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": false, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Summer 2024", "status": "Active", "industries": [ "Industrials", "Climate" ], "regions": [ "United States of America", "America / Canada" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": [ { "question": "What is the core problem you are solving? Why is this a big problem? What made you decide to work on it?", "answer": "Hundreds of terabytes of weather data are collected from satellites, ground stations, airplanes and weather balloons every day. A typical weather satellite costs more than $100 million to launch, and the US National Weather Service spends over a billion dollars a year _just on its sparse network of weather balloon stations_. A small handful of organizations then pipe that data into billion-dollar supercomputers to run the world’s most expensive physics simulations four times a day. Despite this cost, there are still places in the US [**where we don't know what the temperature is going to be two days from now**](https://web.archive.org/web/20240705002110/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2024/how-accurate-is-the-weather-forecast/). And for the rest of the world that lacks adequate weather infrastructure? There’s always the [**weather rock**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_rock). AI models are upending the expensive physics simulations. These models are more accurate, running at higher resolutions for a fraction of the cost. But, like most AIs, weather models are hungry for _data,_ and the reality is that most of the world isn’t covered despite the costly infrastructure.This is because _direct_ observation (as opposed to satellite observation) is both incredibly impactful but also incredibly expensive. This cost leaves **most of the Earth without in-situ observations**. Oceans have especially poor coverage, and no matter how good your model is, you still need to know what’s happening over the Pacific today to predict the weather in SF tomorrow. Sorcerer is deploying a global network of low-cost, persistent weather drones to provide real-time data in previously unreachable locations. Our system collects 30x more observations than the entire global observation infrastructure at 1% the cost. 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Engineering and product leader of decacorn hardware teams. Previously Head of Product at SumUp, led acquisition of Fivestars (YC W11).", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/austintindle", "x_url": "https://x.com/_austintindle", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/6907374cc6f41e1784fd922204f4bf1da1976e52.jpg" }, { "user_id": 1982858, "full_name": "Maxmillion McLaughlin", "title": "Founder/CTO", "founder_bio": "CTO of Sorcerer. Previously, first hire at Urban Sky where I led development of high-resolution stratospheric imaging systems for mapping cities and tracking wildfires.", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxmclau/", "x_url": "", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/edec734a752bb1817cc9bc04e9089b0c5250788e.jpg" }, { "user_id": 1982860, "full_name": "Alessandro Vecchi", "title": "Founder/CPO", "founder_bio": "CPO of Sorcerer. I was employee #3 at Urban Sky, where I built their mission control software (\"the best in the world\" - US Secretary of Defense) and prediction engine from the ground up. Over 5 years of experience working with/dealing with forecast and weather data. Building software products since I was in high school.", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/avecchi/", "x_url": "https://x.com/big_veech", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/665d0ba4bdc25d0c61592f32c2caa08dec803f04.jpg" } ], "jobs": [], "news": [ { "title": "Y Combinator startup Sorcerer raises $3.9M to launch more weather balloon", "url": "https://www.axios.com/pro/climate-deals/2025/06/12/sorcerer-seed-weather-balloons", "date": "Jun 12, 2025" } ], "launches": [ { "id": 83172, "title": "Sorcerer - Weather balloons that collect 1000x more data", "tagline": "Sorcerer builds weather balloons that last for over six months, collecting 1000x more data per dollar from previously inaccessible regions.", "body": "![](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXdhaRDb6jJZ-jlGUyRp-3-n13VeXn3891lqS1FiV2F80tyntvz2hIWMa4p-4IBuZ_jYh8C1Xg2_jlzBMtO-SSYSaiHp6nwjxQkUJ4iDx756wC7zfboXTd5DEVI3WaWNb0XbXGKK7w5rmDjUS4dW_8IbhaM?key=hflpXWIGtnGX0Lu39DmmlA)\n\nHey YC! We’re [Max](https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxmclau/), [Alex](https://www.linkedin.com/in/avecchi/), and [Austin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/austintindle/), the team behind [Sorcerer](https://sorcerer.earth).\n\n**The problem & background**\n\nHundreds of terabytes of weather data are collected from satellites, ground stations, airplanes, and weather balloons every day. In-situ weather observation has the most impact on weather models, but it’s incredibly expensive to collect. The US National Weather Service spends over a billion dollars annually _just on its network of weather balloons, stations, and aircraft sensors_. Despite this cost, there are still places in the US [where we don't know what the temperature will be two days from now](https://web.archive.org/web/20240705002110/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2024/how-accurate-is-the-weather-forecast/). And for the 80% of the world that lacks any weather infrastructure? There’s always the [weather rock](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_rock).