# Gradiant

> Gradiant is an MIT spinout turned global water-technology company that designs, builds, and operates advanced systems to treat, reuse, and recover industrial water and wastewater. Using a stack of proprietary technologies - from Carrier Gas Extraction to Counterflow Reverse Osmosis and an AI control layer called SmartOps - Gradiant helps semiconductor fabs, food and beverage giants, pharmaceutical makers, miners, and refiners cut freshwater use, recover lithium and other minerals, and destroy 'forever chemicals.' The first unicorn in the water industry, it reached a $2 billion valuation in 2026.

- **Founded:** 2013
- **Headquarters:** Woburn, Massachusetts, United States
- **Founders:** Anurag Bajpayee (Co-Founder & Executive Chairman (former CEO)), Prakash Govindan (Co-Founder & CEO), John Lienhard (Co-Founder, MIT Professor)
- **Team size:** ~1,300 employees worldwide (475+ engineers and scientists, 38 nationalities)
- **Products:** Carrier Gas Extraction (CGE), Counterflow Reverse Osmosis (CFRO) / RO Infinity, Selective Contaminant Extraction (SCE), Free Radical Oxidation (FRO), SmartOps AI
- **Notable:** First unicorn in the global water industry, Reached a $2 billion valuation at Series E (2026), Helps customers reuse ~2 billion gallons and avoid withdrawing another ~2 billion gallons of freshwater daily

## Products & services

- **Carrier Gas Extraction (CGE)** — Gradiant's first proprietary technology, a desalination process inspired by the natural rain cycle for treating high-salinity brines.
- **Counterflow Reverse Osmosis (CFRO) / RO Infinity** — An advanced membrane process that pushes reverse osmosis to much higher recovery rates, minimizing brine.
- **Selective Contaminant Extraction (SCE)** — Targeted chemical extraction to remove or recover specific contaminants and resources from water.
- **Free Radical Oxidation (FRO)** — Advanced oxidation used to destroy PFAS 'forever chemicals' and other emerging contaminants.
- **SmartOps AI** — An AI-powered digital platform that measures, predicts, and controls water treatment facilities for real-time optimization and predictive maintenance.
- **Minerals & Lithium Recovery** — Direct lithium and nickel extraction technologies that recover battery-grade minerals from industrial wastewater.
- **Zero Liquid Discharge & Water Reuse Systems** — End-to-end systems that recycle industrial water and eliminate liquid waste streams, often delivered as build-own-operate projects.

## Achievements

- First unicorn in the global water industry
- Reached a $2 billion valuation at Series E (2026)
- Helps customers reuse ~2 billion gallons and avoid withdrawing another ~2 billion gallons of freshwater daily
- Saves roughly 6.5 billion liters of freshwater per day
- Built more than 2,500 end-to-end water systems globally
- Raised semiconductor water recycling from 30% to 99% at chip fabs

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Closed Series E financing at a $2 billion valuation, led by Safar Partners and Hostplus Superannuation Fund, to fund acquisitions, R&D, scale, and IPO readiness.
- **2025-01** — MIT News profiled Gradiant's role reducing global industrial water use and waste by billions of gallons daily.

## Links

- Website: https://www.gradiant.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gradiant-corporation
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Gradiant_Corp
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@gradiantcorp
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/gradiant-corporation-395244650597795

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Last updated: 2026-06-09