DC-raised founder & CEO Sam Wenger is a longtime climate activist and policy enthusiast. A Cornell and Northwestern alum, he spun Dac Labs out of his PhD at the University of Sydney, where he met his co-founders and secured pre-seed backing.

Australia's leading DAC expert Deanna D'Alessandro has advised Wenger since his PhD. With an h-index of 52, multiple patents, and key climate board positions, her government and industry connections are crucial for Dac Labs' global scaling.

Microwave reactors, raw material efficiency, automation, and modular design beat competitors' resource-intensive sorbent/solvent methods. Dac Labs’ compact units transform stranded land and waste heat into scalable carbon-negative infrastructure.

DAC market is projected to reach $1.7B by 2030, yet only 27 plants were commissioned globally as of 2023. Their phased roadmap starts with a 10t demo in 2025, scaling to kilotonne pilots and eventually modular “megaforests”.