The Poseidon Foundation (Poseidon), a non-profit that empowers everyone to participate in climate action, is delighted to introduce two artificial intelligence (AI) engines – Footprint-AI and Offset-AI – to its blockchain-based reduce platform that will significantly improve its efficiency and scalability.

The reduce platform has been successfully trialed over the past 6 months and makes it possible to reduce the climate impact of a product or service by embedding carbon credits into transactions at the point of sale

These double-certified carbon credits are sourced from conservation projects that protect trees, support local communities and preserve vital biodiversity, such as in the Cordillera Azul national park project in the Peruvian Amazon, and are tracked from inception through to retirement on the Stellar blockchain.

Adding AI to this platform introduces a host of improvements:

Footprint-AI will automate carbon footprint analysis for products, services, and organizations. This will result in a faster and more cost-effective onboarding of new customers, which will enable reduce to scale globally more effectively.

will automate carbon footprint analysis for products, services, and organizations. This will result in a faster and more cost-effective onboarding of new customers, which will enable reduce to scale globally more effectively. Offset-AI will ensure carbon credits are taken from projects that are most appropriate for each case. For example, consumers can choose to share their preferences with reduce and allow for a tailored offering.

Users of Poseidon’s reduce platform will be able to log into the companion mobile app that launches later this month. The app will allow users to register with reduce and follow the impact of their micro-donations by viewing the conservation projects they support. In a later release scheduled for 2019, the reduce app will allow donations directly to conservation projects.