THE UNDERDOG THAT OUTSMARTED BILLION-DOLLAR TECH

Forget fancy machines and sci-fi solutions – the $50M Xprize Carbon Removal winner just proved Mother Nature had the answer all along. Mati Carbon didn’t just win – they DOMINATED with a solution so elegantly simple it’ll make Silicon Valley engineers weep.

“This isn’t just carbon removal – it’s a poverty-killing, crop-boosting SOIL REVOLUTION that could feed a billion people while saving the planet.”

Shantanu Agarwal, Mati Carbon CEO

HOW VOLCANIC ROCK BECAME CLIMATE TECH’S MVP

Here’s the BEAUTIFULLY SIMPLE science:

• Step 1: Crush waste basalt (construction leftovers!) into dust
• Step 2: Spread on fields where it MINERALIZES carbon for millennia
• Step 3: Watch crops explode by 25-70% while CO2 disappears

THE NUMBERS THAT WILL BLOW YOUR MIND

This isn’t lab theory – it’s FIELD-PROVEN impact:

• 5,000-6,000 metric tons of carbon removal THIS YEAR
• $100/ton target price by 2030 (crushing competitors)
• 800M acres of potential farmland = 1 GIGATON annual removal

WHY ZAMBIA’S FARMERS ARE CHEERING

During last year’s brutal drought:

• Fields WITHOUT basalt: COMPLETE CROP FAILURE
• Fields WITH basalt: STILL PRODUCING FOOD

“This material was the difference between harvest and starvation,” Agarwal reveals.

THE BOLDEST NON-PROFIT POWER MOVE IN TECH

While other startups chase VC billions, Mati’s playing 4D chess:

• Controlled by Swahili Initiative (501c3 nonprofit)
• Giving FREE tech licenses with one condition: 50% profits go to farmers
• Expanding to India, Tanzania + 3 new countries THIS YEAR

“We’re building a market mechanism where the real winners are the world’s poorest farmers. That $50M prize? Just fuel for the revolution.”

Agarwal on Mati’s earth-shaking mission

WAKE-UP CALL FOR THE CLIMATE TECH INDUSTRY

While billion-dollar DAC plants struggle, Mati proves:

• Nature-based solutions SCALE FASTER
• Real impact happens at the FARMER LEVEL
• The Global South holds KEY CLIMATE SOLUTIONS

One question remains: Who’s ready to follow their lead?