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February 9, 2025

Global Water Scarcity, Egoless Leadership, and the Bhagavad Gita | The Founder Spirit

Prakash met with Jennifer Wu of “The Founder Spirit” podcast. “I had the pleasure of discussing Gradiant’s mission and the importance of water. What made this conversation particularly special was the opportunity to also explore the personal and spiritual aspects of my journey, something I don’t often get to share in interviews.”

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January 29, 2025

MIT Spinout Gradiant Reduces Companies’ Water Use by Billions of Gallons Each Day | MIT News

Zach Winn from MIT News spoke with Gradiant co-founders Anurag Bajpayee and Prakash Govindan about their mission to reduce the world’s industrial water footprint. Gradiant, founded at MIT, delivers advanced water and wastewater treatment solutions to essential industries, helping reuse billions of gallons daily. Prakash shared insights on their innovative technologies, such as PFAS removal and critical mineral recovery, while Anurag emphasized their commitment to sustainability and giving nature water back through continuous innovation.

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January 10, 2025

Industry’s First Integrated Water-treatment System Tailored for Green Hydrogen | Chemical Engineering

Chemical Engineering’s Mary Page Bailey discusses how green hydrogen production via water electrolysis holds immense potential for renewable energy, yet water management challenges remain overlooked. Not enough attention is being paid to a primary input to electrolyzer cells—water. In this interview, Prakash Govindan describes Gradiant’s integrated approach to water treatment, and how ProtiumSource is accelerating the expansion of green hydrogen production via water electrolysis—transforming the way water purification technologies are deployed.

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January 6, 2025

Gradiant: Give Nature Water Back | Builders VC

In this short feature by Builders VC, Anurag highlights how Gradiant is tackling one of today’s most pressing challenges: water scarcity. Through innovative technologies, Gradiant empowers industries to reduce water consumption, recover valuable resources, and responsibly treat wastewater for safe return to the environment. Sustainability is at the core of Gradiant's mission, enabling industries to operate efficiently while protecting our planet’s most precious resource. Watch the full video (1:17).

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November 13, 2024

Gradiant’s alkaLi Redefines Efficiency in Direct Lithium Extraction | International Mining

Gradiant’s spin-out, alkaLi, is revolutionizing the Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) market with its EC² technology, delivering an unprecedented 97% lithium recovery rate from North American salar brines. Guaranteed to achieve at least 95% recovery at customer sites, EC² enables production of battery-grade lithium faster, more sustainably, and at significantly lower costs.

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October 31, 2024

You would not believe how much water went into making your iPhone | Everybody in the Pool

In this episode of the “Everybody in the Pool” podcast with Molly Wood, Gradiant CEO Anurag Bajpayee discusses the staggering amount of water used in everyday products, how the largest names in industry are recognizing the value of water and taking action to reduce their water footprint, and how Gradiant is solving the world's PFAS problem with ForeverGone - one of TIME's Best Inventions of 2024 and the only all-in-one solution that removes and destroys "forever chemicals.”

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October 21, 2024

This Industrial Spinoff is Pulling Lithium from Brine to Meet Growing Battery Demand | Forbes

Forbes’ Amy Feldman met with Prakash Govindan to discuss the launch of alkaLi to accelerate the scaling of battery-grade lithium production. The world needs lithium to power its electrical future, but getting it is a costly and dirty business. Wastewater unicorn Gradiant thinks there might be a better way, and just launched a new company to prove it. Kieran Meadows from Forbes brings this to life in a video format.

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October 15, 2024

Destination Southeast Asia – Investment Trends and Founder Interviews | EDBI Singapore

Govind Alagappan, President, meets with EDBI, a Singapore-based investor in high growth technology sectors. Govind explains the importance of Southeast Asia and our key learnings in the region. Note: Article is published on page 37