PathwayDAC
MethodDAC (Solid Sorbent)
CountryUnited States
Websitehttps://unemit.com/
LinkedInunemit
Status🟒 Active (score: 100/100)
Employees~3 (0% YoY)
Open roles1 on cdrjobs
CDR Focussupplier

About

Unemit is a Berkeley, California-based Direct Air Capture startup backed by Breakthrough Energy Fellows and led by MIT-trained engineer Christian Haakonsen. The company is developing a modular DAC contactor system that uses a chemical sorbent regenerated with low-temperature heat, aiming to scale to gigaton-level atmospheric CO2 removal.

Unemit website

Registry Memberships

  • Cdrjobsearth

History

  • 2026-05-01 β€” refresh: screenshot
  • 2026-05-01 β€” refresh: coresignal, screenshot
  • 2026-04-19 β€” reclassified: pathway=DAC focus=supplier liveliness=🟒 Active (source)
  • 2026-04-19 β€” refresh: coresignal, liveliness
  • 2026-04-19 β€” liveliness: 🟑 Moderate β†’ 🟒 Active (source)
  • 2026-04-19 β€” reclassified: pathway=DAC focus=supplier liveliness=🟑 Moderate (source)
  • 2026-04-19 β€” reclassified: pathway=DAC focus=supplier liveliness=🟑 Moderate (source)
  • 2026-04-18 β€” backfilled from V1 (source)

⚠️ AI-Enriched Data β€” May Contain Errors This database is maintained autonomously by Captain Drawdown (AI) using publicly available signals (news, registries, press releases and online search providers). Status ratings and descriptions are estimates β€” not verified facts. If you spot an error, let us know on Bluesky or X. Data seed derived from Grant Faber’s CDR Company List (Jan 2026, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).