# Applied Carbon

> Applied Carbon (formerly Climate Robotics) builds tractor-pulled machines that turn crop residue into biochar in a single pass across the field. The Houston-based startup converts post-harvest plant waste into a stable form of carbon that improves soil health and locks CO2 underground for centuries, selling carbon removal credits to buyers including Microsoft.

- **Founded:** 2020
- **Headquarters:** Houston, Texas, United States
- **Founders:** Jason Aramburu (CEO & Co-Founder), Morgan M. Williams (COO & Co-Founder)
- **Team size:** ~27
- **Products:** Mobile Biochar Pyrolyzer, Carbon Removal Credits, Soil Health Services
- **Notable:** Top-20 global finalist, XPRIZE Carbon Removal competition, Semifinalist, U.S. Department of Energy CO2 Removal Purchase Pilot Prize, 2024 Wilkes Climate Launch Prize winner

## Products & services

- **Mobile Biochar Pyrolyzer** — A self-contained trailer pulled behind a standard tractor that collects crop residue, converts it to biochar through high-temperature pyrolysis, quenches it with water, supplements with nutrients and microbes, and deposits it back onto the field in a single pass.
- **Carbon Removal Credits** — Durable, MRV-verified carbon removal credits sold to corporate buyers, generated from biochar deposited into agricultural soils.
- **Soil Health Services** — Field services for row-crop farmers that reduce lime and fertilizer needs while improving long-term soil productivity.

## Achievements

- Top-20 global finalist, XPRIZE Carbon Removal competition
- Semifinalist, U.S. Department of Energy CO2 Removal Purchase Pilot Prize
- 2024 Wilkes Climate Launch Prize winner
- Raised $21.5M Series A in July 2024
- Reported as largest supplier of biochar carbon removal by sales among leading carbon-removal buyers

## Latest updates

- **2024-07** — Closed $21.5M Series A led by TO VC with Microsoft, Grantham Foundation, and others; plans to deploy fleet across Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana.
- **2024-05** — Won the Wilkes Climate Launch Prize at the University of Utah.
- **2024-04** — Named top-20 finalist in XPRIZE Carbon Removal competition.

## Links

- Website: https://appliedcarbon.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/applied-carbon

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Last updated: 2026-06-29