Proof of Usefulness Report

Earthmover

Analysis completed on 1/20/2026

+73
Proof of Usefulness Score
You're In Business

Earthmover is a legitimate, high-potential climate tech company (Seed stage, ~$9M funding, NASA partnership) addressing a critical data infrastructure problem. However, the submission itself contained demonstrably false and lazy claims (e.g., 'most people have used my product', audience 'everyone'), which triggered severe penalties in the evaluation methodology. While the technology and market timing are excellent, the 'Proof of Usefulness' relies on the quality of evidence provided, which was negligible here.

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Score Breakdown

Real World Utility+28
Audience Reach Impact+6
Technical Innovation+13
Evidence Of Traction+11
Market Timing Relevance+9
Functional Completeness+1
Subtotal+69
Usefulness Multiplierx1.05
Final Score+73

Project Details

Project URL
earthmover.io
Description
Earthmover is building a fully managed cloud data platform around open standards and open formats to simplify the use of multidimensional, scientific data. The goal is to accelerate climate tech progress by standardizing this base layer of infrastructure that everyone needs.\n\n- Earthmover’s cloud data lakehouse platform will allow customers to quickly ingest many different scientific data formats, optimize data for analysis automatically, manage data governance, and integrate scientific data into downstream applications.\n- Data stays in the customer’s cloud account and is organized using open standards like Zarr and STAC\n- Earthmover will complement and interoperate with a thriving open-source and SaaS ecosystem, with support for many programming languages and multiple compute engines (e.g. Dask, Beam).
Audience Reach
everyone
Target Users
everyone
Technologies
Cloud Computing, Construction, Climatetech
Traction Evidence
most people have used my product

Algorithm Insights

Market Position
Growing utility with room for optimization
User Engagement
Documented reach suggests active user community
Technical Stack
Modern tech stack aligned with sponsor technologies

Recommendations to Increase Usefulness Score

Document User Growth

Provide specific metrics on user acquisition and retention rates

Showcase Revenue Model

Detail sustainable monetization strategy and current revenue streams

Expand Evidence Base

Include testimonials, case studies, and third-party validation

Technical Roadmap

Share development milestones and feature completion timeline