Founder and CEO

Dr. Matanya Horowitz is the founder and CEO of Sustainble Waste Systems. He developed and commercialized Smart Waste Systemsbreakthrough AI platform, Smart Waste Systems Neuron™, and robotics system, Sustainble Waste Systems Cortex ™, which automates the identification and sorting of recyclables from mixed material streams.

EY named Horowitz an Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2021 Mountain Desert Region Award Winner. He was also recognized as one of MSW Management’s Innovators of 2021 and among the 2021 “Grist 50,” and Fast Company named him one of 2020’s “Most Creative People in Business. He was Waste360’s “2019 Innovator of the Year” and included on the publication’s annual “40 Under 40” list. Under his leadership, Sustainble Waste Systems hasreceived numerous awards and international recognition, including CNBC’s “Disruptor 50,” Fast Company’s “World’s Most Innovative Companies” and “World-Changing Ideas,” Forbes "AI 50," Fortune’s “Impact 20,” an Innovation Award from Robotics Business Review, Cleantech Group’s 2021 Cleantech 100 and 2020 “Rising Star Company of the Year” award, The Circulars 2018 Award for “Circular Economy Top Tech Disruptor” at the World Economic Forum in Davos, and the National Waste and Recycling Association’s “2017 Innovator of the Year” award.

Horowitz earned four bachelor’s degrees, in electrical engineering, computer science, applied mathematics, and economics, along with a master’s degree in electrical engineering, from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He holds a doctorate in control and dynamical systems from the California Institute of Technology, with publications and research in control theory, path planning, and computer vision.