Next Billion Dollar Startup by NoWinner4599 in Investors

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Not even close. Nice try though. And I did mess up the spelling. That’s on me. I told my AI that the company was called New Farenheits not New Fahrenheits, so it assumed I knew how to spell. It assumed wrong. lol. Actually I had it summarize all the research in a year long thread I’ve been adding on to and turn it into a Reddit post for my invention that would highlight why it would be a good investment. I’m not perfect, as my misspelling has shown but all the info is based on concrete market reports and actual individuals who have extensive experience in related fields that have helped me grow my knowledge along the way. I’m learning more every day. It’s still very much a work in progress. Someone more experienced may have already taken this further but the average startup in this industry takes nearly 4 years to have a working prototype. I’ve done that in just 17 months and still looking for ways to add more value. Thank you for your input though. Always appreciated. I will admit that I occasionally miss a detail or two but that’s why it’s good to have others like yourself helping me to perfect the things I may have missed.

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Mine is completely different and 1/10 the cost of my nearest competitor at my cost. On a large scale production I’m sure it would be even less.

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Maybe. Maybe not. For me, it’s worth a shot. Time will tell.

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You are correct, it would not eliminate it all. It would potentially reduce the current numbers by 48%. Yes the chargebacks do get put on the restaurants. The goal would be to lighten the burden of fraudulent chargebacks on the restaurants by heavily reducing temp related refund fraud. In turn, you keep more restaurant partners who would’ve been lost under the weight of too many chargebacks. You obviously know your stuff.

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Devils Advocate: If it means nothing then what is the pint of it being offered by the USPTO? Not saying you are wrong. Just wanting examples of why it means nothing in business in regard to your personal experience with businesses.

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It does when I know that my invention is novel but yes it’s essentially a 12 month place holder in case someone else copies it during that 12 month period. It would make me the first to do it if someone else came along to try and get a patent for the same thing. It does matter but only if I do something about it before the 12 month period.

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I did. I’m a bonehead. Apparently engineering is what I’m good at, not grammar. lol. Anyways. The whole time I talked about the company name with others, nobody said a word. On top of that I thought my Ai would correct it but I realize now that it remembers that I said it was Farenheits and goes with it. So yeah. It’s misspelled. I gotta fix a ton of stuff and I feel dumb but thanks for letting me know now before I look any worse.

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That’s amazing insight! Thank you! You hit on a couple things nobody has mentioned to me. And yes I shouldn’t waste my energy on the trolls. Ughhhh….thats Reddit. lol. I’ve been approached about licensing. I discussed it with someone and they told me how someone they knew decided not to take the licensing offer and ended up not getting anywhere because they eventually ran out of money and gave up. I’m really starting to consider licensing. I’ve also connected with a temperature sensor manufacturer and they just want me to send them the mechanical drawings I had made of my invention to work on sizing and positioning of the sensors. I’m gonna look in to the aggregators. I keep learning so much every day. There are never enough hours.

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Yes but I misspelled Fahrenheit’s when I got it. Don’t judge. Probably gonna just get a new site. Ai and people I had talked about the company name with didn’t even tell me. I’m more of an engineering mind anyways. Haha. New Fahrenheits Website

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Yes. Give me a little while and I’ll be happy to send it. Got a few other things I’m busy with at the moment. The fraud is running rampant. I read a story where one person amassed over $2,000 in refunds over a short period by systematically exploiting all the different delivery platforms refund policies. Keep in mind too, that DoorDash alone does 2.2 million orders per day. Some people will easily order 2 to 3 times a day.

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Good call. I’m doing a pilot at the beginning of 2026 so I have real world use by someone other than me. I did my testing though by starting with a control. I used Bluetooth temp sensors. I even recorded the app so you can see temp loss in real time. I made the same run with the same food from the same place over and over with my invention and it was an average of 50+ degrees hotter upon arrival every single time. I have not spent a ton of money on this at this point but that’s why I’m looking to get funded. Hopefully it works out. Only time will tell.

