E226 ‘AI-Driven Solutions to the Global Food Waste Crisis’ with Positive Carbon’s Mark Kirwan

Today's guest is Mark Kirwan, CEO & Founder at Positive Carbon. In recent years, the issue of food waste has become increasingly critical, with about one-third of all food produced ending up in the bin. However, AI Awards 2025 winner Positive Carbon is changing that narrative with a mission to significantly reduce food waste in the hospitality industry by leveraging artificial intelligence and innovative technology.Topics include: 0:00 How Positive Carbon uses AI to help hospitality cut food waste 3:32 His career journey from software engineer to founding Positive Carbon 5:05 How Zero-shot AI identifies food waste instantly with no training needed 6:05 Utilising Plug-and-play hardware to track kitchen food waste in real time 7:14 Using Microsoft Azure and Defender for secure, compliant cloud AI 8:29 Securing funding by directly pitching to investors with validated ideas 9:57 How Enterprise Ireland provided support, introductions and collaborative guidance 10:35 How plug-and-play design ensures high adoption and effective results 11:25 Winning Best Application of AI in Sustainability at the 2025 AI Awards 12:01 Expanding internationally in 2026, aiming for 10,000 units reducing food waste

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E226 ‘AI-Driven Solutions to the Global Food Waste Crisis’ with Positive Carbon’s Mark Kirwan is an episode from AI Ireland Podcast by AI Ireland.

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This episode was published on Jan 15, 2026.

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