The 2022 President’s Sustainability Prize winner Shinkei Systems, founded by Penn graduate Saif Khawaja, was recognized in a recent article by Tech Crunch for its role in changing the seafood industry. Shinkei is developing an automated fish-harvesting system to humanely and reliably dispatch fish, using a robotics-based system to minimize animal suffering and waste. Their technology is based on the Japanese ike-jime technique, which also helps to ensure that the harvested fish meat is of higher quality and lasts longer.
Shinkei has already raised $6 million in funding and aims to transition from pilot testing to production by the end of the year. Read the full story here.