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Carbon Capture & Commercialization: Urgent Solution for Greenhouse Emissions, Not 2030 Promises

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As shifting policies under the new White House administration are expected to create uncertainty around circular economy initiatives, Carbon Capture and Commercialization (CC&C) drives tangible, deployable sustainability with its innovative Direct Air Carbon Capture (DACC) technology, which captures CO₂ for under $100 per ton.

TAMPA, Fla., Jan. 6, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — As part of its net-zero ambitions by 2045, the U.S. Government recently allocated $250 million to advance carbon capture technology. (1) However, with Donald Trump returning to the White House, many expect policy adjustments, potentially emphasizing private-sector-driven solutions and reassessing spending priorities. Amid this evolving landscape, Carbon Capture and Commercialization (CC&C) is leading the charge, delivering innovative and tailored solutions for sustainability. “To achieve meaningful reductions in greenhouse gas emissions without depending on government incentives, we need technologies that are robust, economically viable, and scalable on their own today,” states Sam Adams, CEO of Technology at CC&C.

“Promises of future solutions won’t solve today’s crisis. Our Direct Air Carbon Capture (DACC) is proven technology delivering results now,” – Samir Adams, CEO of Technology at CC&C.

Reductions in Sustainability Budgets
The Project 2025 Mandate for Leadership, a policy blueprint crafted by the Heritage Foundation and anticipated to guide Trump’s administration, could lead to rollbacks of initiatives supporting carbon capture. A key proposal within the document is the elimination of the Department of Energy’s Office for Clean Energy Demonstrations, which funds several carbon capture projects. (2) Simultaneously, as major European economies like Germany and the UK face GDP contractions, sustainability initiatives in this region may also lose momentum. (3-4)

While subsidies and public policies have been instrumental in advancing net-zero goals, they were never intended as permanent solutions for a circular economy to be viable.

“Promises of future solutions won’t solve today’s crisis. Our Direct Air Carbon Capture (DACC) is proven technology delivering results now,” says Samir Adams. “With its sub-$100 per ton cost and scalable design, DACC efficiently captures CO₂ and turns it into a valuable resource. The technology is ready and deployable today—not in 2030.”

From Promises to Progress: The Urgent Need for Action Beyond Subsidies
Government subsidies for emerging technologies are essential for driving innovation, but they alone cannot solve today’s pressing climate challenges. These funds are often tied to objectives set years into the future, while the need for action is immediate.

“Direct Air Capture (DAC) has been around for over a decade, yet most headlines still focus on research breakthroughs or lab-bound innovations,” says Adams. “This is why investors and industry professionals remain skeptical of DAC. The good news is that when we show them what we’re doing, we turn them into believers.”

Google’s Carbon Removal Deal and the Limitations of Long-Term Strategies
Google recently announced a deal with Holocene to purchase 100,000 tons of carbon removal credits by 2030. (5) While this reflects the tech giant’s commitment to sustainability, it also highlights key execution risks.

The primary concern lies in the long-term nature of the solution. Although Google’s investment supports DAC development, it delays tangible progress toward net-zero goals. By committing to a technology that won’t yield results until 2030, the agreement does little to address current emissions. This extended timeline underscores a disconnect between the urgency of emissions reductions and the pace of DAC scalability, raising questions about whether such investments align with effective strategies.

“The industry continues to focus on massive, expensive projects. While there’s some movement toward smaller, industrial-scale solutions, the emphasis largely remains on big, costly undertakings,” notes Adams.

Toward a Cost-Effective Carbon Capture Solution
CC&C doesn’t rely on promises for future breakthroughs but provides real, deployable technology today. Our Direct Air Carbon Capture (DACC) adsorber captures carbon under $100 per ton, drastically reducing the financial barrier to large-scale carbon removal.

Unlike traditional methods, which are complex, expensive, and energy-intensive, CC&C’s system uses minimal power and functionalized graphene adsorbers to capture CO₂ more efficiently and at a lower cost.

Advantages of CC&C’s DACC Technology:

Affordability: At under $100 per ton, it’s one of the most cost-effective carbon capture solutions available today.Scalability: Designed to be mass-produced for deployment across industries of all sizes.Immediate Impact: Provides an actionable solution for businesses today.

“Our cost-effective, scalable solution not only addresses today’s emissions challenge but also opens the door to widespread adoption across industries, enabling businesses to take immediate action toward net zero,” concludes Adams.

