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It started with a measurement problem.

AquaMesh began as sensor research at UC San Diego in 2020 — through the Basement and Horizon accelerators — after a close look at how water is actually measured. The instruments were a generation behind, the large incumbents were moving slowly, and the available answers were bulky, expensive and slow without telling an operator anything they could act on.

Team

Alex Towfigh, founder of AquaMesh.

Founder

Alex Towfigh

6+ years sensor and IoT R&D and startup experience, driving deep tech from concept to market — product, IP and sales.

  • Corey Williams

    Advisor

    Corey Williams

    30+ years experience

    Former SmartCover CEO, M&A lead at Badger Meter, Vice President at WEF.

  • John Williams

    Advisor

    John Williams

    45+ years experience

    Former executive at Inge, Hydranautics and Mann+Hummel, among others.

  • Greg Hitchcock

    Advisor

    Greg Hitchcock

    30+ years experience

    Food operations leader at Leprino Foods, OSF Flavors and Carla's Pasta.

  • Than Hansen

    Advisor

    Than Hansen

    25+ years experience

    Water technology commercialization; founder of SkyH2O.

Alex Towfigh in a UC San Diego lab coat beside a sensor housing on the bench.

2020 — where it started

Marine and environmental first

The measurement gap was most visible in open water, so that is where the work started: independent research from 2020, then in 2025 the first AquaSpectra sensor, developed for Scripps Institution of Oceanography — a broad-spectrum optical instrument built to read many things from one rugged device.

Where the research was done

  • UC San Diego
  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography
  • The Basement
  • Horizon

Research at UC San Diego, with the first sensor developed for Scripps Institution of Oceanography; company built through the Basement and Horizon accelerators.

An industrial process plant: tanks, silos, columns and pipework behind the perimeter wall.

Now — where the value is

Why industrial now

Industrial plants have the same blind spots with a cost attached: lost product, wasted energy and chemicals, downtime and compliance risk. They already record the data, they already know what an hour of downtime is worth, and an operator can act on a finding the same shift. The sensing is the same; the value comes back faster.

Start with a conversation about your process.

Bring the thing that has been bothering you, and we'll look at whether your data already shows it.

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