AI for Circular Economy

Agentic AIto grow yourcircular business

We build the Growth Engine that brings you customers, and the Operations Autopilot that runs the work behind it. For startups, SMEs and enterprises in reverse logistics, resale, repair and recycling.

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Recognized & trusted

U.S. Department of Energy Prize Winner
Environmental Leadership Award Winner
Built and operated global circular economy platforms
30+ years combined experience across CE & AI

The problem we solve

Circular operations are complex, margin-tight, and still mostly manual.

Circular businesses don’t die from a lack of goodwill. They die of economics, for two reasons: the unit economics don’t work, and they never reach scale. Usually both, and the two feed each other.

Logistics is the silent killer on the cost side, the largest single share of margin. Agentic AI is the first thing that moves both levers at once: it collapses the costs that kill margin, and it adds the capacity and reach to scale. We’ve built and run these businesses ourselves. Now we build agentic AI for the circular economy.

Reverse logistics
Sorting & QC
Supplier networks
Demand prediction
Sales & CRM
Compliance & reporting

The circular economy has two problems: unit economics and scale.

Most circular businesses die of one, or both. Agentic AI moves both.

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Why us

Experienced team with 30+ years of combined experience in circular tech and AI.

Our edge is first-hand: we’ve both built AI-powered technology for the circular economy and run large-scale circular programs.

10+
Years in CE
20+
Years in tech
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Prizes & awards

That experience is why we know where AI actually moves the numbers, and where it doesn’t.

  1. Built and shipped multiple AI-powered platforms for the circular economy.

  2. Won two prizes from the U.S. Department of Energy for our AI-powered reuse and resale platform.

  3. Won an Environmental Leadership Award for our global recycling platform, serving recycling businesses in over 150 countries on 5 continents.

  4. Built and operated an AI-powered circular logistics platform and received institutional investment from leading VC firms.

  5. Selected as a finalist of the Reduce Plastic Waste program run by the global Alliance to End Plastic Waste.

  6. Built and operated a circular economy incubator within a global recycling and reuse corporation, and launched a recycling program for hard-to-recycle waste streams.

How it works

From your goal to a working system, in three steps.

A clear scope, a clear quote, and a dedicated team on your project.

Network of AI agents orchestrating circular operations
01

You talk to Otto.

Describe the problem or your need. You get a first solution sketch in the conversation itself, and our team follows up with a more detailed solution within 2 business days.

02

We scope it together.

Our team gets back to you to discuss what we can build, automate, and scale to match your goals. We agree on the scope and the cost, a quote tailored to your project’s requirements.

03

We build and deliver.

We assign a team of AI engineers who take on the project and work with you to deliver what we agreed, built, deployed, and running.

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Beyond circular

Beyond Circular: Climate Tech

If your business is in renewables, sustainable transportation, or other climate tech space, the growth problem and the margin problem are the same, and so is our approach.

Contact us

Tell us about your business and what you need.

We’ll get back to you to talk through how we can help. Fill out the form and we’ll be in touch to discuss the details and set up a call.