article thumbnail

Dow turns to AI to accelerate chemical search

CIO

With several million compounds to choose from, chemists often must resort to intuition when trying to solve complex problems around chemical processes. US multinational Dow Chemical was working with a pulp and paper manufacturer to improve inefficiencies in its chemical process with a goal of producing a better, safer pulp yield.

Chemicals 239
article thumbnail

DS Smith sets a single-cloud agenda for sustainability

CIO

British multinational packaging giant DS Smith has committed itself to ambitious sustainability goals, and its IT strategy to standardize on a single cloud will be a key enabler. Before we were quite fragmented across different technologies. Much of our digital agenda is around data.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Forsaking funding at a $1 billion valuation, Solugen preps a new green chemical product and a big 2021

TechCrunch

Late last year, Solugen , a startup using synthetic biology to take hydrocarbons out of the chemicals industry, decided against pursuing a new round of funding that would have valued the company at over $1 billion, TechCrunch has learned. Chemicals are everywhere and they’re a huge business.

Chemicals 230
article thumbnail

How adopting sustainability as a service can drive business success and help the planet

CIO

Sustainability is a major priority in business boardrooms already, and pressures from regulators, shareholders, board members and employees are likely to further drive this trend. There is a clear company risk in not being sustainable, both to the planet and to the business. Businesses need to do more than just track carbon output.

article thumbnail

A Wake-Up Call For Sustainable AI Data Centers

Crunchbase News

The responsibility for building and maintaining an efficient and sustainable data center falls to the operators. It’s time for stakeholders to prioritize sustainability and work toward a future where AI innovation is groundbreaking and environmentally responsible. The stakes are high, and the time to act is now.

article thumbnail

Your future shrimp meal could come from Atarraya’s farming technology

TechCrunch

Atarraya , creator of Shrimpbox, a sustainable “plug-and-play” shrimp farming technology, is swimming to the surface after being in stealth mode since 2019. That grew into aquaculture farming technology with Russek and his team creating a startup company around it called Maricultura Vigas. headquarters in Indianapolis.

article thumbnail

Full Steam Ahead: CIO Kopal Raj of WABTEC on staying ‘on-track’ with AI, IoT and sustainability goals

CIO

Initiated in 1869, with an expansive legacy built on the shoulders of giants such as Westinghouse (which gives it the name Westinghouse Airbrakes technology), Edison and Faiveley, WABTEC has been pioneering force in modern transportation solutions. Technologically, we’re looking at drone-based monitoring of railways in the future.