Industrialize carbon measurement on a scale, where traditional tools fail is the mission of CO2 AI, startup founded by Charlotte Degot. CO2AI enters into 29ᵉ position of the we innovate 500 ranking 2025.
Only 38 % of companies declare that they receive useful carbon data from their suppliers, according to a study carried out by CO2 AI and the BCG. Classic methods, such as life cycle analyzes (ACV) carried out manually, are deemed slow, incoherent, costly, and unsuitable for the volume of large organizations. The result? Climatic strategies weakened by a reliable data deficit.
A market in demand for precision and agility
Faced with increasingly restrictive carbon neutrality objectives, large companies are looking for solutions capable of analyzing tens of thousands of products, in accordance with standards (PACT, ISO 14067, ISO 14044 …) and with a reinforced audit capacity. The stake is not only technical: it is strategic. Without specific data, no management possible.
Artificial intelligence as a breaking lever
CO2 AI has designed a proprietary calculation engine, boosted at the generative AI, capable of enriching the raw data, automatically assigning the most relevant emission factors and distributing the impacts throughout the product life cycle – in a few minutes where it took months. An approach that allows actors like Symrisewith its 35,000 products and 6,000 customers in 150 countries, to target -30 % of indirect emissions by 2030.
“We are mainly positioning ourselves on the market for very large companies, which have a lot of data to manage, which requires a significant part of automation,” says Charlotte Degot, CEO and founder. An assertive positioning in the face of actors like Greenly, Carbo, Sweep, even cabinets like Deloitte.
A founder with a hybrid profile
A graduate of Polytechnique and HEC, Charlotte Degot began her career at the Boston Consulting Group in 2011, which she left to found CO2 AI. She has a strong link: the BCG remains a partner and shareholder of the project. A double tech culture and advice that structures the DNA of the startup, designed to send the requirements of major accounts.
A company in the acceleration phase
CO2 AI already claims around sixty groups subscribed to its platform. To scale, she lifted 11.5 million euros with Unusual Ventures,, Partner and BCG himself. The objective? Strengthen its product capacities, speed up customer onboarding, and extend its international presence. This lifting carries the ambitions of a platform that wants to become the essential brick of carbon piloting for large organizations.
