S12E18 - How This Startup Tests PFAS 5x Faster Than Labs
PFAS testing in Water takes 1-3 months according to the AWWA. How can FREDsense make it happen in 5 Days instead without cutting corners? Listen to this! More #water insights? Connect with me on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/antoinewalter1/...
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PFAS testing in Water takes 1-3 months according to the AWWA. How can FREDsense make it happen in 5 Days instead without cutting corners? Listen to this!
More #water insights? Connect with me on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/antoinewalter1/
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#️⃣ All the Links Mentioned in this Video #️⃣
FREDsense's website: https://fredsense.com/
Reach out to Emily on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilyhicks12/
Check out Julie Bliss Mullen's interview on the podcast: https://smartlink.ausha.co/dont-waste-water/s11e2-how-aclarity-bootstrapped-its-journey-from-b2c-to-pfas-destruction
Flashback to Meena Sankaran's appearance on the mic': https://smartlink.ausha.co/dont-waste-water/s3e7-is-software-to-measure-water-quality-actually-a-matter-of-hardware
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⏰ TIME CODES ⏰
00:00 In this week's episode
01:27 The EPA vs AWWA PFAS lawsuit
04:20 The Economic Impact of PFAS Regulations
06:37 FREDsense and Emily Hicks' journey
10:51 Technical Insights
15:13 Real-World Applications and Case Studies
32:58 PFAS Market Demand and Education
36:51 Global Market Focus and Expansion
39:18 Hardware Development and Bootstrapping
45:48 Business Models and Revenue Streams
47:27 Future Vision and Technological Roadmap
54:51 Rapid Fire Questions
📝 IN THIS WEEK'S EPISODE
🚀 How FREDsense delivers PFAS testing in 5 days vs. industry standard 5 weeks through biosensor technology
💰 The bootstrapped journey from $25K water bottle crowdfunding campaign to pioneering field PFAS detection kits
🔬 Why the company pivoted from arsenic and COVID detection to focusing purely on PFAS chemistry and unmet market needs
🛠️ What makes on-site PFAS testing possible: polymer-based biosensors that bind and measure down to part-per-trillion levels
🤝 Strategic partnerships with treatment leaders like Clarity, Axl, and Avivo for service lab rapid turnaround offerings
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