\n\n**The solution**\n\nWe’re launching a global network of persistent weather balloons to provide real-time data in previously unreachable locations. Each balloon remains airborne for over six months, completing \\~30 laps around the globe while navigating between sea level and 65,000 feet. We’re able to collect 1000x more data per dollar than current systems, and we use this unique data to train AI weather models that are up to 50% more accurate than today’s best forecasts. \n\n\n\n**The Team**\n\nAs founding engineer at aerospace startup [Urban Sky](https://www.urbansky.com/), Max developed the world’s first stratospheric ballooning systems for high-resolution imaging and wildfire tracking. As employee number three at Urban Sky, Alex built their mission control and flight prediction engine from the ground up (“the best in the world” - US Secretary of Defense). Austin was an ultralight flight instructor before he could legally drive and was most recently Head of Product at [SumUp](https://www.sumup.com/en-us/), shipping highly regulated hardware at scale.\n\n**How You Can Help**\n\n* **Industry intros:** We’d love to talk with aerospace, commercial aviation, ocean freight, logistics, and commodities trading execs (these folks think weather data is pretty neat)\n* **If you find one of our balloons near SF**: Sorry! It’s still a work in progress (and please get it back to us)\n\nWe’d also love to hear from you! Reach out any time at [austin@sorcerer.earth](mailto:austin@sorcerer.earth)  \n\nBest,\n\nMax, Alex, & Austin\n\n![](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXfcNhE481xXzkiV3QVQ7bg2bDc4PCU74OYnk6YZZJVbqnpL0CAUknXkFEocEj9MqXJOghGBGnQU0YWXMr9E2j-CeiVHbKLzwKy7PV33p0rM27WB1s_WpSsNZp7xV2fhDo5QnBEUXHJj501V8MDVTuF1-j0H?key=hflpXWIGtnGX0Lu39DmmlA)\n\n# ", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/LdU-sorcerer-weather-balloons-that-collect-1000x-more-data", "votes": 84, "created_at": "2024-08-19T16:13:50.662Z" } ] }, { "id": 29661, "name": "Silurian", "slug": "silurian", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/264e2c359db5aaec1e0417e61bfa018c5458c3dc.png", "website": "https://silurian.ai/", "all_locations": "Seattle, WA, USA", "long_description": "Silurian is building foundation models for simulating Earth, starting with weather. 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Previously he was a software engineer at AWS SageMaker and prior to that he dropped out of his PhD in applied mathematics where he was working on problems in fluid dynamics.", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikhil-shankar-3090131b7/", "x_url": "", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/9dc04e3799ba4d8f4545296148cba73d66480079.jpg" } ], "jobs": [ { "id": 81736, "title": "Machine Learning Research Engineer / Scientist", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/silurian/jobs/eexfBWN-machine-learning-research-engineer-scientist", "location": "Seattle, WA, US", "type": "Full-time", "role": "Engineering", "role_type": "Machine learning", "salary_range": "$120K - $250K", "equity_range": "0.25% - 1.00%", "experience": "Any (new grads ok)", "visa": "US citizen/visa only", "skills": [] } ], "news": [ { "title": "AI Startups Urge Congress to Preserve Access to Weather Data", "url": "https://www.riskmarketnews.com/ai-startups-urge-congress-to-preserve-access-to-weather-data/", "date": "Jul 21, 2025" }, { "title": "Startup radar: Early stage tech companies making moves in Seattle – GeekWire", "url": "https://www.geekwire.com/2024/startup-spotlight-early-stage-tech-companies-making-moves-in-seattle/", "date": "Oct 25, 2024" }, { "title": "9 startups that stood out on YC Demo Day 2 | TechCrunch", "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/26/9-startups-that-stood-out-on-yc-demo-day-2/", "date": "Sep 26, 2024" } ], "launches": [ { "id": 83141, "title": "Silurian - Simulate the Earth", "tagline": "Foundation models for simulating Earth, starting with weather. ", "body": "# **The Problem**\n\nEvery day, crucial decisions are made based on outdated geospatial simulations. \n\nInsurance companies guess more than they would like about hurricane risks. Airports can't predict tomorrow's delays, let alone next week's. Meanwhile, utilities are crossing their fingers every heatwave that the grid won't collapse.\n\nEarth’s simulation infrastructure needs an upgrade.\n\n# **The Solution**\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=83141&key=user_uploads/1992622/3f194f0b-cfe1-4af7-a41a-e12d0d081aa7)\n\nToday, [Silurian](https://silurian.ai/) is announcing the launch of GFT (Generative Forecasting Transformer), a 1.5B frontier model that simulates global weather up to 14 days ahead at approximately 11km resolution with unprecedented accuracy. Our model outperforms numerical weather prediction systems from the American (NOAA) and European (ECMWF) agencies by up to 30% across multiple variables. \n\nRemember Hurricane Beryl? In a simulation (shown above) run on the 1st of July, GFT correctly predicted that the hurricane would hit Texas. In contrast, the NOAA and ECMWF models wrongly predicted a landfall in Mexico, as [The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/07/29/science/ai-weather-forecast-hurricane.html) recently reported. \n\nGFT is immediately available to our customers via our **Artificial Planetary Intelligence (API)**. The API allows users to easily query our models at any location on Earth, and it will become publicly available in the next few weeks. \n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=83141&key=user_uploads/1992622/aadb6eff-4273-443f-abab-ff9244da3dcf)\n\nGFT is only the beginning. We are working towards state-of-the-art simulation infrastructure for verticals such as energy, climate, and agriculture.