About Us
Reefgen is pioneering the use of a “Robotics-as-a-Service” (RaaS) platform. We enable restoration practitioners, coastal communities, and stakeholders to access scalable technology for cost-effective restoration and capacity building.
Reefgen is pioneering the use of a “Robotics-as-a-Service” (RaaS) platform. We enable restoration practitioners, coastal communities, and stakeholders to access scalable technology for cost-effective restoration and capacity building.
Healthy coastal ecosystems are capable of supporting a vast range of natural and built environments. Active restoration of these ecosystems is paramount to supporting life on a global scale.
Seagrasses capture carbon from the atmosphere at a rate 35 times faster than tropical rainforests, storing about 80,000 metric tons of carbon per square kilometer.
Seagrasses and corals reduce wave and current impacts on shorelines. Seagrass beds can reduce cliff erosion by up to seventy percent, preserving coastal infrastructure.
Critical species utilize seagrass beds as nursery, and migrate to reefs as they grow older. Seagrass supports one-fifth of the world's fisheries, a $400 Billion USD Economy.
Seagrass and corals are culturally significant to indigenous communities, being incorporated into foods, medicines, and ceremonies.
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Reefgen provides scalable restoration solutions for stakeholders and practitioners involved in the statutory mitigation and regenerative investments.
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Together, stakeholder champions and Reefgen evaluate conservation enhancement and restoration potential with solution stack providers in selected site areas.
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Stakeholders and Reefgen design and execute Robotics-as-a-Service model with local workforce enablement, restoration, and deployment milestones.
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Stakeholders invest upfront deployment capital to meet mitigation and restoration goals at a fraction of costs incurred today, allowing Reefgen to provide planting services.
We’re a team of marine scientists, ocean engineers, and entrepreneurs with a passion for fixing a broken planet.
Tom Chi is a pioneer in rapid prototyping, holding 75 patents and influencing processes at over a dozen leading companies, including Microsoft and Yahoo. As a co-founder and Head of Product Experience at Google X, he spearheaded developments in Google Glass and autonomous vehicles.
Dave is a lifelong inventor and entrepreneur with twenty years of experience developing solutions to the world’s most pressing problems. As Founder and CEO of Good Machine Studios, he co-founded Reefgen to scale coastal restoration and build mission-driven market pioneers for ocean health and climate resilience.
Ian is a roboticist with varied experience including writing firmware, prototyping hardware, and creating wiring harnesses. His experience with mechanical, electrical, and computer domains naturally leads to work on intelligent vehicles and has gotten him involved with submarines, blimps, and tractors. Anything can be a robot!
Ciel is a mechanical engineering student at Caltech with a passion for robotics, physics, and computer science. Having interned at Reefgen for three summers working on seagrass restoration robots, she brings hands-on engineering experience alongside a background as a FIRST Robotics captain who launched programs to inspire younger students in STEM.
Jen is the Chief Operating Officer of Good Machine Studios. Holding a BS and MS in Biology with extensive experience in fisheries research, she brings scientific rigor to ocean innovation. As a Pacific Islander, building resilience in coastal ecosystems is both her life's work and a deeply personal mission.
