Proof of Usefulness Report

Stat Zero

Analysis completed on 2/3/2026

+41
Proof of Usefulness Score
You're In Business

Stat Zero appears to be a legitimate boutique B2G consultancy and VC firm founded in 2019, but the submission contains significant red flags and hyperbolic claims. The statement that 'most people have used my product' is demonstrably false for a niche government services provider. The financial metric 'all time marketcap: 2500000' is confusing and suggests a misunderstanding of financial terminology or a small-scale operation (~$2.5M total revenue/valuation over 5 years). While the company likely has real credentials (team background, potential niche awards like Forbes Next 1000), the submission's exaggeration of reach and mislabeling of awards (Forbes 1000 is for large public caps) heavily penalizes the credibility and traction scores.

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Score Breakdown

Real World Utility+15.00
Audience Reach Impact+2.00
Technical Innovation+6.00
Evidence Of Traction+3.75
Market Timing Relevance+7.00
Functional Completeness+1.50
Subtotal+35.25
Usefulness Multiplierx1.15
Final Score+41

Project Details

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Description
Stat Zero is a minority- and women-owned global public sector technology company based in Silicon Valley, California. We enable public sector leaders to develop digital transformation roadmaps. We develop, harden, and configure IT solutions to modernize legacy architectures and applications, accelerate digital service delivery, and improve workforce technology literacy skills. Founded in 2019, we grew by helping public sector tech startups to build products fast using agile principles, innovative capital market methods, and our industry expertise. Our founders attended Harvard and Stanford and worked at DARPA, CERN, Deloitte, Wayfair, IBM, Pepisco, Headspace, and Obama’s White House. We are also operators whom had exits from startups backed by Facebook and Tesla executives. Since 2020, we have been helping public sector organizations to adopt these skills, capabilities, and new ways of working to deliver better outcomes for residents, citizens, and governments. It has won Forbes 1000, World Finance Magazine’s Most Sustainable Investment Company, and its executives were awarded Comerica Bank & Los Angeles Lakers Women of Promise Award, and Thinkers360’s World Top Experts and Influencers in GovTech (#2), HealthTech (#40), Lean Startups (#40), and Global Ecosystem (#15). We are members of DoE’s American-Made Network, World Economic Forum, NYC’s The Grid, Harvard Business School Angels, Sandhill Angels, Women in VC. Stat Zero is building a global movement through strategic, multidisciplinary partnerships that lead to collective action, collective impact, and solve global grand challenges.

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