\n\n# **Team**\n\nWe are a team of scientists and engineers with years of experience in building large-scale AI simulations at Microsoft Research and Google Brain. Our work on weather and atmospheric chemistry simulations at Microsoft has been featured in [Nature](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01677-2), [Bloomberg,](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-25/from-trump-to-ai-bill-gates-sees-climate-impacts-for-the-world) and [The Wall Street Journal](https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-is-learning-to-predict-the-weather-8968fa7c?st=d0o2so2v9r14bf2&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink).\n\n![](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXd9eEb9mwTRMRPXQpJ6vkWtFRoUpGCc5sXpXIukdbAGyLsmWCAoqAKCOwXLbWfQZuFuGxg4Mu6qNyRHpIsoRKYlhDbnr8Qx0XCnUl26oa_T2ftzOsL4W3BijCebKj6OXA4oUoXWDnrqjJnqDIvGJz-SP5RL?key=P6HArdzTsIyNOARHbY8cEw)\n\n# **Our Ask**\n\nDo you want to talk about the weather? Reach out to us at [founders@silurian.ai](mailto:founders@silurian.ai)! ", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/Lcz-silurian-simulate-the-earth", "votes": 46, "created_at": "2024-08-16T23:09:17.361Z" } ] }, { "id": 29663, "name": "NetworkOcean", "slug": "networkocean", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/4ea43063c4846025feacfa937099e20519f804c8.png", "website": "https://networkocean.io/", "all_locations": "San Francisco, CA, USA", "long_description": "We build floating solar data centers to reduce time-to-first-power by 10x. 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Bypass interconnection queues, HV equipment delays, turbine backlogs, and public moratoriums. Our 2030 target is 1 GW/wk.\n\n#### Launch video:\n\n\n\n#### Whitepaper:\n\n\n\nSolar is already at 700 GW/yr scale. Solar is the only technology that can match AGI timelines. \n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=117462&key=user_uploads/1647914/857054e6-c943-465f-83b4-7aaff5634538)\n\nLast week, NetworkOcean made history as the 1st to run a customer AI workload from the ocean, powered by solar.\\\n\\\nWe went from paper to deployed in the water in 53 days.\n\n#### Asks:\n\nShare the launch on X: \n\nAnd on LinkedIn: \n\nAnd share the NetworkOcean showcase tomorrow (9/29/26) to relevant investors and founders:\n\n\n\nEdit (10/1/26): Thanks for showing up to the event! \n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=117462&key=user_uploads/1647914/d2459e60-8728-46d1-98b6-73fef3e1a4c6)\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=117462&key=user_uploads/1647914/a391fac0-bbf2-4b4e-95d1-a8c46025b29b)\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=117462&key=user_uploads/1647914/85da9b24-7615-400f-b953-692ef3c8b1f5)\n\n_ad mare_\n\n[_founders@networkocean.io_](mailto:founders@networkocean.io)", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/UYY-networkocean-floating-solar-data-centers", "votes": 158, "created_at": "2026-09-30T00:24:09.713Z" }, { "id": 83094, "title": "NetworkOcean - Underwater data centers", "tagline": "We build underwater data centers to cut power usage by up to 30%", "body": "### We are now building floating solar data centers. \nNew launch:\nhttps://www.ycombinator.com/launches/UYY-networkocean-floating-solar-data-centers\n\n\nOld launch:\n# **TLDR:**\n\nOur underwater data centers eliminate water consumption and reduce power usage by up to 30% through efficient cooling, creating **more capital-efficient and sustainable AI infrastructure.** \n\n**✴️ We have 2,048 low priced H100s you can reserve **[**_now_**](http://networkocean.io/)**_._**\n\n![](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXcZNMjB36smeVmqCdg-o97CvLCbxdtHyni1mK4PoLdGtaLXh06mxoJUueWBB2ic7_btx6EYnyZjYJ7s-sCmWImuXkajXUO60gRL2k-O2VIM7aDIgr7pvTCaQgwdLYpwWk_udq3VPt9_7YbYB8iOb18jh7uV?key=MO98a9JpAng3q9fJmJYqcg)\n\n_Our 0.5 MW capsule in progress, to be tested underwater in the SF Bay in 1 month._\n\n# **Problem:**\n\nBy 2030, we’re projected to see:\n\n* $1T+ spent building data centers\n* 1T+ gal/yr consumed by data centers\n* 800+ TWh/yr by US data centers\n\n**💵 Cost:**\n\nBuilding a data center costs $10-20 million per MW of power capacity. 2/3rd of this cost is land, building, and cooling infrastructure. A GW facility requires a staggering $10-20 billion investment before purchasing any servers or switches.\n\n**🔌 Power:** \n\nPower capacity is the primary constraint in building new data centers. Real estate with high-power infrastructure and power availability is extremely high in demand.\n\n**💧 Water:**\n\nSince water usage doesn’t affect net-zero carbon goals, most hyperscalers prioritize energy efficiency by using water-intensive evaporative cooling systems. This approach is facing scrutiny, as evidenced by [Google's recent permit](https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/chile-partially-pulls-google-data-center-permit-seeks-tougher-environmental-2024-02-27/) issues in Chile. \n\n# **Solution: 🌊**\n\n**Underwater data centers.** \n\n1. They’re cheaper to build than on-land data centers, significantly reducing costs in land, building, and cooling infrastructure. \n2. They’re also cheaper to operate, with up to 30% lower power consumption and no water consumption.\n\n \n\nOther benefits: \n\n* Co-location with offshore power\n* Speed to deployment\n* [1/8th](https://natick.research.microsoft.com/) Hardware failure rate\n* Low latency to coastal cities (<2ms to all of SF from the Bay)\n\n**Have others tried this?