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Mar 2024TechCrunch noted the liquid-based system may require about 1-7 tons of water per ton of CO2 captured, which could limit deployment in dry regions and is a scaling risk for the approach.
SourceBuilding systems to remove carbon dioxide from air at industrial scale
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Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Overview
AirMyne is a Berkeley-based direct air capture startup building a liquid-solvent DAC platform that uses low-temperature heat and modular equipment to remove CO2 for sequestration or utilization.
Primary product
Liquid-solvent direct air capture system for CO2 removal
Founded
2022
Headquarters
Berkeley, California, United States
Team size
10-20 employees
Work style
Onsite
Industry
Environmental Services
Sub-industry
Direct Air Capture / Carbon Removal
Offices
Berkeley, California
823 Gilman Street, Berkeley, California
1516 Juanita Way, Berkeley, California
Business model
B2B carbon removal projects
carbon credits
industrial sequestration / utilization partnerships
Funding
Stage
Seed
Total raised
$6.9M
Latest round
Strategic investment · Mar 2026
People & investors
Leadership
Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder
Chief Operating Officer & Co-founder
Chief Commercial Officer
Head of Deployment
Sr. Director, Mechanical Engineering
Principal, Mechanical Engineering
Flynn Michael Legg
Mechanical Engineer
Ngoc Pham
Fabrication & Facilities Lead
Chemical Engineer & Head of APAC Business Development
Derek Popple
R&D Lead
Head of Product Operations
Work & culture
Small, mission-driven team of engineers and scientists focused on climate impact. Public hiring language emphasizes a tight team, flexibility across functions, learning new skills, and valuing both office time and time away from work.
Work style
Onsite
Visa sponsorship
Limited
Compensation
Public R&D Engineer posting listed $85K-$130K base salary plus equity.
Benefits
subsidized health insurance
subsidized dental insurance
subsidized vision insurance
life insurance option
401(k)
company holidays including week-long holidays in November and December
flexible time-off policy with unlimited PTO
equity
Product & market
Pricing
Not publicly disclosed; appears to be project-based carbon removal / carbon credit sales.
Differentiators
- —low-temperature heat regeneration
- —liquid-solvent DAC
- —compatible with waste heat and geothermal energy
- —simple two-step capture and release process
- —industrial-scale orientation from the outset
- —benign, low-cost input chemicals
- —modular capture hardware with centralized regeneration
- —designed for high uptime / 24-7 operation
Technology
direct air capture
liquid solvent capture chemistry
low-temperature heat regeneration
modular collectors
cooling tower structures
geothermal integration
waste-heat integration
benign low-cost chemical inputs
pumps and pipes optimized for raw material movement
phase transfer catalyst chemistry
inorganic ionic base chemistry
Competitors
Climeworks
Heirloom
Mission Zero Technologies
CarbonCapture
Mitico
Spiritus
Aircapture
Holocene
NEG8 Carbon
Origen
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
Under $1M
Estimated monthly visits
3K
Traffic estimate as of Oct 2024
Signals & risks
Latest news
AirMyne · Mar 2026
Official announcement that ENEOS made a strategic investment in AirMyne and that the companies will collaborate on advancing DAC technology toward commercialization.
AirMyne · Jan 2025
Official company interview introducing Jan Huckfeldt as interim CCO and discussing DAC market execution and commercial strategy.
AirMyne · Sep 2024
AirMyne’s blog post on how industrial design principles inform the company’s approach to scaling direct air capture.
AirMyne · Aug 2024
Describes AirMyne’s collaboration with CarbonBuilt and delivery of captured CO2 for low-carbon concrete testing.
TechCrunch · Mar 2024
TechCrunch reported AirMyne’s $6.9M seed round, its geothermal/low-temperature-heat DAC approach, and investors including Alumni Ventures, Another Brain, Liquid 2 Ventures, EMLES, Justin Hamilton, Impact Science Ventures, Soma Capital, Wayfinder, and Y Combinator.
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