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CarbonOS - Climate Compliance Infrastructure

The Thesis

Every company will need to track, report, and reduce emissions. EU CSRD, SEC climate rules, California SB 253, customer pressure—the regulatory tsunami is here. But the tools suck: spreadsheets, consultants, and prayers.

CarbonOS is the operating system for corporate climate compliance.

The Problem

Carbon accounting today is broken:

📊 Spreadsheet Hell

Data scattered across dozens of Excel files. Manual calculations. Formula errors. “Which emissions_final_v3_FINAL.xlsx is the right one?”

💸 $300k Consultants

Big 4 firms charge a fortune for carbon audits. Small changes? Another engagement. Questions? Bill by the hour.

🔗 Supply Chain Blindness

90% of emissions are Scope 3 (supply chain). Good luck getting data from 500+ suppliers manually.

⏰ Compliance Whiplash

CSRD, SEC, CDP, GRI, TCFD… Different frameworks, different formats, different deadlines. Same data, repackaged endlessly.

The Insight

“What if carbon accounting was as easy as payments?”

Stripe didn’t make payments possible—they made them easy. We’re doing the same for carbon. One API, one dashboard, complete compliance.

CarbonOS: How It Works

🔌 Connect Once

One integration to your ERP, accounting, and supply chain. We pull data, calculate emissions, keep it fresh.

📡 Real-Time Tracking

No more annual audits. See your footprint live. Track reductions as they happen.

🌐 Supplier Network

50,000+ suppliers already on CarbonOS. Get verified Scope 3 data automatically.

📋 Multi-Framework Reports

CSRD, SEC, CDP, GRI, TCFD—click a button, get a compliant report.

The Regulatory Landscape

RegulationDeadlineImpact
EU CSRDNow50,000+ companies, fines up to €10M
SEC Climate2026All US public companies, Scope 1 & 2
CA SB 2532027$1B+ revenue in CA, full Scope 1-3

Market Opportunity

  • $40B sustainability software market by 2030
  • 50,000+ companies affected by CSRD alone
  • 90% of companies still using spreadsheets
  • Compliance is mandatory—this isn’t optional spend

Competitive Wedge

CompetitorProblemCarbonOS Advantage
PersefoniEnterprise only, 12-month dealsSelf-serve, start in minutes
WatershedCustom pricing, opaqueTransparent $499/mo
SalesforceRequires SalesforceAPI-first, works anywhere
Consultants$300k+, slow, recurringAutomated, instant, one price

Our wedge: API-first + transparent pricing + supplier network effects.

Business Model

TierPriceTarget
StarterFreeSmall companies, testing
Business$499/moMid-market, growing teams
EnterpriseCustomLarge corporates, complex needs

Network effects: Every company on CarbonOS makes supplier data better for everyone. More companies → better Scope 3 data → more companies.

Why Now?

  1. Regulatory forcing function — CSRD is live, SEC imminent
  2. AI enables automation — What took consultants months, we do instantly
  3. Supply chain pressure — Big companies demand carbon data from suppliers
  4. ESG isn’t optional — Investors, customers, employees all care

The Vision

Make sustainability feel inevitable, not painful.

Climate compliance shouldn’t require an army of consultants and a PhD in acronyms. It should be as easy as accepting payments. Connect once, stay compliant forever.


“Stripe for carbon accounting.”


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