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Advanced and scalable CO₂ capture for industrial decarbonization

Dair's innovative Direct Air Capture process is more performant, more scalable, and cheaper than existing technologies

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Direct Air Capture (DAC) has the highest carbon removal potential

But the DAC industry has a delivery problem due to unscalable process design

That's the problem Dair is built to fix.

Dair’s process built different from the inside out

Process Innovation

Concentration Swing Adsorption (CSA) works with multiple commercial off-the-shelf sorbents. No proprietary material dependency, no supply chain lock-in.

Energy Efficient

~3x lower energy than conventional DAC systems. CSA operates at low temperature using available industrial waste heat.

Low CapEx

Eliminating the vacuum pump and high-heat equipment removes the most capital-intensive components in conventional DAC.

Modular Units

Factory-manufactured units designed for replication. Deploy one or deploy a thousand, no bespoke engineering per site.

Scalable

Modular “scale-out” approach reduces scale-up risk. Replicating proven units enables faster, more reliable commercial deployment.

Water Positive

Dair’s CSA process captures water from air as a secondary output alongside CO₂, every unit produces water while removing carbon.

A cleaner and cheaper path to CO₂

Our Concentration Swing Adsorption (CSA) system uses mild/waste heat and near-ambient pressure, producing CO₂ at up to 3-5x lower energy

CSA outperforms every TVSA system

Temperature Vacuum Swing Adsorption (TVSA) powers today’s DAC. CSA delivers lower cost, faster scale, and simpler systems.

3-5x

lower cost per ton

30-45° C

less temperature required

3-5x

faster scale up through modular units

Zero

dependency on new material development

Modular by design. Scalable by default.

Meets the gigaton climate model.

Cheaper on-site carbon-based feedstock for multiple industries.

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Data Centers

Use wasted heat from cooling systems to power on-site CO₂ capture, with water recovery built in.

E-Fuel & E-Chemical producers

Providing pure CO₂ — the cheapest feedstock, produced directly at your facility.

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Industrial sites with waste heat

Turn vented waste heat into on-site CO₂ capture, no new energy infrastructure required.

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Concrete & mineralization

Replace trucked fossil CO₂ with an on-site unit that delivers consistent supply at stable pricing.

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Greenhouses & vertical farms

Generate CO₂ from air, with steady output matched to your growing cycle.

Wastewater & Treatment Plants

Capture value from biogenic carbon streams while improving resource efficiency with integrated water recovery.

Steel Production Sites

Leverage waste heat and industrial infrastructure to deliver scalable, lower-cost carbon capture on-site.

Deep technical expertise, backed by decades of commercial experience

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20+ years as a global operator and financial executive.

Previously at Carbon Direct, Ahana Renewables, Goldman Sachs and holds an MBA from MIT Sloan.

Jason Tai

Co-Founder & Chief Commercial Officer

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Expert in scaling advanced materials and industrial process technologies.

Previously Co-Founder and CTO of NUMiX Materials and President & CTO of Metcovery.

Ian Wiese

Chief Technology Officer

10+ years in carbon capture.

Led >$1M clean tech projects at Los Alamos National Lab as a staff scientist. 4+ IPs filed, 30+ publications, 2,250+ citations. PhD in chemical engineering. UC/LANL entrepreneur fellow.

Harshul Thakkar

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

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Leading expert in carbon capture and removal technologies.

Over a decade advancing DAC research, techno-economic analysis, and commercialization pathways.

Joshuah Stolaroff

Advisor & CEO, Mote

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25+ years in industrial gases, chemicals, and energy.

Previously Senior Vice President at Linde plc, overseeing corporate strategy and large-scale industrial partnerships totaling billions in infrastructure investment.

Ram Ramprasad

Advisor & CCO, Twelve

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25+ years bridging deep tech from lab to commercial scale.

Previously at ExxonMobil, ARPA-E, Syzygy Plasmonics and Breakthrough Energy Fellows.

Madhav Acharya

Advisor & Mark1

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