UtilityScore (formerly Pando)
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
UtilityScore, originally founded as Pando, was an Oakland startup from Y Combinator's Summer 2016 batch that built an API estimating utility costs for more than 100 million homes. Its scores rated homes' utility costs on a 1-to-100 scale and provided monthly estimates for electricity, gas, water and sewer bills, helping homebuyers and real estate companies compare the true cost of properties.
02 / FAILURE REASONS
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03 / EVENT HISTORY
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- Founded as Pando
UtilityScore was founded in Oakland and joined Y Combinator's Summer 2016 batch as Pando, building an API that estimates utility costs for over 100 million homes.
- Renamed UtilityScore
The company renamed itself UtilityScore and introduced utility-cost scores on a 1-to-100 scale for homes, with monthly bill estimates and home-improvement energy-savings features covered by real estate press.
- Inactive
The company became inactive, as reflected in its Y Combinator directory status, ending its run.
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
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05 / CAUSAL CHAIN / AFTERMATH
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