
WE'RE REINVENTING HOW THE WORLD'S MATERIALS ARE MADE.
Brimstone is building the fourth great refinery. Our process uses the same proven co-production strategy that has already reshaped the world’s largest industries.
Brimstone was founded in 2019 to solve a hard problem: how to make the materials the world relies on—cement, steel, aluminum, and other critical minerals—more efficiently, sustainably, and at lower cost.
For decades, these materials have been produced separately, each requiring its own feedstock, factory, and process. But Brimstone developed a breakthrough solution: co-production. This proven industrial strategy uses a single feedstock and shared equipment to manufacture multiple products at once. It lowers costs per product, eliminates waste, and multiplies revenue.
Co-production has already turned oil refining into the largest industrial process on Earth. It transformed fertilizer. It's now standard across metals production. Cement, steel, and aluminum are among the last major industries yet to benefit—until now.
The Brimstone Rock Refinery® is a patented co-production process that refines a single, globally abundant rock into cement, supplementary cementitious materials (SCM), alumina, steel, aluminum, magnesium, titanium, and more. For the first time ever, these essential materials can be produced together, through a single integrated process—transforming global supply chains and unlocking a new era of material abundance.
Brimstone recently completed successful pilot work in Oakland, CA, and is now advancing toward our manufacturing facility in Reno, Nevada.
OUR ADVISORS
Our board members and advisors bring expertise in scaling early-stage ventures in the climate, materials and deep tech sectors.
OUR TEAM

"Heavy industry hasn't changed for over a century. At Brimstone, we're scaling our process to deliver the low-cost, low-emission industrial materials of the future."
Cody Finke, CEO

Cooper Rinzler
board director

Matt Compton
Board DIRECTOR

Rachel Slaybaugh
board observer

Sophie Bakalar
board observer

Brett Olsher
Senior Advisor
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Kevin Kramer
Senior Advisor

Hugo Leandri
Senior Advisor

Lottie Rezneck
Senior Advisor

Cody Finke
CEO

John Uhrie
VP OF ENGINEERING

Marcelo De Oliveira
VP of Material Science & Geology

Simon Brandler
VP OF POLICY

Adam DiNardo
HEAD OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Delcio Duarte
geologist

Mateus Silva
geologist

Douglas Briske
geologist

Jo Keller
SCIENTIST

Vladimir Kozlow
SENIOR PROCESS ENGINEER
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Eric Manley
SENIOR R&D MANAGER

Dillon Holder
data scientist

Erwin Kuhn
software engineer
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Will Nguyen
Senior concrete engineering Manager

David Naisuler
senior industrial designer
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Grace Hruska
scientist

Eric Liu
chemical process engineer

Jennifer Bass
Scientist

Audrey Florman
scientist

Josh Allen
principal chemical engineer

Liza Darwin
Head of MARKETING & communications

Gabe Gonzalez
business development associate

Nick Calarco
scientist

Claire Carlin
scientist

Tas Moanna
comminution technician

Rosie Chae
concrete engineer

Richard Chan
Accounting manager

Seung-Hee Kang
senior SCIENTIST

Dave Grills
Director of Engineering
Project Management

Brandon Taitt
senior process R&D chemist
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Lena Trotochaud
Materials Science Manager

Julio Quintanilla
Analytical scientist

Kurtis Runyon
Senior technical recruiter
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Jill Benoit
Director of policy
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Emi Jerome
Analytical Technician
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Eros Paniagua
Facilities Technician

Ian McColl
Director of Capital Markets
PROUDLY BACKED BY LEADERS IN HEAVY INDUSTRY


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.


"Industrial innovation historically follows a pattern: first develop the process, then optimize for cost through co-production as the market grows. This efficiency-driven, lower-cost approach has transformed the production of nearly all commodities, from copper to ammonia fertilizer to gasoline. Cement has been one of very few exceptions—until now. Brimstone is changing that."
— Cody Finke, CEO
WE'RE REINVENTING HOW THE WORLD'S MATERIALS ARE MADE.
Cement. Aluminum. Steel. The industries that built civilization haven't innovated in decades. Brimstone is changing that—and creating the next generation of heavy industry.
Brimstone was founded in 2019 to solve a hard problem: how to make the materials the world relies on—cement, steel, aluminum, and other critical minerals—more efficiently, sustainably, and at lower cost.
For decades, these materials have been produced separately, each requiring its own feedstock, factory, and process. But Brimstone developed a breakthrough solution: co-production. This proven industrial strategy uses a single feedstock and shared equipment to manufacture multiple products at once. It lowers costs per product, eliminates waste, and multiplies revenue.
Co-production has already turned oil refining into the largest industrial process on Earth. It transformed fertilizer. It's now standard across metals production. Cement, steel, and aluminum are among the last major industries yet to benefit—until now.
The Brimstone Rock Refinery® is a patented co-production process that refines a single, globally abundant rock into cement, supplementary cementitious materials (SCM), alumina, steel, aluminum, magnesium, titanium, and more. For the first time ever, these essential materials can be produced together, through a single integrated process—transforming global supply chains and unlocking a new era of material abundance.
Brimstone recently completed successful pilot work in Oakland, CA, and is now advancing toward our manufacturing facility in Reno, Nevada.

Cooper Rinzler
Board Director

Rachel Slaybaugh
Board Observer

Matt Compton
Board Observer

Brett Olscher
Senior Advisor
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Kevin Kramer
Senior Advisor

Lottie Rezneck
Senior Advisor

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transforming heavy industry. improving efficiency, economics, and sustainability.
BRIMSTONE IS WORKING on the most impactful solutions for the industrial sector, starting with CEMENT.
Our founders, Cody Finke and Hugo Leandri, met at Caltech, where they began working on solutions to some of the most overlooked industrial and 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, and heavy industry as a whole, they would need to produce the exact same materials that industry currently relies on in a new way. Their process would need to be extremely low carbon and cost-competitive at scale.
The Brimstone team developed the Brimstone Rock Refinery, which refines a single rock into multiple industrial products, including cement, supplementary cementitious materials (SCM), and, as we recently announced, alumina. These materials are designed to have the same quality and performance that builders and industrial customers expect, but through an efficient, economical, and sustainable process.
Now, we're focused on scaling our solution—and transforming heavy industry for a better future.
