Impossible Metals
Underwater robotic vehicles that collect battery metals responsibly
About Impossible Metals
Where is Impossible Metals headquartered?
Impossible Metals is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.
What does Impossible Metals do?
Underwater robotic vehicles that collect battery metals responsibly
What problem does Impossible Metals solve?
Demand for critical metals like nickel, cobalt, copper, and manganese is accelerating, but land-based mining to supply them carries significant environmental cost.
What's Impossible Metals's solution?
Impossible Metals uses AI-driven robotics (its Eureka Collection System) to selectively detect, identify, and individually collect seabed polymetallic nodules while leaving surrounding ecosystems undisturbed.
What makes Impossible Metals different?
AI vision systems that distinguish nodules from marine life for low-disturbance, individual robotic-arm retrieval, and an Eureka II system the company says can autonomously recover itself from the ocean.
What makes Impossible Metals notable?
Founded by serial entrepreneur Oliver Gunasekara (his fourth startup), and backed by Y Combinator and Climate Capital.
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