Using microbes to convert elements of air into a sustainable protein product
Notable Achievements
- Raised $107M from Google Ventures, ADM, Barclays and the Ford Foundation
- Demonstration Pilot Commissioned in 2024
- Commercializing the most sustainable protein production process using carbon negative fermentation
Currently Operating in 57 Regions
Press Mentions
May 26, 2020
Air Protein – Creating Meat Out Of Air - "We Have an Ultra-Sustainable, Clean Label Solution for the Future of Meat" - vegconomist - the vegan business magazine
Last autumn, Air Protein created meat out of air. This astonishing company has pioneered a process of producing meat using the elements in the air, converting them into nutrients to form Air...
Read on vegconomist - the vegan business magazine »November 29, 2023
The FT’s 25 most influential women of 2023
Women were at the helm and in the trenches of the world’s most profound transformations
Read on Financial Times »May 19, 2023
San Leandro startup Air Protein triples funding, partners with crop giant ADM
Air Protein and ADM are deepening their relationship as the San Leandro climate tech and alt-protein startup works toward launching its first consumer product.
Read on Bay Area Inno »May 18, 2023
Brief: ADM teams up with Air Protein to help scale novel food production platform
ADM has entered a strategic development agreement with Air Protein to help scale its fermentation-based food production platform.
Read on AFN »November 15, 2022
The company making steaks out of thin air | CNN
Lisa Dyson is fighting climate change by making Air Meat, an alternative protein produced via fermentation and using elements from the air.
Read on CNN »June 21, 2022
Pulling Steaks From Thin Air
Meat made from recycled carbon dioxide is on its way. But is it tasty?
Read on NEO.LIFE »Work at Air Protein
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