Unbottled: A Startup Podcast by Kadeya
Building the Future of Beverage — one sip, one story at a time.
Hosted by Manuela Zoninsein, founder & CEO of Kadeya, Unbottled takes you behind the scenes of building the world’s first closed-loop beverage system—a reusable, refillable, zero-waste alternative to single-use bottles.
In this limited first season, you’ll hear raw, unfiltered conversations with the people rethinking everything we know about water, plastic, and sustainability:
• Founders rewriting the rules of reuse
• Experts exposing myths about recycling and microplastics
• Investors betting on climate hardware
• Workers and operators fueling change from the ground up
From fighting plastic pollution to re-engineering the beverage supply chain, each episode dives into the problems, people, and possibilities behind the bottle.
Because the future of beverage isn’t bottled —
It’s built.
New episodes every Monday.
Unbottled: A Startup Podcast by Kadeya
From Robotics to Reuse: How Kadeya’s CPO Is Rebuilding the Beverage Supply Chain
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How do you redesign an entire industry without asking people to change how they live?
In this episode of Unbottled, Manuela sits down with Kadeya’s cofounder and Chief Product Officer Denis Lussault to unpack his personal journey from Formula 1 dreams and warehouse robotics to building the world’s first closed-loop beverage system.
Denis explains how decades of experience across industries shaped the way Kadeya is designing smarter, circular systems — and why solving climate problems starts with solving operational ones.
In this conversation, you’ll learn:
- Why the real problem isn’t the bottle — it’s the system behind it
- How robotics and automation make sustainability scalable
- How AI helps optimize hardware, supply chains, and customer experience
- Denis’s leadership philosophy and product vision
- Lessons from Formula 1, startups, and team sports that now shape Kadeya’s culture
- Why climate impact requires systems thinking, not surface fixes
You’ll also hear about Denis’s path in startups and reimagining hydration infrastructure — plus basketball analogies, bikes-as-thinking tools, and what it takes to build something that people actually want to use.
Because the future of beverages isn’t about better bottles.
It’s about better systems.
💧 Unbottled is brought to you by Kadeya — building closed-loop beverage systems for a world beyond single-use.
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If this episode got you thinking about plastic systems change, product innovation, or how we build a better future - don’t just listen. Be an owner.
Kadeya is raising a community round on Wefunder. You can invest with as little as $100 and help bring closed-loop hydration to more people, in more places.
👉 Learn more and join our investor community at: https://www.wefunder.com/kadeya
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Follow Denis Lussault
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/denis-lussault-40691946/
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Follow Kadeya:
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kdy/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kadeya.club/
Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kadeya.club
Website: https://www.kadeya.com/
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Follow Manuela:
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manuelasweb/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/manuelasweb/
Substack: https://manuelazoninsein.substack.com/
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Building the future of beverage—one sip, one story at a time.
Unbottled shares raw conversations with the people rethinking everything we know about water, plastic, and sustainability. Because the future of beverage isn’t bottled—it’s built. New episodes every Monday.
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