Cynthia Wu
@cynthiawu_
founder @gettaroAI 🌳 prev PM @ Google working on the energy grid, cool roofs, and privacy. 8 years zero-waste 🌎
At Taro AI, we monitor trees and infrastructure at scale for cities, campuses, and communities 🌳 democratizing access to foundational data. The @WEFUpLink Yes SF program has been one of the highlights on our journey so far! ✨ DM to work with us! taroai.com
Cynthia Wu's Taro AI is now one of 14 companies participating in Yes SF. “It makes me really happy to work on helping the climate where I grew up." sfexaminer.com/news/business/…
This is something where a next wave of major appliances could reset a huge chunk of plastic pollution concerns: - stoves that control temperature well so you don’t need PFAS-containing nonstick pans - laundry machines that filter their drain lines - new water processing devices
I predict that filtering out plastic particles from water will soon be big business. sciencealert.com/new-technique-…
I predict that filtering out plastic particles from water will soon be big business. sciencealert.com/new-technique-…
I’ve been working on a fun side project - check out the first startup dating show ever, filmed in SF, at @techdatingshow!!
Have you ever wondered why no dating show has been filmed in San Francisco? 💔 Welcome to the Love Island of the startup world: Romance Accelerator, where founders lock in to accelerate their love lives. 💪 Streaming soon. Filmed in San Francisco. #RomanceAccelerator
So Google Sheets now has a "=AI" formula?! You can process data that was impossible before in a spreadsheet. Gemini understands what's in the cells and returns a tailor-made answer according to your instructions. Examples and formulas below
Exciting PlasticList update: We were honored to work with @bobaguys to identify and eliminate the sources of BPA contamination, and their teas are now BPA-free! They have fully transitioned to BPA-free receipt paper, which PlasticList confirmed to be BPA-free through…
Advice for Food Companies Since we launched PlasticList, we’ve been heartened to have quite a few food companies reach out and ask for help interpreting their results and tracking down and eliminating their contamination. I’ve had calls with a bunch of these. I am happy to…
We did it! We tested 300 Bay Area foods for plastic chemicals. We found some interesting surprises. Top 5 findings in our test results: 1. Our tests found plastic chemicals in 86% of all foods, with phthalates in 73% of the tested products and bisphenols in 22%. It's…
I'm going to re-run all these tests on food we eat in California. Also going to test for other plastic chemicals. Let me know what foods we should test and suggestions for methodology.
Climate change doesn’t exist but I lived here all my life and got my first tornado and hurricane warnings 10 days apart
As you can see a fast-moving storm with #tornado potential has just passed over SAN FRANCISCO!
A team of UC Berkeley chemists have developed a yellow crystalline powder that can pull carbon dioxide from the air, a half-pound of which can absorb as much CO2 annually as a tree. “This is a game-changer,” said a UC Berkeley chemistry professor. trib.al/EgGkLHh
The Netherlands is one of the most sci-fi places on earth The Dutch deserve a new word: hydropunk Over centuries, they have created & maintained one of the most advanced water management systems on the planet
This is actually why we plant mangroves tress 🌳 🏡 🌊
Foundation Capital’s Cal Build program has been SO helpful as we build @getTaroAI - so happy to be in the first cohort! Do you know a great Cal grad founder in the B2B space? Apply below by 9/30! Go Bears 🐻 💙💛
Applications are now open for our 2nd cohort of @FoundationCap Cal Build! If you're a Cal grad who has started an Enterprise company in the last 6 months or is thinking of starting one, please apply! Applications due Sept 30. Learn more and apply here: foundationcapital.com/calbuild/
Thank you @taytabb these aerogel chunks are SO COOL!
Material Alert ‼️ I have an absurd amount of these huge chunks of aerogel aka “frozen smoke” aka “the world’s lightest solid” left over from a project. They’re too delicate to ship, but too special to toss 🥲 If you’re in SF and want a piece hmu!! 🤓
Canva is a $26B company because after 20 years, Microsoft Word and Google Docs still do not have templates to make your documents look good
We are so excited to win OHUBxNETI’s Demo Day, expand Taro AI to Southern Louisiana, and put our $50k equity investment to work! Thank you!
Congratulations to Cynthia Wu (Taro AI) and @okglobal (QMS2GO) for finishing as the Top 2 founders at OHUBxNETI's Batch 2.0 Demo Day. @getTaroAI landed $50K, QMS2GO received $25K. Well-deserved!
even basic time zone conversions are now broken in google search
Come hiking Saturday and touch grass with us! 🥾🌳
Totally last minute, but if you are in the SF Bay Area this Saturday and you are a climate tech founder or funder, you are welcome to join us for a nature hike! My friend @cynthiawu_ & yours truly are co-hosting. Thank you, Cynthia! 💚 RSVP here: lu.ma/climate-nature…
BPAs and microplastics should be listed on every food item along with nutrition facts
Horrible, depressing chart of phthalate content in common foods. consumerreports.org/health/food-co…
