Yama Carbon

Yama Carbon is a French deep-tech company engineering the world's first low-concentration carbon capture platform designed to scale to gigaton levels. The company has developed a proprietary electrochemical direct air capture (DAC) architecture that combines advanced membranes with a non-toxic, fast-kinetics liquid sorbent to absorb CO₂ from air and diluted flue-gas streams, then desorb it via an efficient pH and temperature swing process. Yama's technology delivers up to 50% lower costs than conventional DAC methods and enables flexible, modular operation, targeting a cost below $100 per tonne of CO₂ at mega scale. Founded in 2023, Yama deployed the first DAC pilot in France in October 2025, achieving 22 tonnes per year of carbon capture capacity with 1,250 kWh/t total energy consumption. The company's roadmap progresses from its current 20 tCO₂/year pilot to a 300–600 tCO₂/year demonstration plant by 2027, and a first-of-a-kind 50,000+ tCO₂/year commercial plant by 2029–2030. Yama's primary markets include decarbonized gas power, net-zero data centers, and AI infrastructure — enabling clean energy solutions for behind-the-meter gas turbines. The company was awarded a prestigious Grand Prize at the Temasek Liveability Challenge in June 2026 and is backed by Third Derivative and Remove accelerators.