1849 Bio
Americas
San Francisco
,
United States
Startup
FOUNDED
2024
HEADCOUNT
2-20
FUNDING
Seed
Keywords:
bacteria, biomining, metabolic_engineering, HTP_screening
BUSINESS
Engineers microbes for low-cost copper extraction from low-grade ores, serving the mining industry. Founded in 2024 in San Francisco, Y Combinator Summer 2024 batch. Develops engineered microbes for biomining, specifically optimizing bioleaching organisms to extract copper and gold from low-grade ores, waste stockpiles, and chalcopyrite deposits that conventional biomining cannot process.
BIOTECH INVOLVEMENT
Core; YC-backed startup (San Francisco, 2024) engineering bioleaching microbes for copper recovery from low-grade ores.
TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM
microbial engineering; high-throughput screening; bioengineering platform
PRIMARY PRODUCTS
custom-engineered microbes for copper extraction