Khosla Ventures backs Spiritus, a carbon removal company coming out of stealth with a material and that passively absorbs carbon dioxide from the air.
When Cadieu approached Lee to consider carbon capture, Lee approached the problem with a philosophy he has carried through much of his career:"Mother nature's the true artist and she's had a lot more practice than we have had," Lee told CNBC. The other prong of his philosophy is summarized by a Leonardo da Vinci quote Lee recounted:"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
make with other parts of the body," Lee told CNBC. That's important because while carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are at record high levels, carbon dioxide is still diluted and makes up a relatively small percentage of the air. That third component — economical — is critical in the direct air carbon capture field, and is part of what drew Khosla Ventures to make its first direct air capture investment in Spiritus., partner at Khosla Ventures, told CNBC in a phone conversation on Tuesday. Direct air capture is still a nascent industry and therefore very expensive right now, but Spiritus uses less energy than most of the other competitors in the space, Swaminathan said.
"A lot of direct air capture processes, they require either a lot of high heat — and ours requires low heat — or they require a lot of energy, even if low heat, and ours is less than half of what's been previously achieved by other solutions," Cadieu told CNBC."So this is another part of this overall equation that drives down low costs.
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