CIO

AUGUST 23, 2023

“Plastic soup” is one term that’s been used to describe the pollution that’s plaguing our oceans. Moore came across massive amounts of plastic floating in the middle of the ocean and his accounts of this experience helped raise awareness of the scope and severity of the problem.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

For an ecosystem that covers a majority of the planet, the oceans have basically been ignored by startups and investors alike. Founders and investors have started to look for opportunities to conserve, and even enhance, the ocean’s resources rather than exploit them.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2023

Climate change is a problem important and pressing enough that investors have begun to grasp the opportunities that arise when trying to solve it. Tech that serves to conserve the oceans while using it to replace older, more harmful means of generating energy and food seems to be one such opportunity.

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Dataiku

JUNE 25, 2019

Plastic may be one of the most versatile materials on this planet, with a broad range of useful applications in almost every aspect of our daily lives, but it’s also one of the worst pollutants. It can take up to 1,000 years to biodegrade and only a small fraction of what we produce ends up being recycled.

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Dataiku

JULY 12, 2022

Bunmi is a data scientist and Android developer. Bunmi is also interested in leveraging AI to solve environmental problems, such as plastic pollution in the oceans. This article was written by a guest author, Bunmi Akinremi. She's passionate about using AI to build apps with better user experiences.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2022

million in pre-seed funding in a bid to bring data-driven AI to the recycling industry to improve recovery rates and quality — with the overarching goal of transforming the economics of waste reuse to shrink demand for virgin materials. Problems that scale all over the globe, too. The pre-seed is notable for its size.

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