Hi Lucas,
I'm a bit sceptical, as most people will probably be.
As mentioned by other here - more concrete benchmarking data will greatly help. Preferably include a comparison with other technology bench results using the same data.
On the topic of data - I wonder what was actually on those compressed disks you've shown in the videos, because as you probably know compression algorithms performance depends on the complexity and entropy of the data.
Also, NTFS and FAT filesystems are mostly zeroes, so they do shrink down a lot when compressed, and virtual disks can even be "sparse" to begin with..
In short - more information is required.
As for reaching out to research groups / investors -
It can be difficult, and I know this from experience running my own startup.
Between you and me - most investors won't even understand what you've created. Assume they are non technical people.
If it were the 90's again - most of them would be working in the stock market, not technology.
So dumb it down, publish more papers/data, and get people excited -
In this business it's more about appearances than substance I'm afraid.. If there's hype - they will be interested.
Hope this helps
On the topic of data - I wonder what was actually on those compressed disks you've shown in the videos, because as you probably know compression algorithms performance depends on the complexity and entropy of the data.
Also, NTFS and FAT filesystems are mostly zeroes, so they do shrink down a lot when compressed, and virtual disks can even be "sparse" to begin with..
In short - more information is required.
As for reaching out to research groups / investors - It can be difficult, and I know this from experience running my own startup.
Between you and me - most investors won't even understand what you've created. Assume they are non technical people. If it were the 90's again - most of them would be working in the stock market, not technology.
So dumb it down, publish more papers/data, and get people excited - In this business it's more about appearances than substance I'm afraid.. If there's hype - they will be interested.
Hope this helps