About Carbon Capture & Commercialization:
The world is involved in solving the invisible problem of carbon dioxide emissions which are responsible for climate disruption, ocean acidification and public health issues from air quality across the globe. By reducing, reusing and recycling CO2, Carbon Capture and Commercialization is creating a sustainable and scalable solution for urban environments. Founded in 2019, Sam Adams and Fernando Sanchez combined their technology expertise in the Direct Air Carbon Capture industry to provide transparency and innovation that are turning a major global environmental problem into a commercial opportunity for urban environments. The company, based in Tampa, FL utilizes their patent pending approach to combine cutting-edge materials science with practical engineering solutions. For more information visit https://ccandc.ai/

References
1. U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). “Biden-Harris Administration Announces $150 Million to Advance Net-Zero Projects at Federal Facilities, Saving Taxpayers Money.” Energy.gov, 2024, energy.gov/articles/biden-harris-administration-announces-150-million-advance-net-zero-projects-federal.
2. Reynolds, Matt. “Project 2025 Would Drastically Cut Support for Carbon Removal.” WIRED, 18 Sept. 2024, http://www.wired.com/story/project-2025-carbon-capture-subsidies-dac-direct-air-2024-election-trump/. Accessed 19 Dec. 2024.
3. European Commission. “Economic Forecast for Germany.” Economy-Finance.ec.europa.eu, European Commission, 15 May 2024, economy-finance.ec.europa.eu/economic-surveillance-eu-economies/germany/economic-forecast-germany_en.
4. Guardian staff reporter. “UK’s Economy Shrinks Unexpectedly by 0.1% in October.” The Guardian, The Guardian, 13 Dec. 2024, theguardian.com/business/2024/dec/13/uk-economy-october-gdp.
5. Segal, Mark. “Google Signs 100,000 Ton Carbon Removal Deal with DAC Technology Startup Holocene.” ESG Today, 10 Sept. 2024, esgtoday.com/google-signs-100000-ton-carbon-removal-deal-with-dac-technology-startup-holocene/.

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commercetools Named a Leader in 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Digital Commerce as AI Reshapes the Market

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commercetools is a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Digital Commerce for the seventh consecutive year.commercetools has been driving AI innovation on how enterprises build, operate and sell, including capabilities like Sphere, Commerce MCP and commercetools for Builders.commercetools is helping global enterprises modernize complex commerce operations and prepare for a future where both people and AI agents discover, shop and transact.

BOSTON, Oct. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — commercetools, the digital commerce AI company, today announced it has been positioned as a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Digital Commerce. This marks the seventh consecutive year commercetools has been recognized as a Leader in the report.

As AI reshapes commerce, commercetools is expanding how it supports the enterprises who build and operate commerce experiences, and the shoppers who use them. Global enterprises including JD Sports, Nederlandse Spoorwegen, Chemist Warehouse and Mirion Technologies are using commercetools to modernize complex digital commerce, accelerate growth and adopt new AI-powered ways of operating and selling.

“Commerce is moving from systems that simply respond to human instructions toward systems that can increasingly understand, decide and act,” said Doug McNary, Chief Executive Officer at commercetools. “We’re proud to be named a Leader for the seventh consecutive year. Enterprises shouldn’t have to choose between the flexibility they need today and the autonomy they’ll need tomorrow. Our focus is giving them the technology to support both.”

Over the past year, commercetools has introduced new products and capabilities designed to bring AI across the commerce lifecycle:

Sphere: Brings together commercetools’ AI-native infrastructure and agent governance through Commerce MCP into a unified platform for enterprises to build, operate and sell with AI.commercetools for Builders: Helps anyone build, extend and evolve enterprise commerce faster with AI.AgentSphere: Lets enterprises build and manage AI agents to run commerce operations and agentic shopping, with appropriate guardrails to do so safely and at scale.Modular commerce offerings: Gives enterprises the flexibility to start with the capabilities they need and expand over time, accelerating time to value without requiring a full commerce transformation upfront.Commerce Integration Layer: Centralizes integration logic behind customer-facing experiences. Storefronts, mobile apps and AI agents connect through a unified layer hosted and maintained by commercetools.Smart Data Modeler: Uses AI to accelerate product data modeling, helping teams build the right foundation faster and reduce time-to-launch.

commercetools’ customers include large enterprises across retail, manufacturing, life sciences, healthcare and telecommunications in markets around the world.

To learn more about commercetools’ position as a Leader, download your complimentary copy of the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant report today.

About the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Digital Commerce

Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Digital Commerce Platforms, Aditya Vasudevan, Penny Gillespie, Sandy Shen, Jason Daigler, Mike Lowndes, 19 October 2026

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About commercetools

commercetools, the global digital commerce AI company, helps enterprises transform commerce for the AI era. Built API-native from the start and AI-first by design, our technology enables agentic shopping experiences, automates commerce operations and gives businesses the agility to modernize faster, innovate continuously and operate more intelligently.

More than 500 global brands, retailers and enterprise companies rely on commercetools to power their digital commerce. Together, they process more than $100 billion in annualized GMV, over 700 million orders and more than one billion customer records on our platform.

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Phylo’s Biomni Lab to expand the use of AI agents in scientific research at Bayer

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SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Oct. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Phylo, Inc. announced today a partnership with Bayer to deploy Biomni Lab, Phylo’s agentic AI platform to accelerate scientific research and evaluation. 

