Hypergiant Industries

Hypergiant Industries

Company type	Private[1]
Industry	Artificial intelligence[1]
Founded	February 2018[1]
Founder	Ben Lamm[2] Will Womble[2] John Fremont[2]
Headquarters	Austin, Texas[1] , United States[1]
Area served	Worldwide[1]
Key people	Mike Betzer (CEO);[3] Ben Lamm (Founder);[1] C.K. Sample (Chief Customer Officer); Mike Roberts (CTO); Quentin Donnellan (President, Space & Defense); Tim Paulin (CFO); Marc Katz (General Counsel)
Number of employees	185[4]
Website	hypergiant.com

Hypergiant is an Austin, Texas based technology company,[5] founded in February 2018,[4] and currently headed by CEO Mike Betzer.[3][6]

The company develops artificial intelligence (AI) products,[7] focused on its CommandCenter Platform.[8][9][10]

In August 2019, global consulting firm Booz Allen announced a venture with Hypergiant to deliver AI products for public sector clients.[11][12] In September 2019, its algae-based air cleaner, was noted by Fast Company as a "world-changing idea",[13] and was reviewed in Popular Mechanics,[9] and other media.[14][2]

In August 2023, it was announced the Dallas-based private equity company, Trive Capital had acquired Hypergiant for an undisclosed amount.[15]

References

1. Danielle Abril (March 2018). "Back to the Future". D Magazine. Retrieved 9 January 2020. Ben Lamm was fired from every job he ever had, so he launched his own cutting-edge ventures. The artificial intelligence company Hypergiant may be his most revolutionary yet.
2. Kara Carlson (18 September 2019). "Startup Hypergiant's new weapon against climate change algae growing cubes". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
3. Hypergiant Industries (May 2021). "Hypergiant Adds Enterprise Technology Veteran Mike Betzer as CEO". PR Newswire. Retrieved 3 January 2023. Hypergiant Industries, the enterprise AI solutions and platform company, announces the hiring of long-time enterprise software executive Mike Betzer to the company and his appointment as President and CEO and to the Board of Directors.
4. Kara Carlson (August 6, 2019). "AI company Hypergiant to help consulting firm turn intellectual property into products". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
5. Andrea Leinfelder (February 19, 2018). "Hypergiant deal boosts AI in Space City". The Houston Chronicle. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
6. Brent Wistrom (February 20, 2018). "Ben Lamm's new startup, Hypergiant, capitalize on AI's hype and confusion". Austin Inno. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
7. David Cohen (December 18, 2018). "Hypergiant Space Age Solutions acquires software developer Black Pixel". Ad Week. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
8. Mike Cronin (December 5, 2018). "Hypergiant keeps adding AI companies". Austin Business Journal. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
9. David Grossman (2 October 2019). "The Machine That Uses Algae to Eat Carbon Dioxide". Popular Mechanics. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
10. William McCormick (6 August 2019). "Booz Allen Hamilton Forms Strategic Relationship with Hypergiant Industries; Josh Sullivan Quoted". ExecutiveGov.com. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
11. "Booz Allen and Hypergiant Industries Form Strategic Relationship to Speed the Adoption of Artificial Intelligence". Bloomberg News. 6 August 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
12. "Booz Allen partners with AI specialist Hypergiant Industries". consulting.us. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
13. Adele Peters (17 September 2019). "This 'personal carbon sequestration' device uses algae to remove CO2 from the air". Fast Company. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
14. Kieron Marchese (1 January 2020). "designboom TECH predictions 2020". Designboom. Retrieved 9 January 2020. in 2019, development firm hypergiant industries unveiled a bioreactor it claimed can suck as much carbon dioxide from the air as an acre of forest. filled with algae, the 3'x3'x7′ cube is intended for use in urban environments where it can fit within office buildings and could give dense cities a new weapon in the fight against climate change.
15. FinSMEs (2023-08-23). "Trive Capital Acquires Hypergiant Industries". FinSMEs. Retrieved 2023-08-23.