 Removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is the greatest technological challenge of our time. Our team at Sydney Sustainable Carbon, along with our industry partners, meet this challenge through solar-powered direct air capture of carbon dioxide. We use a nanoporous absorbent called a metal-organic framework, or MOF, whose huge internal surface area and chemical selectivity allows for excellent carbon dioxide uptake and release for sequestration. We have already developed a first-generation direct air capture unit, our second-generation direct air capture unit, which will become fully recyclable, will achieve carbon dioxide uptake of up to two tonnes per year. X-Price funding would allow us to upscale our MOF synthesis through an innovative spray-drying technique. A new 3D-printed design would deliver greater weight, cost and energy savings by giving structural integrity to the MOF absorbent itself. We envision large-scale deployment of our direct air capture units with gigaton carbon dioxide geosequestration potential to help build a brighter future.