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Cambium is building an AI that helps turn waste wood into usable lumber


Cambium uses data on timber and lumber transactions in a bid to make salvage wood appealing to a range of companies.

Christensen grew up in New Mexico among the state’s towering pines, and if that wasn’t enough to instill a healthy respect for trees, his family is steeped in timber, including his father who is a carpenter and woodworker. The startup reuses wood that would otherwise be sent to the chipper or the burn pile, and it does that mostly through software to connect and coordinate disparate parts of the supply chain. To build the models and expand the platform, Cambium raised $18.5 million led by VoLo Earth Ventures, the company exclusively told TechCrunch.

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