OtterTune was a legitimate, high-tech spinoff from CMU that raised notable venture capital ($12M) but permanently ceased operations in June 2024 due to business viability issues. The submission itself is of extremely low quality, containing demonstrably false claims (e.g., 'most people have used my product', 'audience reach: everyone') and irrelevant tags ('leadership'). While the underlying machine learning technology for database tuning was innovative, the project currently has zero real-world utility as the service is defunct. The score reflects the project's 'dead' status and the submission's lack of credibility.
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