ZYD Energy is a verified, government-funded (CalSEED, DOE, EPIC) climate-tech company developing 'LOCUS' thermal energy storage controls. While the technology addresses a critical real-world problem (grid decarbonization) and demonstrates high technical innovation with patent-pending hardware, the submission itself is of very poor quality. The user claims 'most people have used my product' and 'everyone' is the audience, which are demonstrably false for a specialized B2B/B2C pilot-stage hardware solution. These hyperbolic claims, combined with ambiguous financial data ('marketcap: 500000'), severely penalized the Audience Reach and Traction scores, despite the project's legitimate external validation.
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