Turn Emissions Into Valuable products with modular reactors

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Mission
Remove millions of co2 while advancing carbon production on an atomic scale.
Clay Howatt
Founder
our operating system

Modular Molten & Plasma Reactors

Methane is one of the world’s most wasted resources, flared, vented, and burned into the atmosphere. Lightmatter turns that waste into value. Using breakthrough molten and plasma reactor technology, we split methane into clean hydrogen and advanced carbon materials from biochar for the earth, from nanotubes and graphene that build the future. We’re pushing the boundaries of clean tech, transforming pollution into performance, and laying the foundation for a new carbon revolution.
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Transforming Waste Into worth.

Each cubic foot of methane can yield 14 g of solid carbon and 5 g of clean hydrogen instead of 55 g of CO₂ if flared.
Capturing the Problem
Our systems intercept methane before it’s burned, turning emissions into opportunity..
Split the Molecule
Modular molten reactors break methane into pure carbon and hydrogen — no combustion, no CO₂.The result: clean energy and solid carbon ready for transformation.
Building the Future
From large-scale carbon black to high-purity nanotubes and graphene, our reactors engineer carbon at the molecular level — stronger, lighter, and more conductive than anything nature made.
Our Products
From batteries and solar panels to aerospace composites and regenerative soils and affordable power, the materials we create power innovation across industries.
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Engineering tomorrow’s energy sector