The project 'Corbado' (submitted under the name 'DeepGale') is a legitimate, high-potential Y Combinator (W23) startup providing passkey authentication infrastructure. While the actual real-world utility and verified external traction (e.g., VicRoads case study with 5M users) are strong, the submission itself was of extremely poor quality, containing false reach claims ('everyone', 'most people') and typos. The score reflects a balance between the high value of the underlying technology and significant penalties for the lack of substantiated evidence in the submission.
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