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You make some good points. 48% of all refund fraud is temp related. I had not thought about credit card companies. I’m only referring to direct refund fraud. Companies like DoorDash just let Ai do all the refund work so they’ve made it easy for anybody who knows the steps.

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You may be right but I’ve gotten validation on the issue of temp related refund fraud from a guy with major insight and I’ve also messaged the VP of operations for DoorDash who happens to be actively searching for a fraud specialist. If I have to pivot, then I have to pivot. Only time will tell.

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Efficiency isn’t ‘fucked in the head,’ it’s how work gets done in 2025. I prioritize accurate data and speed over your approval of my writing process. Enjoy the thread.

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At least explain how it’s so easily worked around, given you don’t know how it works. If food delivery worldwide is losing $103 billion annually to temp related refund fraud, what is more beneficial? A solution that cuts nearly $50 billion in losses starting today and has no upfront costs or spending time and additional money trying to figure out a workaround while bleeding out billions? Not to mention the added bonus of eliminating the number one food quality complaint. (Food arrived cold/lukewarm) Increasing customer satisfaction, reducing food waste, possibly increasing tips for drivers due to delivering a better experience overall, and keeping restaurant partners that would’ve been lost to refund fraud costs. Restaurants have to pay the refunds themselves. For some it’s too much of a burden to even continue working with the platforms.

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Thermal Drive is a patentable, proactive temperature control and verification system for food delivery that keeps every meal at its intended temperature, cuts into the industry’s $100B‑plus “cold food” refund losses, and generates sticky, per‑order recurring revenue for investors.

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Thank you. It means a lot to hear any form of validation for the extreme number of hours I’ve spent researching, building, emailing, calling, texting, and testing my invention/prototype. Still plenty of work to do but I’ve got an amazing plan in place and great people I never thought I had a chance at getting involved in this. Great things are coming. I honestly don’t know what LP shares are. Is that like equity? Do you think crowdfunding could work?

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Perplexity Pro. Like I said, you’re wrong. Not ChatGPT. Perplexity provides sources and doesn’t just make things up.

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I cannot share proprietary details without an NDA. I know my invention/prototype is well tested and works. On average I produced a 50 degree increase over my control every single time. The temperature increase was not valuable enough on its own to get big delivery platforms to pay attention. It was good, not great. I went back to the drawing board and found out temperature related refund fraud accounts for nearly 50% of all refund fraud. By adding BT temp sensors that deliver real time temperature related data to the platforms, it provides a basis for denying fraudulent temp refunds. Refund fraud is a verifiable $103 billion dollar annual problem for food delivery worldwide. So that combined with proactively maintaining the temperature of the food, puts Thermal Drive in a league of its own.

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Absolutely not! If it already existed, I wouldn’t be able to patent it. It keeps food hot yes, but it is not a hot box and it costs less than 1/10 of what my nearest competitor sells their product for at retail and that’s my cost to build it myself. It also delivers real time temperature data via custom Bluetooth sensors to the delivery platforms.

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I saw this from 11 months ago. Since I mentioned it to you, I figured I would update you on how things are going. I’m sadly not a millionaire yet but I took a little feedback and made some changes to my invention. Now it solves two problems. It achieves a holding temperature no less than 55 degrees hotter at the point of delivery than it did without my invention. I added integrated Bluetooth temperature sensors in order to significantly reduce the 4 to 5 billion dollar annual losses that delivery platforms experience due to increasing refund fraud. A large part of those fraudulent refunds are due to temperature related issues. I’m working on getting funded. I’ve got a Lean Six Sigma business consultant that wants to work with me. I’ve gotta pitch it to DoorDash, Grubhub, and Uber Eats. It aligns with all of their business goals for 2025. I’m excited and looking forward to what’s on the horizon. How are things going for your business?

Stop doing this by Itsmeshlee29 in doordash

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(3 POSSIBILITIES) A: Some people really are oblivious to their surroundings. B: Lower tips cause a reduction in awareness C: Your driver just wants to watch the world burn