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Co-founding Twelve in 2015 with a Stanford PhD and a CO2 electrolyzer that turns emissions into jet fuel and polymers, Cave has secured contracts with Alaska Airlines, the U.S. Air Force, and Microsoft — and raised over $200 million to make fossil feedstocks obsolete.
Etosha Cave is Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer of Twelve, a carbon transformation company converting CO2 into chemicals, fuels, and materials traditionally made from fossil fuels.
She co-founded Twelve in 2015 with Nicholas Flanders and Kendra Kuhl after earning her PhD at Stanford. Twelve has signed agreements with Alaska Airlines, Shopify, Microsoft, and the U.S. Air Force, and raised over $200 million.
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