H2Ok Innovations' partnership with Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. is a testament to MEAU's commitment towards innovation and problem-solving.

Uptake Alliance – an emerging venture development program focused on fostering breakthrough climate technologies – announced the selection of its inaugural startup cohort. The innovation program – which was designed to facilitate and propel startups to secure commercial agreements, boost revenue, assemble exceptional teams, and secure funding – launches later this month. H20k is proud to be part of the inaugural cohort.

H2OK Innovations have solidly proven their value proposition: using spectral sensors and cloud-based AI to provide critical data-fueled insights for our North America Ice Cream Operations. Thus far, they have allowed us to achieve an impressive 18% reduction in downtime during cleaning, unlocking savings in revenue capacity, while saving 40% of a cleaning cycle’s water consumption.

Annie, 22, and David Lu, 25, launched and are now growing their own company, H2Ok Innovations, which uses a combination of hardware and software to improve the efficiency of manufacturing factories. They come from a family with generations-long history in manufacturing. Annie and David’s paternal grandfather started the factory in China that manufactured specialty, fine chemicals, and their dad worked for the family’s chemical-manufacturing business.

David Lu is the Co-Founder and CTO of H2Ok Innovations, which provides efficient liquid management solutions for manufacturing clients, such as Fortune 500 companies including Unilever and Coca Cola. David has been recognized as a Forbes 30 under 30 leader as an entrepreneur in cleantech, tackling the application of digital technologies in fundamental but often more outdated, slow to change manufacturing, infrastructure, and supply chain spaces for more sustainable operations.

Welcome to the Inpowered Women’s Podcast, where we tell the stories of unstoppable female leaders who excel, uplift and secure a clearer path for female leaders in the future. And I’m your host, Sharon Lee. Welcome to the Inpowered Women podcast. This is Sharon Lee. I am with Pinnacle Strategic Advisors and this podcast is all about sharing insights, great stories from female business leaders from all over.

CEO Annie Lu, a Harvard dropout, and CTO David Lu who previously worked at Valor Water Analytics, founded H2OK Innovations to provide data-driven optimization of industrial liquid systems for manufacturing.