With Bend any company or organization can automatically track and reduce their greenhouse gas emissions (for free!) as they earn 4% yield on deposits, and carbon removal credits with every purchase.
I'll keep my "how we got here" brief — We went through YC last summer with a mission of mapping the carbon graph, attaching sustainability insights to as many purchase decisions as possible.
Late last year, we realized the fastest way to pursue that mission was to issue a card, and change the way businesses think about spend from within their corporate card program.
Now, in record time, we're very excited to be launching the Bend card, earning carbon removal rewards on every purchase and attaching CO2e estimates on every purchase.
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Super excited about this launch ! What is the typical size of companies you work with ?
The card offering makes a ton of sense. I wish we had access to a card like this when I was starting my last company, a few years ago!
Congrats on the launch! I have a few questions. How do you calculate greenhouse gas emissions from spending, and what type of recommendations do you make? Is it something along the lines of provider X is more environmentally friendly than provider Y which you're currently using? I really like this idea — excited to give it a try!
This cool AND impactful for the environment! Is there a rough estimate of credit card spend -> CO2 emissions reduced? e.g. if on average, your company spends $10k/month on the card, you'll reduce your CO2 emissions by X?
I ask this because for some companies, it could be impactful to say "We're carbon neutral" all with just their CC spend!
This is super slick Thomas! Congrats on the launch and can't believe how polished the product looks.
Amazing to see this out in the world. Spend management makes sense as the best way for smaller companies and orgs to begin the journey of understanding their emissions profile and taking actions to improve.
Congrats on the launch @thomascmost and @tedp!
Great idea!
Quick question though, in 'What category best describes your business?', I'm honestly struggling to find a category that fits. I want to be as accurate as possible as data is important. My product is hard tech, but I'm using third party single board computers and running my own software on them out in the field. I'm guessing the 'Software' category? 'Manufacturing' doesn't feel right.
It just feels like since I'm shipping products to customers that software isn't a proper bucket.
Oh! One more thing, any plans on launching this for personal accounts as well?
This looks awesome! Congrats on the launch @thomascmost ! What was the process that made you decide to transition to the card issuance approach? What are the challenges on traditional carbon accounting that the card approach solves?
This BYO bank option makes this zero friction I love it - can I do virtual cards and set limits, etc? To be a power user I’ll likely need card issuance feature parity to Mercury/Brex
Congrats on the launch, looks amazing! How accurate are carbon emission estimates?
About Bend on Product Hunt
“A modern corporate card built for climate-friendly business”
Bend launched on Product Hunt on May 3rd, 2023 and earned 138 upvotes and 45 comments, placing #10 on the daily leaderboard. With Bend any company or organization can automatically track and reduce their greenhouse gas emissions (for free!) as they earn 4% yield on deposits, and carbon removal credits with every purchase.
Bend was featured in Productivity (650.2k followers), Fintech (46.9k followers) and Climate Tech (13k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 144.8k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Bend?
Bend was hunted by Michael Seibel. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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