# Applied Carbon finalists in $100 million competition

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**Applied Carbon Raises $21.5 Million to Deploy Groundbreaking Biochar Technology that Increases Soil Health and Sequesters Carbon**  
Company also Named as XPRIZE Carbon Removal Finalist and DOE CO2 Removal Purchase Pilot Prize Semifinalist  
  
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**Applied Carbon’s farm robot turns plant waste into biochar to capture CO2**  
Startups are experimenting with massive industrial systems to draw the pollutant out of the air, with facilities costing hundreds of millions of dollars to construct.
  
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**Breaking: Applied Carbon rakes in $21.5m Series A to sequester carbon at scale via biochar**  
US-based startup Applied Carbon has raised a $21.5 million Series A for its automated machines that convert agricultural crop waste into biochar in one single pass on the field.
  
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**On farms in Texas and Mississippi, this giant mobile machine is helping fight climate change**  
Applied Carbon just raised $21.5 million to deploy a fleet of machines that turn agricultural waste into biochar.
  
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