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Issue 01 · June 27, 2026

A student, a tool, and a slide that claimed 450 terawatts

I'm Eric, founder of Verdict. Most founders can't get a straight read on their deck. Not everyone has a VC they can call, and GPT and Claude will never give it to you straight without a lot of pushing. So Verdict does. I'll send one of these every few weeks: what changed, who we're working with, and what it caught. A mix this time.

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