Pelm
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
Pelm was a Y Combinator-backed US startup building a universal API for energy data. Instead of integrating with hundreds of utilities across the US one by one, developers could integrate with Pelm's API to query hourly electricity usage or transfer utility service for a specific property. The platform aimed to provide infrastructure for climate-tech use cases such as automated demand response, home electrification and solar installation.
02 / FAILURE REASONS
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03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- Company founded
Pelm is founded in the US as a Y Combinator-funded startup building a universal API for utility energy data.
- Seed round
Pelm raises a seed round (May 2022) at a reported $16 million valuation to build its energy-data API.
- No verifiable event
Pelm's developer documentation remains online; no shutdown, acquisition or bankruptcy has been documented.
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
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Overall assessment: Not completed
05 / CAUSAL CHAIN / AFTERMATH
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