The company's ultimate goal is to reduce the annual global carbon footprint by 500 million tons by optimizing concrete mixes. Concrete.ai is also exploring other complex materials that could benefit from its AI-driven formulations to lower costs and reduce environmental harm. The company has raised a total of $3 million and is looking to raise an additional $2 million to expand its research and development.
Key takeaways:
- Concrete.ai, a startup based on research from UCLA’s Institute for Carbon Management, has developed AI-driven software that can reduce emissions by 30% and cut costs by more than $5 per cubic yard in the concrete manufacturing process.
- The software optimizes different concrete mixes, suggesting alternatives to cement and adjusting the rocks or aggregates combined with it to use less cement, thus reducing environmental harm and lowering costs.
- Concrete.ai's technology, named Concrete Copilot, is now available for commercial use. The startup has three commercial customers and expects to be in 80 plants by the end of the year.
- The company's ultimate goal is to reduce the annual global carbon footprint by 500 million tons by optimizing concrete mixes. It is also exploring other complex materials that could benefit from its AI-driven formulations to lower cost and reduce environmental harm.