Joke aside, yeah, hearing about interesting tech being used outside of breathless, infinitely scalable, VC funded tech bubble companies is usually quite compelling
I started a company that deals primarily with "cyber-physical systems" use cases in-part because I ceased to find anything remotely resembling "software for its own sake" to be compelling anymore (in an existential sense).
Also, if you do happen to work in solar farm tech, I'd love to chat. [email protected]