London-based Greyparrot raises $27M to prove waste data is worth more than the machines sorting it

London-based Greyparrot has raised $27 million to expand its AI-powered waste analytics platform, which uses computer vision to track and sort recycling data, arguing that the data generated by waste processing is more valuable than the sorting machinery itself. The funding round was led by Autodesk Foundation and other investors, bringing Greyparrot's total funding to over $50 million.

Omar Mir has spent 25 years building AI infrastructure businesses and sitting on the board of one of…