Challenge areas

Environment Challenges

Louisiana’s rapid coastal land loss, industrial corridors, and aging infrastructure create mounting risks for ecosystems, industry, and communities. As wetlands shrink and pollution burdens rise, the state faces an urgent need for tools and technologies that strengthen environmental management and protect the natural resources its economy depends on.

Industrial Inefficiencies

Managing carbon in Louisiana presents a major operational challenge for industries that rely on heavy production and large-scale infrastructure. Accurate monitoring, secure storage, and streamlined reporting remain difficult across diverse facilities. There is a growing need for tools that simplify compliance, enhance transparency, and support safer, more efficient carbon management practices statewide.

Industrial Inefficiencies

The Problem

Inefficient operations and weak emission tracking lead to higher costs, greater safety concerns, and unreliable data needed for effective carbon management.

The Tech

Codegig

This AI tool helps manufacturers lower emissions, monitor carbon-capture tax credits, and generate fast, automated EPA reports with reliable data.

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Data Tracking & Transparency

Managing carbon in Louisiana presents a major operational challenge for industries that rely on heavy production and large-scale infrastructure. Accurate monitoring, secure storage, and streamlined reporting remain difficult across diverse facilities. There is a growing need for tools that simplify compliance, enhance transparency, and support safer, more efficient carbon management practices statewide.

Data Tracking & Transparency

The Problem

The Tech

Winner of DevDays - ClimateTech Challenge hosted in partnership with Baker Hughes

Carbon Horizon

An AI-powered web app that manages every stage of carbon capture, utilization, and storage by streamlining data tracking, detecting anomalies, automating compliance, and offering a public dashboard that builds transparency and trust.

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Carbon Waste Underused

Managing carbon in Louisiana presents a major operational challenge for industries that rely on heavy production and large-scale infrastructure. Accurate monitoring, secure storage, and streamlined reporting remain difficult across diverse facilities. There is a growing need for tools that simplify compliance, enhance transparency, and support safer, more efficient carbon management practices statewide.

Carbon Waste Underused

The Problem

The Tech

Encore CO2

Encore CO₂ transforms captured emissions into valuable products, supporting clean polymer manufacturing and creating new consumer goods—including the world’s first hard seltzer made from brewery-sourced CO₂.

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Inside Louisiana’s Technology

Stories and insights from the founders and partners shaping the state’s tech future.

Champions of the DevDays HealthTech Challenge, Yukta Karki, SianRose Vincent, and Nirjara KC, pictured with their faculty advisor Prasanthi Sreekumari, awarded $5,000 prize.

Healthcare

All-Female Team Wins DevDays HealthTech Challenge

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Nexus Louisiana Announces Tony Zanders as New President & CEO

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Education

Nexus Louisiana Announces the Finalists of the Technology Cup

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