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Amazon has announced a global equity-free accelerator program for companies at the bleeding edge of material science, manufacturing and energy.Dubbed the Amazon Sustainability Deep Tech Accelerator, the program promises finalists a structured path to get their technology evaluated by senior leadership at Amazon, who could subsequently approve commercial opportunities with the e-commerce giant.The finalists will have the opportunity to have their technologies adopted across Amazon Devices, Amazon Web Services and Amazon Private Brands, the company said in a recent statement. Applications will open in January 2027."Across industry, new technologies are needed to reduce carbon emissions and increase the use of recycled materials. Many are being developed right now by thousands of innovators around the world—but the traditional path from lab to enterprise adoption is too slow," said Maiken Moeller-Hansen, director of energy and sustainability for Amazon devices and services."We designed this program to accelerate a different path, one where innovators develop an integration proposal shaped around product roadmap and manufacturing readiness, then present it directly to the leaders who can greenlight it," she said.The accelerator is on the lookout for technologies that can lower carbon emissions and strengthen supply chain resilience across three themes: advanced manufacturing, energy efficiency and circularity.The program has the potential to open doors. These opportunities with Amazon can take shape in various commercial arrangements, such as licensing and supply agreements to technology collaborations and investment opportunities based on mutual fit and business objectives. It is also possible for the technologies to be referred to other Amazon business units.
Amazon said it does not take equity stakes as a prerequisite for program participation. Nevertheless, the e-commerce giant still stands to benefit from the arrangement since the technologies will be applied on Amazon processes and materials.For example, Amazon wants to find new technologies that could reduce the carbon impact of its consumer devices that include Echo, Kindle and Fire TV, according to the official webpage for the Deep Tech Accelerator.It is also looking for innovations in cloud hardware, which could, for example, make disassembly more efficient so that critical components and materials would be recovered, which would be especially helpful for Amazon Web Services, the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud.Amazon would also benefit from new tech that promotes circularity, like bio-based materials and other alternatives that can make the products under Amazon's private labels more sustainable. Its private label brands cover a wide array of consumer goods, from clothing by Amazon Essentials to budget-friendly grocery items on Amazon Fresh.Amazon said the Deep Tech Accelerator is one way to reach fulfill its goal of reaching net-zero carbon emissions across global operations by 2040.
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Last year, Amazon's accelerator program connected emerging decarbonization companies with Amazon Devices through a structured, 6-month evaluation process. Its finalists included Azumo, Inc., a Chicago-based startup that was founded in 2008. It has a patented technology that enables ultra-low-power, full-color screens to remain visible in all lighting conditions without glare or eye strain.
Mike Casper, co-founder and CEO of Azumo, said in a testimonial that the accelerator program is great for companies that are at an inflection point in their growth story. "We've shipped a million units over eight years to hundreds of customers. But there's a gray zone for companies like ours—too established for traditional startup programs, but not yet at consumer electronics scale for enterprise partnerships," said Azumo.
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