Anthrogen (YC S24)’s Post

Anthrogen (YC S24) is engineering photosynthesizing bacteria and cascading their enzymatic outputs for low-cost, scalable, and carbon-negative polymer manufacturing. Put simply, they want to turn carbon dioxide from the air into useful carbon polymers. Chemical production is famously incredibly carbon intensive, with crude oil as the primary feedstock. High-quality carbon capture technologies are also prohibitively expensive, with current state-of-the-art solutions costing >$1000/ton. By unifying these two processes, Anthrogen hopes both will take in CO2 from the air while decarbonizing the supply chain to tackle climate change at the root issue. Founded by Ankit Singhal, Vignesh Karthik, and Connor Lee, Anthrogen has engineered the fastest photosynthesizing organism in the world with CRISPR and uses generative models to design their enzymatic cascades. They're starting with starch as the quintessential polymer but will expand to other verticals soon. Congrats to the team on the launch! 🚀 https://lnkd.in/gN2sxRAm