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Oceanography professors transform a research tool into a startup that’s sucking CO2 from seawater

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It has support from programs including the U.S. Department of Energy , Activate Fellows , and Ocean Visions , a nonprofit advising carbon removal efforts. The nonprofit [C]Worthy lists 19 startups in marine-based carbon dioxide removal. Banyu, which is an Indonesian word for seawater, has raised $8.5

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Rackspace’s CTO takes a broad view of sustainability

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Srini Koushik has been passionate about the environment for 35 years and now, as a board member of the nonprofit SustainableIT.org and CTO of cloud services provider Rackspace Technology, he wants to help enterprises achieve sustainability in the cloud.

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Tech Moves: Former Amazon VP Brad Porter joins Scale AI as CTO; UW names new Communication Leadership director; and more

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Brad Porter, who was until recently the Amazon Robotics leader, will become Scale AI’s first CTO. “He will manage our entire technology stack, with combined ownership of product direction and engineering, to turbocharge our ambitious technology roadmap.” He will continue to support the program as a co-founder.

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Tech Moves: Microsoft Teams CVP joins UiPath; Sage Bionetworks names president; and more

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Sheldon’s other roles at the tech giant included principal lead program manager for Bing and principal engineering manager for Dynamics Applied Research, where he led a team of data scientists and engineers to build predictive systems for business applications.

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Tech Moves: AWS product head joins Faculty; Bezos Earth Fund hires BlackRock leader; and more

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-based $10 billion Bezos Earth Fund , launched by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, appointed Paul Bodnar to help lead programs on climate finance, industry and diplomacy. Bodnar was previously chief strategy officer at the nonprofit Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), where he founded its Center for Climate-Aligned Finance.

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CIT (@CITorg) Announces New Solicitation for Commercialization Fund (pls help spread word)

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The solicitation targets research and commercialization performed by Virginia public and private universities, nonprofit research institutions, and young companies. Awards from the CRCF further the goals and industry opportunities set forth the in the Commonwealth Research and Technology (R&T) Strategic Roadmap.

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Blue Origin sets next space trip for Oct. 12; two fliers named, but not William Shatner

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” Boshuizen co-founded Planet in 2010 and served as its chief technology officer for five years. However, with limited materials and energy on Earth, extending our reach into space can help humanity continue to thrive. After all, our future of life in space is in their very capable hands.”

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