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FungAI™ harnesses the power of fungi, physics, and AI to accelerate bioremediation — delivering safer, more sustainable outcomes and unlocking new value from waste.
About FungAI™
FungAI™ is a biotechnology company commercialising a proprietary sonicated bioprocessing solution with broad applications in bioremediation and adjacent sectors.
Our solution, the FungAI™ System, fuses fungi, physics, and AI to provide operators real-time visibility and adaptive control over microbial processes. The result is fast, smart, circular bioprocessing that:
Increases throughput and reduces yield variability
Reduces waste and contamination risk
Unlocks new value pathways from waste.
Designed as a modular and portable platform, the FungAI System adapts to customer needs – from containerised units for toxic timber remediation to retrofits of existing heaps and on-site infrastructure.
Where FungAI™ Creates Impact
Our initial focus is on urgent, high-pain challenges where industry is actively seeking solutions. These early applications provide a clear wedge for adoption and scale.
Agricultural Waste
Valorising CCA timber for the bioeconomy
Treated vineyard posts have created a toxic waste crisis for growers and local government. FungAI™ accelerates the sequestration of copper, chromium, and arsenic from treated timber — transforming dangerous stockpiles into safe fungi-derived assets and recoverable metals. This provides a scalable pathway to eliminate one of agriculture’s most visible waste problems.
Contaminated Soils
Faster, cleaner, smarter bioremediation
PFAS and toxic metals linger for decades; legacy cleanup is slow, costly, and messy. FungAI™ compresses remediation from years to weeks by turbo-charging in-situ fungal chemistry with informed sonication and real-time sensing, delivering adaptive control and progress visibility. The result is low-cost cleanup that meets compliance—without complete excavation or secondary pollution.
Mining Tailings
Tailings dams and mine residues are costly, risky, and resource-rich. FungAI™ speeds up biometallurgy, unlocking safer recovery of critical minerals while reducing environmental hazards. This gives mining operators a more sustainable and commercially attractive way to meet regulatory and market pressures.
Cleaner recovery, lower risk
The Team
Our leadership combines deep science, commercial expertise, and product execution — the critical mix
to take breakthrough biotechnology from lab to market.
Aaron Middleton
Founder and Chief Technology Officer
Applied physicist and inventor of FungAI™, with 15+ years in sustainable technologies, AIoT, and advanced materials. Aaron has a track record of turning complex R&D into commercially viable solutions.
Charmian Mead
Seasoned executive leader with 20+ years’ experience across business, strategy, and law. Ex-KPMG Director of Strategy & Innovation, Charmian has guided 100+ organisations through growth and commercialisation.
Chief Executive Officer
Eryn Lovell
Product leader with a track record of scaling multiple startups through to acquisitions valued at over $200M. Eryn specialises in turning tech ideas into usable solutions and driving customer adoption at scale.
Chief Product Officer
Michael Macolino
Entrepreneur and AgriTech leader with 15 years in technology commercialisation and investment, supporting the global scaling of agrifood ventures.
Commercialisation Advisor
Let’s Build
the Future of Bioremediation
We’re currently engaging with investors and early adopters as we advance pilot programs and scale the FungAI™ platform. If you’d like to explore opportunities to partner or invest, we’d love to hear from you.