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we're starting with cement.

Brimstone is working on the most impactful climate solutions for the industrial sector. 

Brimstone employee making ordinary portland cement

Our mission

decarbonize cement and accelerate the clean industrial revolution

Brimstone was born from a mission to decarbonize one of the most produced materials on the planet: cement.

Our founders, Cody Finke and Hugo Leandri, met at Caltech, where they began working on solutions to some of the world’s most overlooked environmental problems. The cement industry has long been considered one of the most challenging to decarbonize, with most emissions coming from its main ingredient, limestone. ​

Cody and Hugo believed that to decarbonize cement, their product would need to be chemically and physically identical to the ordinary portland cement that builders everywhere know and trust. The process would need to be extremely low-carbon and cost-competitive at scale. ​The Brimstone team developed a breakthrough decarbonized process that produces the same cement and supplementary cementitious materials used today. These materials have the same quality and performance builders have used for decades, but with a key difference: our process doesn’t contribute to climate change.

Now, we're focused on scaling our solution—and transforming cement from climate problem to climate hero.

Cody Finke, PhD 

CEO and Co-Founder

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Hugo Leandri

CSO and Co-Founder

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Lottie Rezneck

COO and acting CFO

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Leadership

scientists. innovators. operators. here to solve the hardest problems—and build a better climate future.

Marcelo De Oliveira 

VP of Material Science 

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Simon Brandler

VP of Policy & Public Affairs

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Liza Darwin

Head of Communications

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Board and advisors

Cooper Rinzler

Board Director

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Rachel Slaybaugh

Board Observer

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Matt Compton

Board Observer

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Brett Olsher

Senior Advisor

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Kevin Kramer

Senior Advisor

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our board members and advisors bring expertise in scaling early-stage ventures in the climate, materials and deep tech sectors.

proudly backed by leaders in climate tech

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Team members in Brimstone's lab

Careers

We're engineering a first-of-a-kind solution for one of the biggest climate problems, and we’re hiring an all-star team to join us.

If you’re ready to make a gigaton impact, explore our open roles.

Team members in Brimstone's lab

Careers

We're engineering a first-of-a-kind solution for one of the biggest climate problems, and we’re hiring an all-star team to join us.

If you’re ready to make a gigaton impact, explore our open roles.

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