Two things need attention now:
Suhas Mahesh feedback (today). Suhas flagged that the sponsor pitch email "reads like an LLM." This is a credibility problem. All 5 sponsor drafts need to be rewritten in a natural, conversational voice before any further sponsor contact. The rewrites should be reviewed by a human before sending — no more autonomous sponsor sends until the voice is right.
Zero replies across all researcher batches. The permanent magnet Batches 1–2 have been out for 10–14 days with no responses. Per outreach principles, one thoughtful follow-up is appropriate. Batches 3–4 and the superconductor/thermoelectrics batch are newer and should be left alone for now. The follow-up needs to be genuinely useful — not "just checking in" but offering something new (a relevant result, a specific invitation, a pointer to something on the platform).
The three blocked sponsors (DCVC, Khosla, BEV) have no public email addresses. Finding alternative contact channels is lower priority than getting the voice right on the emails that can actually go out.
Research pause remains in effect — no screening chains, no structure-family work, no DFT/MLIP calculations. All time goes to outreach.