Carbon utilization requires effective carbon-to-value reactions, with scaling requiring approaches that make more economic sense to ensure adoption for a wide variety of stakeholders. SolidSky, a DOE spinout company, is commercializing a platform to turn CO2 into a value driver for fundamental commodity chemicals. Using a unique catalyst, the CO2 is used as an oxidant in the cracking reaction of ethane and propane into ethylene and propylene, while controllably coproducing syngas. This process happens at lower process heats and pressures than conventional reactors, ensuring that reactors are cheaper to build, cheaper to operate, and safer for everyone. A final exciting aspect of this novel approach is that depending on the CO2 source, the process can be carbon negative, even if using fossil inputs for heat.