**\n\n[Microsoft, 2016](https://natick.research.microsoft.com/): was the first to experiment with underwater data centers. They built a proof-of-concept capsule that showcased promising efficiency metrics. Despite this, the project remained a research testbed, with limited investment in underwater infrastructure, maintenance operations, and scaled deployments. Microsoft has [officially retired](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/microsoft-confirms-project-natick-underwater-data-center-is-no-more/) the project and is focused on expanding their existing on-land data centers.\n\n[China moving ahead](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/china-deploys-1400-ton-commercial-underwater-data-center/): since Microsoft’s Project Natick, Highlander was awarded an $880M contract to build 100 data center capsules around Chinese port islands.\n\n**Team:**\n\n![](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXfAwb2H9E-6BWAIJYVyJGPhF9OyzSH1nggJFj_GHMHJH00EvwbnxMioApVY6CLejRHT7McsVvhSF8Q3KAK9TDivKfuFsqqJpn9p92DW6Fr16h6ThEcRmkGVex_WN-pnPwGmOd5DpvOpEIWl6y23boXBTaM?key=MO98a9JpAng3q9fJmJYqcg)\n\n[_Sam Mendel_](https://linkedin.com/in/sammendel2000) _and _[_Eric Kim_](https://linkedin.com/in/yekime)_, co-founders of **NetworkOcean**_\n\nSam and Eric met through robotics in 9th grade and worked together building underwater MHD generators throughout high school. Eric has patented a renewable energy device and developed various CV and LLM applications at Cornell, Merge, and Palantir. Sam, to fund his ocean tech ambitions, built various startups and hardware projects, most recently exiting a hiring marketplace for creators. A year ago, he built and deployed a floating web server that hosted our site in a port in the bay. \n\n### **Asks:**\n\nAs of this launch, **we have 2,048 H100s available NOW.**\n\n[Reserve 1-2,048 H100s](http://networkocean.io), minimum 1 week reserved, ≤ $2.10 / GPU / hr\n\nWe can operate GPUs cheaper than anyone else, but we will be constrained by capacity. If you know you will have future needs, please let us know soon, and we'll work to get you your GPUs!\n\n**_Ad mare -_** [_Founders@NetworkOcean.io_](mailto:Founders@NetworkOcean.io)", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/LcE-networkocean-underwater-data-centers", "votes": 247, "created_at": "2024-08-15T17:56:53.858Z" } ] }, { "id": 29701, "name": "Plume", "slug": "plume", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/848a0a716b3d688b2054184d78580f9988c075be.png", "website": "http://www.plumefinder.com", "all_locations": "Paris, Île-de-France, France", "long_description": "Plume is an AI-powered geospatial platform for site selection in energy infrastructure projects. \r\n\r\nSelecting the right sites requires analysis of +50 geospatial, grid, and regulatory constraints across fragmented data sources. \r\n\r\nPlume changes the process by enabling users to interact with geospatial data using natural language.", "one_liner": "Renewable infrastructure deployment at scale.", "team_size": 9, "industry": "Industrials", "subindustry": "Industrials -> Climate", "launched_at": 1724527338, "tags": [ "Solar Power", "B2B", "Energy", "AI", "Industrial" ], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": false, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Summer 2024", "status": "Active", "industries": [ "Industrials", "Climate" ], "regions": [ "France", "Europe", "Remote", "Partly Remote" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": null, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/plume", "api": "https://devasheeshg.github.io/yc-api/batches/summer-2024/plume.json", "year_founded": 2024, "city": "Paris", "country": "FR", "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/plumefinder", "x_url": "", "fb_url": null, "cb_url": null, "github_url": null, "logo_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/848a0a716b3d688b2054184d78580f9988c075be.png", "app_video_url": null, "dday_video_url": null, "company_photos": [], "primary_partner": { "name": "David Lieb", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/people/david-lieb" }, "founders": [ { "user_id": 1849325, "full_name": "Marc W", "title": "Founder/CEO", "founder_bio": "Accelerating Energy Transition", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "", "x_url": "", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/cc492a3fdcb483089ddfe723e8fdda16d3e44ba3.jpg" }, { "user_id": 1919563, "full_name": "Edouard Labarthe", "title": "Founder/COO", "founder_bio": "Unlocking renewable infrastructure deployment at scale.", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/edouard-labarthe/", "x_url": "", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/7795c4349c7d79be0ebce201fb21ab49448d0888.jpg" } ], "jobs": [], "news": [ { "title": "[L’acteur de la semaine] « Plume » facilite l’accès des développeurs au foncier – pv magazine France", "url": "https://www.pv-magazine.fr/2025/08/25/lacteur-de-la-semaine-plume-facilite-lacces-des-developpeurs-au-foncier/", "date": "Aug 24, 2025" } ], "launches": [] }, { "id": 30530, "name": "Rimba", "slug": "rimba", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/b68af887ba539134268ac073e1a367094447c416.png", "website": "https://rimba.ai", "all_locations": "San Francisco, CA, USA", "long_description": "Rimba integrates fragmented data — PDFs, Excel files, time-series, IoT sensors, equipment telemetry, and system performance data — to complete a workflow, such as populating a database, running analytics, and creating a report. \r\n\r\nOur