The phykos.co domain is parked for sale via Domain Coasters rather than serving as the operating company site; public web activity appears to be centered on phykos.com instead.
SourceGrowing seaweed to stabilize the climate.
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 30, 2026
Phykos is an ocean carbon-dioxide-removal startup that grows seaweed on mobile, solar-powered autonomous vessels, then harvests and sinks the biomass in the deep ocean to generate carbon credits. The public company presence appears to have moved to phykos.com; phykos.co is parked for sale.
Primary product
Seaweed-based ocean carbon removal system that produces carbon credits
Founded
2020
Headquarters
Oakland, California, United States
Team size
1-10
Industry
Environmental Services
Sub-industry
Ocean carbon dioxide removal / carbon removal
Offices
0 jobs at Phykos
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Business model
Stage
Seed
Total raised
$125K
Latest round
Seed / Y Combinator Accelerator · Sep 2021
Latest amount
$125K
Seed / Y Combinator Accelerator
Sep 2021 · Y Combinator
Investors
Pricing
Sells carbon credits generated from ocean carbon removal
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Estimated monthly visits
185
The phykos.co domain is parked for sale via Domain Coasters rather than serving as the operating company site; public web activity appears to be centered on phykos.com instead.
SourceCarbon Herald · Mar 2022
Covers Phykos’s mobile vessels, deep-ocean sinking plan, and carbon-offset sales model.
Ocean Visions · Feb 2022
Explains Phykos’s ocean CDR approach and the regulatory and environmental challenges it was receiving advisory support for.
Algae Planet · Oct 2021
Describes Phykos’s modular seaweed-farming vessels, the open-ocean deployment concept, and its claim that one platform could capture carbon like many trees.
Fast Company · Sep 2021
Profiles Phykos’s solar-powered robotic seaweed-farming concept, its YC background, and the founders’ vision for ocean carbon sequestration.