An interview with Garrett Boudinot, Founder of Vycarb

Vycarb was started in 2022 by Garrett Boudinot and is on a mission to enable fully measured, integrated CO2 removal and storage in water. With multiple pilots already live on the US East Coast, Vycarb's modular system uses accelerated alkalinity dissolution to optimize distributed carbon dioxide removal across high-CO2 waters. A member of the Activate Fellowship’s 2022 cohort, Vycarb recently received $100k from Frontier to remove 58 tons of CO2 from the atmosphere.

Climate change has been the sole focus of Boudinot’s career, from carbon chemistry and ecosystem impacts to social adaptation and wildlife conservation. Boudinot earned his Ph.D. at the University of Colorado, holds dual bachelor's degrees in humanities and environmental geosciences from the College of Charleston, and served as a research associate at Cornell University. Boudinot also serves on the New York State Climate Impacts Assessment and the ClimateMusic Project.

Key takeaways

• There is a move towards carbon removal tech…