Duranium YC 지원서

Summer 2025Active

Duranium은(는) Summer 2025 배치에서 Industrials 회사로 Y Combinator를 거쳤습니다. 아래에는 회사의 사업 내용, 창립자, 그리고 실제 YC 양식에 맞춰 재구성한 YC 지원서가 있습니다.

YC 배치: Summer 2025
산업: IndustrialsManufacturing and Robotics
팀 규모: 10
상태: Active
출시됨: 2025

창업자

Brenden Prins-McKinneyFounder/CEO
Berkley NobleFounder/CTO

Duranium의 사업 내용

China and Russia control the world’s critical minerals. We can produce Titanium, Magnesium, Aluminum, Zirconium & Hafnium in the U.S. more profitably than any existing process, and carbon neutrally via co-production. Carbochlorination is the primary process for producing critical metals like titanium, hafnium, and zirconium, and was once the standard for magnesium. The problem: conventional carbochlorination relies on purchasing carbon feedstocks, wastes valuable byproducts, and is highly CO₂-intensive. Duranium changes this with a novel reactor that recycles CO₂ emissions back into feedstock (CO) while generating a valuable co-product (bleaching agents). This closed loop slashes emissions and delivers Chinese-level metal pricing without subsidies - unlocking the full potential of carbochlorination for U.S. critical mineral production.

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Y Combinator 지원

Duranium, Summer 2025 기수. 공개 데이터를 기반으로 작성된 실제 지원 질문.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Duranium

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Reshoring critical metal production

What is your company going to make? Please describe your product and what it does or will do.

We built a novel carbochlorination reactor that produces titanium, magnesium, aluminum, zirconium, and hafnium. Our process recycles CO₂ emissions back into feedstock and generates valuable co-products, enabling U.S.-based critical metals production at prices competitive with Chinese suppliers but without subsidies and carbon emissions.

Where do you live now, and where would the company be based after YC?

We live in San Francisco, CA, and the company is based here as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where we built the core technology and assembled our team. It's a hub for deep tech and climate startups, and we have easy access to investors and talent.

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Duranium의 실제 YC 지원서인가요?

아닙니다. Y Combinator는 제출된 지원서를 비공개로 유지합니다. 이것은 재구성된 것입니다. 실제 YC 양식 질문에 Duranium의 공개 데이터(출시 노트, 창업자 배경, 제품 설명)를 기반으로 답변했습니다. Duranium과 같은 회사가 YC에 어떻게 자신을 소개하는지 보여주며, 그들이 제출한 텍스트는 아닙니다.