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Hi, Edmund here. I wanted to address some of your concerns since I built Pelm Connect.

Regarding the similarity in design, I believe this is a result of both of our products finding inspiration in Plaid. Plaid has played an insurmountable role in the fintech boom, and I’m sure most could understand why companies like Pelm and Arcadia would look up to them for inspiration.

Regarding the similar copy in our documentation, this was something Pelm could have handled better. Our intention was to find a template as a starting point to work off of, and in hindsight, we should have just started from scratch. We’ve completely rewritten our Pelm Connect documentation.

Please understand that we had no malicious intentions and did not mean to discredit the hard work of Arcadia. We believe that Pelm and Arcadia have the same goal of democratizing access to energy data in service of making the world more sustainable. We’re excited that competition in the space will spur innovation and help us move closer to solving a dire problem.