The company was set up by founder Gadhadar Reddy to fulfill a childhood dream to travel to Mars. His decided to focus on producing and selling carbon nanotubes because they have been theorized for decades as a material that will make space travel. After a decade, NoPo devised a method to reliably produce carbon nanotubes, and is currently working with many industries from water filtration system manufacturers to electric car battery makers to sell the unique material.