aid: deice
name: Deice
description: 'De-Ice Technologies is an aviation deep-tech company that develops a fast, chemical-free
  aircraft de-icing system to replace traditional glycol chemical spray methods. Spun out of MIT in 2015
  by co-founders Alexander Bratianu-Badea and Ruben Toubiana, the Somerville, Massachusetts company uses
  gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductors to generate high-frequency electric current through tape-like
  strips attached to an aircraft''s exterior, melting snow and ice during the boarding window instead of
  the usual 30-45 minute glycol spray delay. The approach eliminates glycol spraying costs and the carbon
  emissions from idling and chemical production/transport, improving airline on-time performance. Air
  Canada is the launch customer, and the technology was featured in Time''s Best Inventions of 2024.
  De-Ice is a portfolio company of Playground Global. This is a company profile in the API Evangelist
  network; De-Ice publishes no public API, SDK, or developer surface at this time.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/deice/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/627ab40cc17bbf5c16f65cd8/6463e842729280754d4af34f_deice-black.svg
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- playground-global
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
tags:
- Company
- Deep Tech
- Aviation
- Aerospace
- Sustainability
- Climate Tech
- Hardware
- Semiconductors
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.deice.com/
- type: About
  url: https://www.deice.com/about-us
- type: Customers
  url: https://www.deice.com/customers
- type: Careers
  url: https://www.deice.com/careers
- type: Media
  url: https://www.deice.com/media
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/deice-domain-security.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence