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!

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FREDsense's website: https://fredsense.com/

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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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