Njengoba umhlaba uphuthuma ekufakeni ugesi, imboni kawoyela negesi ithembele kumapulasitiki ukuze kuqhubeke inzuzo yesikhathi esizayo. Kodwa uJakobe uNathani angase abe namanye amacebo.
UNathan waqala ukufuna izindlela zokubhidliza upulasitiki ngesikhathi esafunda esikoleni esiphakeme. Manje, njengomsunguli kanye ne-CEO ye-Epoch Biodesign, uye wasungula ubuchwepheshe obusebenzisa ama-enzyme ukuze aphule imfucumfucu yepulasitiki futhi ayiguqule ibe izinto ezingavuthiwe ezingasetshenziswa ukwenza kabusha ipulasitiki.. “Okwethu, ibhala lemfucumfucu yendwangu lilingana nomgqomo wamafutha,” Kusho uNathan. Ngokungafani nokudla kwendabuko okusekelwe ku-petroleum, intengo yezindwangu ezilahlwayo ayikho ngaphansi koshintsho lwezwe noma ukuntengantenga kwemakethe.
Emnyombweni wenqubo ye-Epoch ihlukanisa ngaphambili- kanye nemfucumfucu yepulasitiki yangemva komthengi ibe ama-monomers—izakhiwo eziyisisekelo zepulasitiki. Ngokulandelana kokwelashwa ngama-enzyme, inkampani ingalulama 90% kwama-monomers okuhlosiwe, nanoma yimaphi amadayi asele aqoqwe futhi acutshungulwe ngokwehlukana. Ubuchwepheshe buqala ukusetshenziswa enayiloni 6,6, izinto zokwenziwa ezisezingeni eliphezulu ezisetshenziswa kakhulu ezingutsheni, ama-airbags, okhaphethi, nezintambo zokugibela.
UNathan uphawula ukuthi isikhathi besingeke sibe ngcono. Izintengo zenayiloni 6,6 ama-precursors asanda kukhuphuka ngokulingana 150%, kodwa ngokuqala ngokumosha izindwangu esikhundleni sika-petroleum, I-Epoch iyakwazi ukukugwema ngokuphelele ukuntengantenga okunjalo, ukudala ukunikezwa okuzinzile kwezinto zokwakha.
Umbono usuvele uhehe abatshalizimali, okuhlanganisa nezingubo zomdondoshiya uLululemon, esanda kuhlanganyela e $12 million umjikelezo wezimali. Ukutshalwa kwezimali kuzosekela ukuthuthukiswa kwesikhungo sokubonisa, ngezinhlelo zokuletha imboni yezohwebo ku-inthanethi nge 2028 ekwazi ukukhiqiza 20,000 amathani we-metric of monomers ngonyaka. Ebheke phambili, ubuchwepheshe bungashintshwa ukuze kusetshenziswe kabusha ezinye izinhlobo zamapulasitiki.