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Michele Stansfield’s big idea starts with a smaller tank
After more than a decade at Agritechnology, Michele Stansfield helped turn a regional Australian fermentation business into Cauldron Ferm. Her wager: keep the microbes working, make the factories more efficient, and give new ingredients a chance to compete on price.
michele-stansfield · cauldron-fermRead →
Enterprise · Ai · Hardware
Pow.Bio Put the Factory on Repeat
Fermentation usually grows by buying a bigger tank. Pow.Bio split the job between two tanks, taught software to mind the process, and found that the smarter factory may be the smaller one.
continuous-fermentation · precision-fermentationRead →
Climate · Hardware · Enterprise
The Fuel Startup Betting a Molecule Can Just Float Out of the Tank
Most biofuels get stuck in the same trap: make the alcohol, then spend a fortune pulling it out of the water. A four-person Houston team engineered a yeast whose product simply volatilizes away - and they think that changes the math.
biofuels · 3-methylanisoleRead →