software streamlines the entire journey from data capture to report creation for the physical world, starting with heavy industries such as renewables, oil & gas, supply chain, and chemicals. \r\n\r\nLegacy systems don't communicate, and critical operational data remains siloed. Rimba bridges that gap by connecting data from fragmented systems and structures — ERPs, SCADA, SharePoint, email, and more — to automate workflows, classify inputs, transform data, and improve data monitoring.", "one_liner": "Streamlining Data Capture to Report Creation for Heavy Industries", "team_size": 4, "industry": "Industrials", "subindustry": "Industrials -> Climate", "launched_at": 1744344066, "tags": [ "SaaS", "Enterprise Software", "AI" ], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": false, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Spring 2025", "status": "Active", "industries": [ "Industrials", "Climate" ], "regions": [ "United States of America", "America / Canada", "Remote", "Partly Remote" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": null, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/rimba", "api": "https://devasheeshg.github.io/yc-api/batches/spring-2025/rimba.json", "year_founded": 2024, "city": "San Francisco", "country": "US", "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/rimba-compliance-automation/", "x_url": "https://x.com/Rimba_AI", "fb_url": null, "cb_url": "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/rimba", "github_url": null, "logo_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/b68af887ba539134268ac073e1a367094447c416.png", "app_video_url": null, "dday_video_url": null, "company_photos": [], "primary_partner": { "name": "Tom Blomfield", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/people/tom-blomfield" }, "founders": [ { "user_id": 1078902, "full_name": "Timothy Daniel", "title": "Founder/CEO", "founder_bio": "Ex-head of compliance and ex-legal counsel overseeing reporting and audit for energy & mining supply chains.", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothydaniel09", "x_url": "https://x.com/tdanielh?s=11", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/58033eb6990a003a9c0e4c398eb2e3703b73df38.jpg" } ], "jobs": [], "news": [], "launches": [ { "id": 90502, "title": "Rimba - AI for Energy & Industrial Compliance", "tagline": "We monitor energy facilities and turns messy operational data—no matter the format—into clean, validated compliance reports.", "body": "Hey everyone, we’re Tim and Akshay – cofounders of **Rimba** 👋\n\n**TL;DR**\\\nAI, transportation, electricity... All run on massive amounts of energy, and America is running heading to an energy crisis. It’s incredibly difficult to build or operate energy projects, and REGULATORY COMPLIANCE requirements made it even harder. Energy companies are slapped with $$$ tens of millions in penalties while buried in a mountain of spreadsheets, PDFs, and forms to stay compliant.\n\nWe’re building **Rimba** to fix that.\n\n**\\*\\*Ask:\\*\\*\\\nKnow someone or work in energy (mom, dad, aunt, grandpa)? Introduce us [timothy@rimba.ai](mailto:timothy@rimba.ai) or send them our [LinkedIn Launch](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/y-combinator_rimba-yc-x25-is-ai-for-energy-industrial-activity-7329943880416612352-aryT?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAABs6HnMB3XNRo_a9KqN2METPAum-VybW7UA).**\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoNWA6gVa6Y\n\n## **❌ The Problem**\n\n## Compliance today is manual, error-prone, and incredibly expensive. From low carbon fuel reports, like\n\n**LCFS, RFS,** to air permits, from tax credit filings to prevailing wage documentation, and more.\\\nA look at the numbers:\n\n* $23B+ is spent annually on energy compliance in the U.S.\n* $2B+ in annual fines\n* Not to mention the missed incentive and tax credit revenue. Plus 1,000s of hours lost spent on copy-pasting values across spreadsheets, data cleaning, and filings.\n\nAnd yet—there are **no modern tools** built for how energy producers actually operate: across spreadsheets, legacy software, and passing data back-and-forth.\n\n## **💡 Our Solution:**\n\n## **One Platform for Energy & Industrial Compliance Automation**\n\n## **Rimba** is building the compliance operating system for the industrial sector.\n\n1. We monitor and extract operational data from **any source**—ERP Data, meter data, PDF—and turn it into **clean, structured, and report-ready data**.\n2. Verify data and reports for regulations, such as:\n\n* LCFS / RFS / Air Permits\n* Prevailing Wage\n* Sustainability Certification\n\n1. Catch issues early and avoid mistakes that lead to costly penalties\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph3RtlbTy64\n\n## **✅ The Result**\n\n* **Millions avoided in fines**\n* **80% reduction** in time and resources on monitoring, data cleaning, and reporting.\n* **Reduction of risk through visibility**\n\n\\\n**🚀 The Team**\\\nBoth Tim and Akshay worked in regulatory compliance, and bonded together through the struggle and their love for burgers.\n\n[Follow Rimba on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/rimba-compliance-automation/about/)\n\n* Tim (CEO) was formerly Head of Compliance and Legal Counsel at a mining and energy company. He spent years navigating a maze of regulations, environmental certification, and audit prep across spreadsheets, PDFs, and on-the-ground operational data. He didn’t just witness the problem. He lived it.