Elstat is a well-established industrial IoT player (founded 1996) with a massive claimed footprint of 7 million connected units, significantly outscaling typical software startups. However, the submission quality was exceptionally poor, featuring vague claims like 'most people have used my product' and confusing financial metrics ($35M market cap for a 350-person hardware company seems low or mislabeled). While the underlying business utility (energy efficiency/refrigeration) is high, the low-effort response applied a drag on the final score. The project scores above the calibration baseline due to sheer industrial scale, but fails to reach the 500+ tier due to poor data verification in the entry.
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