- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": "total_funding", "conflict": "CB Insights and Tracxn report $150K total raised; founder post-mortem describes angel ($80K), DILA (undisclosed), YC, FJ Labs, and Kli Capital rounds — total likely exceeds $150K.", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/alana-jobs", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/alana/__mcSXtD6cDiyggCAIVrZibfNg2La1CAtTAdoZGG5eqcA/funding-and-investors", "https://startupeable.com/alana/"]}, {"field": "employees", "conflict": "YC lists team size 14; founder reports 16 people at peak during YC.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/alana", "https://startupeable.com/alana/"]}, {"field": "status", "conflict": "YC and founder post-mortem say inactive/closed; CB Insights still lists company as Alive.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/alana", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/alana-jobs", "https://startupeable.com/alana/"]}, {"field": "identity", "conflict": "Crunchbase organization alana-4621 appears to be a different London, UK company — not this YC Mexico startup.", "source_urls": ["https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/alana-4621", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/alana"]}, {"field": "closure_date", "gap": "Exact shutdown date not stated; closure decision followed a difficult 2020; post-mortem published/referenced in 2022.", "source_urls": ["https://startupeable.com/alana/", "https://startupeable.substack.com/p/alana-historia-y-lecciones-del-cierre"]}, {"field": "product_positioning", "conflict": "2019 press and Demo Day pitched hiring marketplace; YC current profile and later pivot describe HR/staff-management SaaS ERP.", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2019/08/19/all-84-startups-from-y-combinators-s19-demo-day-1/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/alana", "https://startupeable.com/alana/"]}, {"field": "founded_year", "conflict": "YC and CB Insights say 2017; Reforgers incorrectly lists founded 2019.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/alana", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/alana-jobs", "https://reforgers.com/startups/alana"]}]]
- source urls
- ["https://readysetlaunch.ai/cases/failures/alana/", "https://reforgers.com/startups/alana", "https://startupeable.com/alana/", "https://startupeable.substack.com/p/alana-historia-y-lecciones-del-cierre", "https://techcrunch.com/2019/08/19/all-84-startups-from-y-combinators-s19-demo-day-1/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/alana/__mcSXtD6cDiyggCAIVrZibfNg2La1CAtTAdoZGG5eqcA/funding-and-investors", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/alana-jobs", "https://www.contxto.com/en/mexico/alana-jobs-raises-undisclosed-funds-from-dila-capital/", "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/alana-4621", "https://www.lavca.org/dila-capital-invests-in-alana-jobs/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/alana"]