\n* Akshay (CTO) was an AI Engineer at Klarity (W18) where he focused on transforming unstructured documents into structured data, streamlining compliance processes for finance and accounting teams. His experience includes building high-reliability systems at Goldman Sachs and Adobe; now he’s applying them to energy compliance.\\\n \\\n 📩 Email us at [**timothy@rimba.ai**](mailto:timothy@rimba.ai)\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=90502&key=user_uploads/1078902/1bb07ce5-734a-42ad-90fb-6be5bd95609d)\n\n", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/NXi-rimba-ai-for-energy-industrial-compliance", "votes": 142, "created_at": "2025-05-18T18:38:55.898Z" } ] }, { "id": 31141, "name": "OctaPulse", "slug": "octapulse", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/b3e0172397f4c3479d08f16556c96343e2d1c9b1.png", "website": "https://www.tryoctapulse.com/", "all_locations": "Frisco, TX, USA", "long_description": "OctaPulse is building the robotics layer for seafood production. Aquaculture is the fastest-growing food sector and already produces more seafood than commercial fishing, yet the people who breed and process fish still make thousands of decisions a day with almost no data about the fish in front of them, and much of the most important work is still done by hand, one fish at a time.\n\nWe put cameras where fish are already handled, turn every image into measurements, and give farms and plants the tools to act on them. Today that is two products: Phenotyping, which measures every fish for shape, size and condition and links it to its family for breeding decisions, and Digital Twin, which places cameras on processing lines and farm sites onto the floor plan with live views, automatic counts and a built-in AI assistant.\n\nThe same per-fish measurements are the foundation for Plant Robotics: robot cells that handle whole fish on the processing line, working alongside the people there. Fish are wet, slippery, soft and never the same twice, which is exactly why this work is still manual and why it needs measurement-driven robots built for food plants rather than rigid grippers and tabletop demos. We are now selecting processing plants for the first pilots on real lines.\n\nWe signed a 6-figure paid pilot with the largest trout producer in the United States, and every deployment adds labeled images to a proprietary multi-species dataset that improves our models across species and becomes the brain for autonomous seafood production.", "one_liner": "OctaPulse builds computer vision and robotics for fish farms and…", "team_size": 2, "industry": "Industrials", "subindustry": "Industrials -> Climate", "launched_at": 1766417530, "tags": [], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": true, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Winter 2026", "status": "Active", "industries": [ "Industrials", "Climate" ], "regions": [ "United States of America", "America / Canada", "Remote", "Partly Remote" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": null, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/octapulse", "api": "https://devasheeshg.github.io/yc-api/batches/winter-2026/octapulse.json", "year_founded": 2025, "city": "Frisco", "country": "US", "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/106495616", "x_url": "https://x.com/tryoctapulse", "fb_url": null, "cb_url": null, "github_url": null, "logo_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/b3e0172397f4c3479d08f16556c96343e2d1c9b1.png", "app_video_url": null, "dday_video_url": null, "company_photos": [], "primary_partner": { "name": "Jon Xu", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/people/jon-xu" }, "founders": [ { "user_id": 1862013, "full_name": "Paul Grech", "title": "Founder/CEO", "founder_bio": "Co-founder and CEO of OctaPulse, deploying computer vision, edge computing, and robotics to make fish farms autonomous. 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CMU AI Engineering MS, former D1 tennis player at Texas A&M, with production robotics and software experience across Tesla, NVIDIA, ASML and Toyota.", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohxnsxngh/", "x_url": "https://x.com/rohxnsxngh", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/afad5228d4c889eb9736752f3c8169cb607f9c87.jpg" } ], "jobs": [ { "id": 116350, "title": "Robotics Engineer", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/octapulse/jobs/jVzcCIj-robotics-engineer", "location": "Dallas, TX", "type": "Full-time", "role": "Engineering", "role_type": "Robotics", "salary_range": "$130K - $165K", "equity_range": "0.05% - 0.20%", "experience": "2+ years", "visa": "US citizen/visa only", "skills": [ "Python", "Machine Learning", "Computer Vision" ] }, { "id": 116351, "title": "Hardware Engineer", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/octapulse/jobs/23j8aer-hardware-engineer", "location": "Dallas, TX", "type": "Full-time", "role": "Engineering", "role_type": "Hardware", "salary_range": "$120K - $145K", "equity_range": "0.05% - 0.20%", "experience": "3+ years", "visa": "US citizen/visa only", "skills": [ "C", "C++", "Python", "Linux", "Computer Vision", "Firmware", "PCB design", "Altium", "SolidWorks" ] }, { "id": 116352, "title": "Forward Deployed Engineer, Chile", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/octapulse/jobs/HyUM1YI-forward-deployed-engineer-chile", "location": "Puerto Montt, Chile", "type": "Full-time", "role": "Engineering", "role_type": "Devops", "salary_range": "", "equity_range": "0.02% - 0.10%", "experience": "3+ years", "visa": "US citizenship/visa not required", "skills": [ "Python", "Linux", "Computer Vision" ] } ], "news": [ { "title": "The Top Bio and Health Startups in YC W26 - The Silicon Valley Post", "url": "https://svpost.com/articles/top-bio-health-startups-yc-w26/", "date": "Mar 17, 2026" }, { "title": "News Features | Specialty Food Association", "url": "https://www.specialtyfood.com/news-media/news-features/member-press-releases/acme-smoked-fish-foundation-announces-2025-seafood-industry-climate-award-recipients/", "date": "Feb 04, 2026" } ], "launches": [ { "id": 97974, "title": "OctaPulse - Building the Autonomous Aquaculture Farms of the Future", "tagline": "Robotics and Computer Vision for Aquaculture", "body": "![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=97974&key=user_uploads/2027227/8f01baa3-54e5-4483-b0aa-afbef535bfef)\n\n**TL;DR:** We're building robotics and computer vision for fish farming. Automated grading, phenotyping, and breeding optimization. 