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What is Kritika Tyagi's role at erthos?
She is Head of Product and a co-founder. The team listing on erthos's own company page gives her title as Head of Product and Co-founder, checked 2026-09-21. The Canada Foundation for Innovation's research story on her, published 2024-10-21, describes her the same way: co-founder, head of product, erthos.
How did erthos start, and what was EcoPackers?
erthos began as EcoPackers. Creative Destruction Lab's blog post of 2023-04-22 says Tyagi, a plant biologist who was at the University of Toronto at the time, joined Nuha Siddiqui and Chang Dong, and the group launched the business in 2018 after graduating, starting from a non-toxic alternative to Styrofoam before shifting to materials meant to match plastic on function. Happy Eco News, 2024-11-29, describes the venture that began as EcoPackers later becoming erthos and then moving into AI-powered climate technology.
What does she work on day to day?
Research and product. The Canada Foundation for Innovation story, 2024-10-21, splits the two founders' work as Tyagi on research and Siddiqui on business, and credits her with spearheading development of ZYA, the AI platform erthos applies to its biomaterials R&D. erthos's own company page, checked 2026-09-21, describes ZYA as its in-house machine-learning platform and erthos Ingredients as its biomaterials ingredient database.
Where is she based?
Toronto. Destination Toronto's interview with the erthos founders, published 2023-08-31, has Tyagi describing moving to Toronto from India and talking about building the company's culture in the city. erthos's company page, checked 2026-09-21, lists Toronto, Canada as the company's headquarters.