At Kiverdi, we are breaking the rules on how things are created. We exist to replace the old extractive systems, and revolutionize them with new forms of sustainable production that are good for business and the planet.
Carbon transformation involves breaking down carbon materials into their fundamental elements and building them back up into a range of bio-based products that are friendlier to our planet.
In recognizing that the existing supply chain model is unfit for the needs of our planet and growing population, we have created a series of commercial solutions that set a new bar in the circular economy by transforming carbon instead of extracting further resources from our planet.
With 50+ patents granted or pending on our NASA-inspired technology, we are addressing key supply chain challenges from price volatility, land and water usage, to overall efficiency all while creating new ways of making products that leverage existing resources and are less extractive and detrimental to our planet.
“Much like the NASA life-support studies concluded 50 years ago, we need alternatives that require less land and water while still enabling us to create crops that feed people and power industry.”
The inspiration behind Kiverdi began in the 1960’s with NASA on a quest for deep space travel.
The scientists, challenged with how to produce food for a year-long mission with limited space and resources, soon discovered a special class of microbes. These natural single-cell organisms, specifically, called hydrogenotrophs, act like plants in converting carbon dioxide into food.
The concept was simple. Astronauts would exhale CO2, which would be captured by the microbes, then converted, with other inputs such as power and water, into food, which would feed the astronauts. The astronauts would exhale CO2, further enabling the hydrogenotrophs to continue producing an endless cycle of nutrients.
Leveraging NASA’s concepts, we are applying the same thinking to our planet. Not only are we capturing our over abundance of CO2, but we are using it as the key input in creating nutrients and bio-based products.
With 36 billion tons of CO2 emitted around the globe each year, we know our work is just beginning. We have 46+ patents granted or pending of carbon transformation technology that can be applied to a range of industries. We are not just reducing carbon dioxide emissions, but also leading a new era of sustainable production on how we make the food and everyday products to support our growing population.
We are a team of passionate scientists, engineers and business leaders who all share a common commitment to finding real-world solutions to the resource challenges we face as our population continues to grow. We share a vision of a cleaner, more secure, and wholly sustainable tomorrow.
Air Protein, an offshoot of Kiverdi, creates meat from air:
Our technology has been developed in partnership with Lawrence Berkeley Labs and SRI International, and with funding from the US Department of Energy's BETO, the US Department of Energy's ARPA-E, the California Energy Commission, the Iowa Economic Development Authority, and the Quebec government and governments in Europe.