6-figure annual contract with North America's largest trout producer. Looking for intros to delta robot manufacturers and aquaculture connections.\n\n---\n\nWe're building AI-powered computer vision and robotics for aquaculture. Automated fish grading, phenotyping for breeding programs, and health monitoring.\n\n**Why it matters:** Aquaculture is a $350 billion industry, the fastest-growing protein sector on Earth, and it needs to grow 30%+ by 2030 to meet global seafood demand. But most farms still grade and sort fish by hand. It's slow, stressful for the animals, and limited to tiny sample sizes. You can't optimize breeding, feeding, or harvest timing without accurate data, and right now, most farms don't have it.\n\n**Where we are:** We're deployed with Riverence, North America's largest trout producer, on a 6-figure annual contract. Model accuracy is at 95%+, and we've cut inspection time from 5 minutes to under 30 seconds per fish. We're now integrating delta robotics for automated sorting.\n\n**Team:** Paul leads commercial and partnerships as a Future Leader in the National Fisheries Institute and Coalition for Sustainable Aquaculture. Rohan leads engineering, with robotics and AI experience from CMU, ASML, Toyota, Tesla, and NVIDIA.\n\n**Asks:**\n\n* Intros to delta robot manufacturers (ABB, Fanuc, Omron, Igus, or emerging players)\n* Connections to salmon, trout, or finfish farms in Chile, Norway, Scotland, or the Mediterranean\n\nHappy to connect with anyone in computer vision, AgTech, robotics, or climate tech. The farms that adopt automation first will define this industry for the next 50 years.\n\nLet's chat. 🐟\\\n\\\n\n\n---", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/PUE-octapulse-building-the-autonomous-aquaculture-farms-of-the-future", "votes": 160, "created_at": "2026-02-20T04:13:07.065Z" } ] }, { "id": 31249, "name": "Meteoric", "slug": "meteoric", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/d2429e5b744af3176c949e0f696004529640d5c5.png", "website": "https://meteoric.earth/", "all_locations": "San Francisco, CA, USA", "long_description": "Meteoric is building drones that clear clouds over solar farms and ultimately weaken severe storms and hurricanes.", "one_liner": "Drones that clear clouds over solar farms and weaken hurricanes", "team_size": 2, "industry": "Industrials", "subindustry": "Industrials -> Climate", "launched_at": 1786601879, "tags": [ "Hard Tech", "Renewable Energy", "ClimateTech" ], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": false, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Summer 2026", "status": "Active", "industries": [ "Industrials", "Climate" ], "regions": [ "United States of America", "America / Canada" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": null, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/meteoric", "api": "https://devasheeshg.github.io/yc-api/batches/summer-2026/meteoric.json", "year_founded": 2026, "city": "San Francisco", "country": "US", "linkedin_url": "https://uk.linkedin.com/company/meteoric-inc", "x_url": "", "fb_url": null, "cb_url": null, "github_url": null, "logo_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/d2429e5b744af3176c949e0f696004529640d5c5.png", "app_video_url": null, "dday_video_url": null, "company_photos": [], "primary_partner": { "name": "Gustaf Alstromer", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/people/gustaf-alstromer" }, "founders": [ { "user_id": 2005935, "full_name": "Mete Karslioglu", "title": "Founder/CEO", "founder_bio": "Building drones that clear clouds over solar farms and ultimately weaken severe storms and hurricanes. \nPreviously developed spray nozzles to brighten clouds (MCB) at the Cambridge Centre for Climate Repair. \nCambridge MEng in Aerospace, Energy & Mechanical Engineering \n", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/mete-karslioglu/", "x_url": "https://x.com/MeteKarsli0glu", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/b998b2251a59ddfe79caef102ec082aabdfe46ae.jpg" }, { "user_id": 2007524, "full_name": "Eric Nilsson", "title": "Founder/CTO", "founder_bio": "Co-founder and CTO at Meteoric (S26). We build drones that clear clouds over solar farms and ultimately weaken hurricanes. \nPreviously worked on capacitive sensing for digital microfluidics at the University of Cambridge.