# Spiritus

> Spiritus is a climate-tech company building passive Direct Air Capture (DAC) systems - stacked trays of sorbent pellets arranged in modular 'Carbon Orchards' - that aim to pull CO2 out of the atmosphere for under $100 per ton, roughly a tenfold cost reduction over conventional DAC.

- **Founded:** 2022
- **Headquarters:** Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States
- **Founders:** Charles Cadieu (Co-founder & CEO), Matthew Lee (Co-founder & CTO)
- **Team size:** 52
- **Products:** Spiritus Sorbent, Carbon Orchard, Orchard Power
- **Notable:** Announced Orchard One: a planned 2-megaton/year DAC facility in central Wyoming., Selected as a TIME GreenTech Company in 2025 and 2026., Closed $30M Series A in March 2025, bringing total funding to ~$41M.

## Products & services

- **Spiritus Sorbent** — A solid amine sorbent that passively absorbs CO2 from ambient air and releases it under low-temperature steam (70-100 C), cutting desorption energy by more than half versus traditional DAC.
- **Carbon Orchard** — A modular DAC facility design: pellets of sorbent loaded onto trays, stacked on tree-like rigs, arranged in groves and orchards. No fans. Passive air contacting.
- **Orchard Power** — Commercial platform pairing firm power generation with integrated carbon capture - aimed at data center customers seeking carbon-negative compute.

## Achievements

- Announced Orchard One: a planned 2-megaton/year DAC facility in central Wyoming.
- Selected as a TIME GreenTech Company in 2025 and 2026.
- Closed $30M Series A in March 2025, bringing total funding to ~$41M.
- Finalist in Shell's New Energy Challenge.
- Began construction on a 1,000-ton pilot plant on Nambé Pueblo land in New Mexico.

## Latest updates

- **2025-03** — Raised $30M Series A led by Aramco Ventures with Khosla, TDK, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America.
- **2024-12** — Launched New Mexico pilot facility in collaboration with Nambé Pueblo.
- **2024-03** — Announced Orchard One, a 2-megaton Carbon Orchard in Wyoming.
- **2025-11** — C&EN profile on the sorbent chemistry behind Spiritus's cost claims.

## Links

- Website: https://spiritus.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spiritus-cdr

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