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Seaweed Generation

Combating climate change with robots and seaweed

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Patricia Estridge

Founder & CEO at Seaweed Generation

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Employees 6–20
Headquarters Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Seaweed Generation is a robotics company that develops technology to harness the power of seaweed for long-term carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and large-scale industrial use cases. For CDR, the company takes an invasive type of seaweed called Sargassum that is building up on a massive scale as a result of climate change. Seaweed Generation's first proprietary robot ‘AlgaRay’ captures and deposits Sargassum into the deep oceans, piloting in 2023.
In 2024, Seaweed Generation will move to a fully commercial operation sinking 5K tons of CO2 (roughly 50K tons of Sargassum) into the deep oceans. The company is making an early start on seaweed cultivation, with its second robot, the AlgaVator, designed to remotely monitor and autonomously manage offshore cultivation.

Notable Achievements

  • Raised over $1.3 million pre seed equity round and $900k in grant funding to date
  • International patent pending on 4 inventions
  • The world's first license to sink seaweed for CDR

Currently Operating in Three Regions

Press Mentions

May 25, 2023

Seaweed Generation: Startup placing carbon stores on ocean floor

Read on Business Insider »

January 30, 2024

This 'floating rainforest' is threatening entire ecosystems

Read on Cosmos »

October 2, 2023

Seaweed is mucking up beaches. This robot could stop it — and fight climate change : Short Wave

Read on NPR »

May 9, 2023

Giant blobs of seaweed are hitting Florida. That's when the real problem begins

Read on NPR »

March 7, 2023

The creeping threat of the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt

Read on the Guardian »

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