Bay Area-based Air Protein makes “meat” from thin air using space-age science(MANA)

https://www.mercurynews.com/ ^ | February 22, 2021 | By EMILY HARWITZ

[RomanSoldier19]

Using space-age technology to make “meat” out of thin air is science, not fiction.

A new entrant to the edible protein scene, the Berkeley-based startup Air Protein makes a meat alternative using NASA-inspired fermentation technology to transform CO2 — what we exhale into the air — into a complete edible protein.

While other well-known meat alternative companies like Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat make plant-based protein from soy and peas, Air Protein is the first to make “air-based” protein by farming carbon from the air with microbes. The startup’s recent $32 million Series A funding round, closed in January and led by investors ADM Ventures, Barclays and GV (formerly Google Ventures), secures its spot in the rapidly expanding field of meatless meat in the new wave of alternative protein technology — fermentation.

[RomanSoldier19]

[Paul R.]

Meat from air. Sort of the opposite of...

Riker: “Uhhh… it’s still moving.”

Klingon: “Gagh is always best when served live.”