Michael Arens and David Constantine are co-founders of Clean Earth Rovers, a startup that focuses on deploying technologies that automate how we monitor and manage pollution in our waterways. A "Roomba" for coastal waters, their rovers autonomously clean pollutants like algae blooms, plastics, oil spills and fish kills, which were previously cleaned manually by response workers.

Clean Earth also uses live-time insights into the health and safety of the earth's waters. While this process was typically done by hand all around the country, the founders realized how costly and un-scalable it had become.

Clean Earth Rovers was named a startup to watch in 2023 by Cincy Inno, and both founders have spoken at TEDx; Arens and Constantine were also named on Forbes' 30 Under 30 list. Backed by the University of Cincinnati and Impact Ventures Australia via the Ocean Impact Organization Accelerator Program, the company is projected to make $1.2 million in revenue in 2024.

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