Phykos (YC S21) — Growing seaweed to stabilize the climate
Phykos appears in Y Combinator's company directory in the Summer 2021 batch, listed 2021-09-27. Growing seaweed to stabilize the climate..
Phykos is a Y Combinator company in the Summer 2021 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Growing seaweed to stabilize the climate. The founders listed are Nico Julian (Founder), Jeff Zerger (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, September 27, 2021).
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Nico Julian
Founder
Nico is a mechanical engineer with experience in marine satellite communications, solar startups, and moonshot origination at Google X.
Jeff Zerger
Founder
I'm a self-taught software engineer with a generalist's background and a penchant for collecting experiences. I've worked as a builder, a mechanic, a gardener, and an organic farmer, but I've spent most of the past 25 years developing software and running software teams in Silicon Valley. A former early hire at startups in cleantech, food, and aerospace, I also have over a decade of combined experience at two of the largest technology companies in the world: Apple and Google.
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One of 53 companies held here in Industrials › Climate.
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