Greenairy is building smart plant towers to clean the air in your office

Startup founders Tanvi Thombre and Lakshya Saraf are developing active plant towers designed to remove toxic gases from indoor commercial spaces. The founders created Greenairy after exposure to hazardous fumes in a university makerspace led them to study indoor air pollution. The system uses specially conditioned plants to draw in air, break down harmful chemicals, and release clean air back into the room.

According to the company, standard air purifiers struggle to capture volatile organic compounds like formaldehyde and benzene, while filter-based devices require frequent replacements and plants do not. In company tests monitored by certified equipment in Singapore offices, the Greenairy towers reduced daily volatile organic compound averages and peak levels by 50% during regular hours.

The startup also reported that German certification firm TÜV SÜD has validated its testing data and will publish the results soon. The founders plan to begin large-scale manufacturing following official certification. They expect to launch their first mass-produced towers and install them for customers in Singapore by the first half of 2027.