Gradiant provides end‑to‑end water‑treatment solutions for large‑scale industrial users, converting any source water—including municipal effluent, seawater, groundwater, or brine—into high‑purity water while achieving up to 99% recovery and zero‑liquid‑discharge. Its portfolio combines proprietary membrane and thermal evaporation technologies, AI‑driven optimization, and custom chemical programs to reduce water costs, protect equipment, and simplify compliance for sectors such as data centers, semiconductors, mining, and green‑hydrogen production.
Funding
$50M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Product
Problem
Industrial operations face increasing water scarcity, strict discharge regulations, and high costs associated with freshwater procurement and wastewater treatment. These constraints limit site feasibility, increase operational risk, and add significant expense to essential sectors such as data centers, semiconductors, mining, and green‑hydrogen production.
Solution
Gradiant delivers end‑to‑end water‑treatment solutions that transform any source water—municipal effluent, groundwater, seawater, or brine—into high‑purity water suitable for industrial use while minimizing waste. Its portfolio combines proprietary membrane and thermal evaporation technologies, advanced chemical programs (CURE Chemicals), and AI‑driven optimization (SmartOps) to achieve high recovery rates, zero‑liquid‑discharge, and reduced chemical dosing. Integrated offerings such as HyperSolved for AI data‑center cooling, ProtiumSource for electrolyzer‑ready water, and alkaLi for direct lithium extraction enable customers to secure water supply, protect equipment performance, and lower total water costs with a single accountable partner.
Target Audience
Primary customers are large‑scale industrial users—including AI data‑center operators, semiconductor fabs, pharmaceutical and food‑and‑beverage manufacturers, mining and critical‑minerals producers, and green‑hydrogen facilities—that require reliable, high‑purity water and sustainable wastewater management.
Features
- Patented high‑recovery membrane (CFRO) and thermal evaporation processes that achieve up to 99% water recovery and enable zero‑liquid‑discharge
- AI‑powered SmartOps platform that continuously optimizes chemistry, cycles of concentration, and system performance to protect uptime and reduce scaling/corrosion
- CURE Chemicals library of custom formulations (corrosion inhibitors, scale inhibitors, biocides, antiscalants, coagulants) tailored to cooling towers, boilers, membrane systems, and process streams
- Modular, containerized deployment options for rapid commissioning (e.g., HyperSolved container units) and permanent plant installations
- Feedwater‑agnostic design that treats seawater, brackish water, municipal effluent, and high‑salinity brines for diverse applications such as data‑center cooling, green‑hydrogen electrolyzers, and lithium extraction
- Integrated brine management and concentration technologies that lower blowdown volumes, enable waste reuse, and simplify permitting
- End‑to‑end service model covering design, construction, operation, and maintenance under a single contract