The Founder of Altered Carbon, Ali Rohafza, joins us for the season finale of The 5V Podcast to discuss their groundbreaking graphene sensor technology, which can recognise millions of scent combinations and has applications in a variety of fields, including waste management, food safety, energy, and many others. Know what you're looking for? check out the chapters below... 00:37 How Altered Carbon was founded  01:08 Journey as a startup - how did you come up with the name?  02:59 Leading company with commercially viable graphene - what were the limitations before?  05:13 Key part of the technology involved in the digitalisation of scent  06:37 Use cases of the technology 08:58 What's been the biggest challenge?  11:05 What's the next step for you as a startup?  13:29 One sector that interests you the most?  16:07 Quick fire questions  CHRISTMAS 'SPOT THE ELF' COMPETITION!! In all our December podcast releases keep your eyes peeled for the elf (or in this case Santa 🎅) which will pop up at some point during the episode🎄.  Have you spotted Santa? Comment down below the time stamp for your chance to win an exclusive 5V Media sponsorship and free attendance at all our events in 2023 🔥 The competition ends - 06/01/2023 Get elf spotting! About Ali and Altered Carbon  Ali is the Founder and CEO of Altered Carbon Ltd. Altered Carbon is giving computers the ability to smell. By using a graphene chip that mimics a dog's nose, and machine learning to give the hardware intelligence to know what it's sensing, we turn current sensing complexities into simple actionable data.  Ali is enthusiastic about the potential to advance the medical industry, save the planet's resources, improve global productivity and increase safety. We are currently raising investment for AC. Connect with Ali on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ali-rohafza-altered-carbon-ltd/ Find out more about Altered Carbon:  https://altered-carbon.com/  Prefer to listen on the go? Subscribe to us on…  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7HqqxkxlFsrhdggc1HDHOK  Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-iot-podcast/id1513353818  Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5idXp6c3Byb3V0LmNvbS85NDUxMDMucnNz Want to get involved? Find us a weare5vmedia.com/get-involved/  Connect with today's host– Brad King-Taylor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brad5values/  What is The 5V Podcast?  The 5V Podcast is a special one-off season that we put together as a celebration of our company values after we launched 5V Media; a media provider for the IoT and wider tech world. 5V Media powers The IoT Podcast, events, video content and much more!  Until next time sit back, relax, tune in a discover the people, initiatives and communities driving technology as a force for good!