Revolutionizing the Concrete Industry

Kristal Kaye, interim CEO of CarbonCure Technologies, discusses her transition from traditional energy finance to leading a company revolutionizing concrete production. With over 30 years in finance across energy, mining, and retail, Kaye now heads a firm that injects captured CO2 directly into concrete, permanently storing it while improving economics for producers. "The concrete industry runs on very lean, tight margin profitability, and we can't ask them to adopt technology that would hinder their livelihood," she explains. CarbonCure has deployed 700+ systems across 35 countries, serving major clients like Amazon while targeting the massive opportunity ahead—over 100,000 concrete plants globally remain untapped. How does economics drive adoption in traditionally conservative industries?