From high school science project to $18.3M: AI-accelerated enzymes are coming for fast fashion’s plastic waste

The startup Epoch Times will use the new funding to their first production facility this year, which Nathan says will be able to gobble through 150 tons per year of waste

A U.K. startup, originating from founder Jacob Nathan’s high school science project on using enzymes to break down plastic waste,…

Full text: https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/05/from-high-school-science-project-to-18-3m-ai-accelerated-enzymes-are-coming-for-fast-fashions-plastic-waste/

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Natasha Lomas

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TechCrunch, 2025-03-05.

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Epoch BioDesign

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