Forbes features Protein Evolution’s Biopure technology, highlighting how we use AI to develop powerful enzymes that can break down plastic waste and turn that waste into new, high-quality plastic material. Thank you to Amy Feldman for your in-depth reporting. Thank you to our partners at Stella McCartney, board member Sophie Bakalar and the Collaborative Fund, research partners at ESPCI Paris - PSL, scientific advisor Paul Anastas, CTO Jay Konieczka, and co-founders Jonathan Rothberg and Connor Lynn, for bringing this story to life.
Landfills are overflowing with plastic trash. Serial inventor Jonathan Rothberg’s Protein Evolution found a solution: using AI to create enzymes that can recycle old polyester textiles into a material that acts new. Now the three-year-old company needs to prove that it can scale up. https://trib.al/4AyrPDs