Under the agreement, Phylo will provide Bayer with full access to its agentic platform that helps Bayer scientists bring together scientific literature, biomedical data, and analytical methods in one environment, reducing the manual effort required to assemble and assess evidence. The platform’s inspectable workflows preserve the context behind each result, allowing researchers to review the underlying sources, methods, and execution and apply their own scientific judgment. Bayer scientists will gain access to Biomni Lab for workflows focused on assembling literature and omics evidence for drug discovery.

“This partnership reflects our belief that AI should expand scientific curiosity, not just speed up routine work. Giving our scientists an AI partner that brings rigor to every step lets them explore more ideas, ask bolder questions, and find the insights that move drug discovery forward, ultimately accelerating the pace at which we can bring new medicines to patients,” said Sai Jasti, Senior Vice President, Head of Data Science & Artificial Intelligence, Bayer Pharmaceuticals R&D.

“For agentic AI to matter in research, it has to earn the trust of the scientists doing the work. Bayer’s selection of Biomni Lab is a strong endorsement of the scientific rigor and AI capabilities we’ve built into the platform,” said Kexin Huang, Ph.D., Co-Founder and CEO of Phylo. “Our vision is an AI-native operating system for biopharma, where every scientist can direct a team of AI agents to pursue complex research questions. With Bayer, we aim to show what becomes possible when AI capabilities meet deep scientific expertise: more hypotheses explored, more discoveries made, and new possibilities for medicine.”

About Phylo

Phylo’s mission is to bring the best agentic intelligence to every biomedical scientist. Its enterprise-grade AI platform, Biomni Lab, is the first Integrated Biology Environment—a unified workspace where scientists collaborate with AI agents across literature research, experimental design, biological data analysis, and scientific decision-making.

Biomni Lab is now used by leading global biopharma, including Bayer, Chugai Pharmaceutical and Ono Pharmaceutical. Phylo is based in South San Francisco, backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Menlo Ventures.

For more information, visit phylo.bio. To learn more about Biomni Lab, visit biomni.phylo.bio.

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Sandler Partners Welcomes Bryan Rias as Director, Sales Engineer, West Region

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New Hire Announcement | Independent Technology Distributor Sandler Partners grows its Sales Engineering team, adding Bryan Rias as Director, Sales Engineer, West Region.

REDONDO BEACH, Calif., Oct. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Sandler Partners, the leading independent Technology Solutions Distributor, announces the addition of Bryan Rias as Director, Sales Engineer, West Region, further strengthening its dedicated sales engineering team and the technical support available to Partners in the West Region.

Bryan brings more than two decades of experience designing and delivering complex technology solutions, including enterprise and Cloud architecture roles at Lumen/Savvis and IBM focused on infrastructure modernization and customer success. His expertise spans automation, edge computing, disaster recovery, application performance monitoring (APM), and DevSecOps. In his role, Bryan will support Partners across the West Region, aligning early with them on strategy and leading thoughtful discovery to help them find the right fit for each client.

For Bryan, strong relationships and solid values guide his life and form the foundation of his professional success, a perspective that fits naturally within the Sandler Partners community. When he is not working, Bryan spends time with his family, including his wife, three sons, and a grandson, RVing, boating, and biking, along with pursuing his passion for freediving.

“Bryan brings the kind of hands-on experience our Partners value: he’s been in the room on complex deals and knows how to turn a customer’s needs into the right solution,” says Justin Marano, Chief Revenue Officer, Sandler Partners. “He came to Sandler for the freedom to work across best-of-breed Providers, and our Partners in the West will feel that right away. He’s collaborative, grounded, and focused on helping Partners win. I’m excited to have him on the team.”

“I’m excited to get to work alongside our Partners, helping them navigate complex opportunities and bring clarity to technical decisions,” says Bryan. “For me, it all comes back to relationships. When you build them on trust and shared values, the results follow for our Partners and their clients. That’s something that the Sandler community really embodies, and I look forward to getting to work with our Partners!”

About Sandler Partners
Sandler Partners helps empower its network of leading independent Sales Partners to deliver a comprehensive range of technology solutions to organizations worldwide, including Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Connectivity, Cloud, Colocation, Mobility, Internet of Things (IoT), and Continuity. Its community-focused approach enables Partners to identify the right solutions for customers quickly and objectively from a diverse portfolio of 220+ Providers. Partner sales agents, VARs, and MSPs gain access to an innovative suite of sales tools within the Sandler Portal—including SCOUT, Solutions Finder, Scout for Solutions, and the Marketing Center—several of which are AI-powered, all backed by a robust support network, dedicated Sales Engineering expertise, and rich marketing resources. Together, these tools and resources empower Partners to focus on what they do best: delivering quality, value, performance, innovative solutions, unmatched expertise, and exceptional service to their clients. Members of the Sandler Partners community also benefit from the industry’s strongest negotiated agreements and a dedicated team committed to ensuring commissions are accurately identified, tracked, and paid. For more information, visit www.sandlerpartners.com.

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