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The future of materials separation is here.

Poly-cotton textile waste

Polyester-cotton waste recycling

High-quality, purified outputs
from mixed inputs.

100% pure polyester monomer

100% pure cotton

We enable infinite textile-to-textile recycling, using enzymes.

Just add water, salt, and enzyme.

Our enzymes gently separate out synthetic fibers, leaving natural fibers behind virtually untouched.

Huminly recycling process

We go where you need us.

Our process is versatile enough to co-locate with manufacturers and clients, wherever that may be.

Huminly shipping container

Iteratively powerful. Sustainable and economical.

1:1

Cost parity with virgin materials at scale

10x

Less CapEx cost compared to chemical recycling

2.1 tCO2

Emissions offset per ton textile waste recycled

5x

Increased enzyme efficiency every 3 months

>95%

Separation efficiency of polyester from cotton

<10%

Reduction in cotton fiber length after processing

We prioritize not only strong sustainability metrics
but also hyper-scalable process economics.

Our proprietary enzyme engineering platform unlocks unprecedented economies of scale.

The faster our enzyme, the lower our process cost,
just like a flywheel.

Simple yet versatile.

Our process tolerates elastane, dyes, metals, and all other contaminating materials we've tested so far.

Nikita Khlystov

Nikita Khlystov, Ph.D.

Founder and CEO

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Ian Xu

Process Engineer

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Ross Ransom, Ph.D.

Lead Process Engineer

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Alamine Sallah

Mechanical Engineer

Neil Bell

Neil Bell

frmr. Director of Sustainability

Levi's

Randy Harward

Randy Harward

frmr. VP

Patagonia, Under Armour

Sean Hunt

Sean Hunt

Co-founder and CTO

Solugen

Passion + Discipline
= Impact.

Our company's values:

  1. We are principled: we build what our customers need, not what looks good

  2. We relentlessly ask why: we do not let challenges become obstacles and we question the way things are usually done

  3. Momento mori:  we iterate fast as time is our most valuable asset

  4. We make work intense yet fulfilling: we seek immense personal growth together as a team and actively look out for one another

  5. We stay humble: startups are hard, and we don’t make it harder with ego and excuses

We are recruiting the uncommon among uncommon engineers.
View our available positions here.

With proud support from:

Fifty Years
Look Up Ventures
Amino Collective

Let's get valorizing

© 2026 by Huminly, Inc.

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