Picarro

Picarro, Inc. is a California-based company founded in 1998, specializing in gas analyzers based on cavity ring-down spectroscopy (CRDS) technology for atmospheric science, greenhouse gas measurement, air quality monitoring, and industrial applications. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Picarro holds dozens of patents related to CRDS technology and designs and manufactures products at its Silicon Valley facility. Led by CEO Alex Balkanski since November 2013, Picarro provides precision measurement solutions for monitoring greenhouse gases, volatile organic compounds, fugitive emissions, energy exploration and distribution, and supply chain integrity. The company's CRDS-based instruments offer ultra-precise trace gas detection leveraging quantum mechanical principles of light-matter interaction for applications in environmental monitoring, climate research, and industrial process control. In 2023, Italian energy infrastructure company Italgas became a shareholder in Picarro, expanding its global reach. Picarro's quantum sensing capabilities serve research institutions, government agencies, and commercial customers requiring parts-per-trillion sensitivity for gas detection and atmospheric analysis.