Akanthas
About
Akanthas applies AI-driven image analysis to solid waste management from Toulouse, France. Founders Viviana Contreras (CEO, PhD in environmental processes engineering) and Nicolas Jaouen (CTO, PhD in numerical simulation) built the offering around a proprietary smart image sensor mounted at roughly six meters, where one unit watches up to four containers simultaneously and reads fill level, weight, sorting quality, and cross-contamination. The platform proceeds in four steps - harvesting container data, centralizing it on a user-friendly interface, analyzing pickups, compactions, and sorting errors with AI, and informing users through real-time anomaly alerts. Two packaged solutions result: Waste Monitoring for live container visibility and Waste Optimization for performance evaluation, automated pickup requests, sorting certificates, and characterization reports, with services extending to inspection of incoming waste at sorting centers and transfer stations. SUEZ, Paprec, Vinci, SPIE, and GSE number among the customers.
Key Products
Proprietary IoT optical sensor installed at approximately 6 meters height, monitoring up to 4 containers simultaneously. Detects fill levels, weight, sorting errors, and waste characterization via AI-powered image analysis. RGPD-compliant with automatic face blurring. Plug-and-play deployment with no client investment required.
Real-time waste container monitoring platform providing instant visibility into waste streams and volumes. Features four pillars: Harvests (collects container data), Centralizes (aggregates on user-friendly platform), Analyses (AI-driven insights on pickups, compactions, cross-contaminations), and Informs (real-time alerts for fill-level thresholds and sorting errors).
Waste performance evaluation and optimization platform for industrial and construction companies. Evaluates waste performance, automates pickup requests, optimizes waste activity and sorting quality. Includes KPIs, automatic generation of sorting certificates, and characterization reports.
On-site waste characterization and analysis service for sorting centers, transfer stations, landfills, and waste-to-energy plants, providing detailed composition and quality data.
Automated inspection of incoming waste at sorting centers, transfer stations, landfills, and waste-to-energy plants using AI image analysis to detect sorting errors and contamination.
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