# Paul Gross

> Paul Gross is the co-founder and co-CEO of Remora, a Detroit-area climate hardware company that bolts a carbon-capture device onto the tailpipes of semi-trucks and locomotives, grabbing the CO2 before it ever hits the sky and selling it as beverage-grade gas to breweries and greenhouses. He read a stranger's PhD dissertation on mobile carbon capture during his senior year at Yale, wrote the author a business plan, and convinced her to quit the EPA to build a company with him. Remora has raised roughly $117 million and signed pilots with Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern, Ryder, Werner, and Cargill.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & Co-CEO at Remora
- **Organizations:** Remora, Yale University, Y Combinator
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.A. in Statistics and Data Science, Yale University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Remora and raised roughly $117 million from Lowercarbon Capital, Valor Equity Partners, Union Square Ventures, and Y Combinator., Named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list (Energy category) in 2021., Built a device capable of capturing at least 80% (up to 90%) of a semi-truck's CO2 directly from the tailpipe while cutting soot, particulates, and NOx.

## Career timeline

- **2020** — Graduated from Yale University with a degree in Statistics and Data Science; his research won the Porter Prize.
- **2020** — Co-founded Remora after reading Christina Reynolds' dissertation on mobile carbon capture and recruiting her away from the EPA, plus engineer Eric Harding.
- **2021** — Went through Y Combinator (W21); built the first prototype in a garage; named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list (Energy).
- **2022** — Raised seed funding, leased a 70,000-square-foot factory in Wixom, Michigan, and launched pilots with Ryder, Werner, and Cargill.
- **2023** — Expanded partnerships into rail with Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern; latest funding round Series B ($60M).
- **2025** — Remora total funding reaches roughly $117M; manufacturing scale-up in metro Detroit continues.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Remora and raised roughly $117 million from Lowercarbon Capital, Valor Equity Partners, Union Square Ventures, and Y Combinator.
- Named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list (Energy category) in 2021.
- Built a device capable of capturing at least 80% (up to 90%) of a semi-truck's CO2 directly from the tailpipe while cutting soot, particulates, and NOx.
- Signed partnerships with Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern, Ryder, Werner, and Cargill.
- Won the Porter Prize for his undergraduate research at Yale.
- Built one of the world's first commercial mobile carbon-capture devices.

## Latest updates

- **2025-09** — Featured in Y Combinator's 'Founder Mode' / The Social Radars conversation about building Remora.
- **2025-04** — Remora published updated leadership and advisory team; manufacturing scale-up in Wixom/Detroit continues.

## Links

- Website: https://remoracarbon.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/paulagross
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZDDs_uESnc

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Last updated: 2026-06-08