\nCambridge MEng in Engineering, specialised in Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Information & Computer Engineering, Instrumentation & Control.", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-nilsson-2b3775254/", "x_url": "https://x.com/eric_nilsson_", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/9396f9942c88c3920b9d6d17d32c28275e141a56.jpg" } ], "jobs": [], "news": [], "launches": [ { "id": 111583, "title": "Meteoric — Drones that clear clouds over solar farms and ultimately weaken hurricanes", "tagline": "Meteoric is building drones that reduce the reflectivity of clouds above solar farms and ultimately reduce the intensity of severe storms and hurricanes.", "body": "![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=111583&key=user_uploads/2005935/6f49c082-1391-4bb6-939f-8f92d0dee7a0)\n\n**TL;DR:** Meteoric is building drones that fly into clouds and reduce their reflectivity without spraying any chemicals. We're starting with clearing overcast clouds above utility-scale solar farms to increase their annual generation by 10–30% with no new infrastructure. Our long-term goal is to scale this system to weaken severe storms and hurricanes. First large-scale cloud clearing flight in 2027 and first storm flight in 2028.\n\nHey everyone! We’re [Mete](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mete-karslioglu) and [Eric](https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-nilsson-2b3775254), and we’re building drones to engineer clouds.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=111583&key=user_uploads/2005935/5c79de40-e828-4e83-aff5-e1ae0feb3dc4)\n\n⚡ **Starting with solar**\n\nAI has created an enormous demand for power, and solar is scaling exponentially. [US utility-scale solar capacity is set to double by 2030](https://cleanpower.org/resources/market-pulse-utility-scale-solar-summer-2026), and [the world will add 2+ TW](https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2025/renewable-electricity) over the same period.\n\nBut building new capacity is getting harder and less profitable. Only [\\~14% of US utility-scale solar projects](https://emp.lbl.gov/queues) actually get built and [773 GW is already waiting in interconnection queues](https://emp.lbl.gov/queues). \n\nAt the same time, generation costs are rising as tax credits are overhauled and tariffs increase material prices. This makes each additional MWh generated from an existing plant more valuable.\n\n[Low and mid-level overcast clouds cut incoming sunlight by 73–82%](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0038092X80903916) while they’re overhead. We recover that without building new infrastructure. \n\n🌤 **What we're building**\n\nFleets of 10s-100s of autonomous drones that fly into low and mid-altitude clouds (1–5 km) over a solar farm and alter the water droplets that form them without using any chemicals. This reduces their reflectivity and brings back measurable amounts of sunlight to the panels below.\n\nOur cloud-loss model shows that this process can increase annual generation from existing assets by 10–30% across major US grid regions, worth \\~$5,000–28,000/MW, without building any new infrastructure.\n\n⚙️ **Traction**\n\n* Built a working prototype that dissipated an artificial cloud by 13% in cloud-chamber tests\n* Built a cloud-loss model that quantifies how much generation a given US solar plant is losing to the clouds we can treat\n\n👉 **Why now**\n\n* Cloud access got \\~97% cheaper: conventional seeding aircrafts cost $2,000+/hr; electric drones are at $30–60/hr. \n* AI is transforming weather forecasting: DeepMind's weather models produce [15-day forecasts in less than a minute](https://deepmind.google/blog/weathernext-ai-model-achieves-breakthrough-in-forecasting-cyclones/) and [outperform traditional physics-based models on more than 90% of benchmarks](https://developers.google.com/weathernext/guides/evals).\n\n🎯 **Weakening storms and hurricanes**\n\nOur ultimate goal is to reduce the intensity of severe storms and hurricanes.\n\nSevere weather has already cost the US [$31.9B in the first half of 2026](https://www.climatecentral.org/climate-services/billion-dollar-disasters), and from 2020 to 2024 severe storms, floods, and tropical cyclones caused [an average of \\~$121B/yr in losses](https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/billions/summary-stats). Severe storms alone generated [$50B+/yr in insured losses for the past three years](https://www.iii.org/press-release/triple-i-severe-convective-storms-generate-more-than-50b-in-insured-losses-for-third-consecutive-year-041326). There's now [a billion-dollar weather disaster every 16 days vs. every 82 days in the 1980s](https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/billions/climatology).\n\nGlobally, these disasters caused [over $2T in damage in the past decade](https://iccwbo.org/news-publications/policies-reports/new-report-extreme-weather-events-cost-economy-2-trillion-over-the-last-decade) and claimed [more than 2 million lives in the past 50 years](https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/05/1136897). \n\nClearing stable overcast clouds is our first major technical milestone. It will prove we can reliably alter clouds at scale. From there, we’ll expand our fleets and control systems to reduce the intensity of severe storms and hurricanes. First storm operation targeted for late 2028.\n\n👥 **Team**\n\nWe're two Cambridge engineers with backgrounds in weather engineering and droplet-control systems:\n\nMete (CEO): Master's research on making clouds more reflective using seawater spray nozzles at the Cambridge Centre for Climate Repair (funded by ARIA, UK's DARPA). MEng from Cambridge in aerospace/aerothermal, energy, and mechanical engineering.\n\nEric (CTO): Master's research on microfluidic chips that control water, and built droplet-removal technology for LiDAR lenses. MEng from Cambridge in electrical, control, and computer engineering. 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