Sesame Sustainability slide deck (presented by Jim Owens, PhD) describes an industrial-grade modeling platform for energy transition planning that integrates first-principles models, supply-chain emissions, techno-economic analysis, and optimization into a user-friendly product for heavy industry. The deck highlights team background (MIT Energy Initiative origins), traction (customers, ARR trajectory, and fundraise), a Southeast Asian utility case study that materially shortened analysis time and cost, and a 2025–26 action plan to scale the platform and add AI-enabled analytics. The company positions itself to address a stated $40B market gap within the larger $15T energy transition opportunity.
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Jim Owens, PhD; jim@sesamesustainability.com
$2.4M fundraise in January 2024
On pace for $1M+ ARR (5x growth) in 2025
Chevron and JERA
Utility with 50+ GW coal capacity