{
  "task": {
    "title": "Climate Tech Startup Investment Landscape 2024-2025",
    "objective": "Map the current climate tech startup ecosystem, identify high-potential sectors, and analyze investment trends to guide venture capital allocation strategy",
    "type": "exploratory"
  },
  "context": {
    "background": "Climate tech investment reached $70B in 2023 despite broader VC slowdown. Key areas include carbon capture, green hydrogen, sustainable aviation, and grid-scale storage. Policy tailwinds from IRA and EU Green Deal are accelerating deployment.",
    "audience": "executive",
    "use_case": "VC fund thesis development for $200M climate-focused fund",
    "prior_knowledge": [
      "IRA provides significant tax incentives for clean energy",
      "Battery costs have fallen 90% since 2010",
      "Carbon capture is gaining traction but economics remain challenging"
    ]
  },
  "questions": {
    "primary": "Which climate tech sectors offer the best risk-adjusted returns for early-stage investment over the next 5 years?",
    "secondary": [
      "What are the top-funded climate tech sectors in 2024?",
      "Which sectors have the highest ratio of Series A+ to seed funding?",
      "What policy mechanisms are most impactful for startup unit economics?",
      "Which technologies are transitioning from lab to commercial scale?",
      "What are the key risks by sector (technology, regulatory, market)?"
    ],
    "hypotheses": [
      "Grid-scale storage will see highest growth due to renewable intermittency",
      "Green hydrogen remains 3-5 years from commercial viability for most applications",
      "Carbon capture DAC costs will not reach economic viability without policy support"
    ],
    "exclusions": [
      "Mature renewable technologies (solar panels, onshore wind)",
      "ESG/impact investing frameworks",
      "Carbon offset markets",
      "Nuclear energy"
    ]
  },
  "constraints": {
    "timeframe": {
      "start": "2023-01-01",
      "end": "present",
      "focus_period": "2024-2025"
    },
    "geography": {
      "scope": "global",
      "regions": ["United States", "European Union", "China"],
      "exclude_regions": []
    },
    "sources": {
      "required_types": ["industry_reports", "news", "official_docs", "datasets"],
      "preferred_domains": ["pitchbook.com", "crunchbase.com", "iea.org", "bnef.com"],
      "excluded_domains": [],
      "min_quality": "C",
      "language": ["en"]
    },
    "data_requirements": {
      "quantitative": true,
      "qualitative": true,
      "specific_metrics": [
        "total funding by sector",
        "deal count by stage",
        "average deal size",
        "notable exits",
        "policy incentive values"
      ]
    }
  },
  "output": {
    "format": "comprehensive_report",
    "length": {
      "min_words": 6000,
      "max_words": 15000,
      "executive_summary_words": 600
    },
    "structure": {
      "include_executive_summary": true,
      "include_methodology": true,
      "include_visualizations": true,
      "include_raw_data": true,
      "include_bibliography": true,
      "include_appendices": true,
      "generate_website": false
    },
    "citation_style": "APA",
    "tone": "professional"
  },
  "keywords": [
    "climate tech",
    "clean energy investment",
    "carbon capture",
    "green hydrogen",
    "grid storage",
    "sustainable aviation fuel",
    "climate VC",
    "decarbonization"
  ],
  "special_instructions": [
    "Include sector-by-sector analysis with investment data tables",
    "Map key policy incentives (IRA, EU Green Deal) to specific sectors",
    "Identify top 10 most-funded startups per sector",
    "Note technology readiness levels (TRL) for emerging technologies",
    "Highlight geographic concentrations of startup activity"
  ]
}