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Tornyol

Fall 2025 · Active

We build micro-drones that kill mosquitoes.

Team size: 2

About

Tornyol builds micro-drones that kill mosquitoes. We use smartphone microphones, car park assist sensors and some clever DSP and control to transform 40-gram toy drones into mosquito killers. Because these drones are so cheap and fast, we will lower the cost of mosquito control by 100x which will enable the eradication of mosquitoes from cities, saving more than a million people each year from Malaria, West Nile, Dengue, etc.

Founders

  • Clovis PiedalluFounder

    French engineer, working on autonomous mosquito-killing micro-drones

  • Alex ToussaintFounder

    Built one of the first in-air phased array sonar when I was 18. Worked on aerial guidance and navigation. Now building micro-drones that kill mosquitoes. https://alextoussaint.com