- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": "founder_name_co-founder_2", "conflict": {"value": "Sources use Phillip Mendonça-Vieira (YC blog 2015, TechCrunch/GitHub 2018), Phill Mendonça-Vieira (company blog 2018), and Filipa Mendonça-Vieira (YC company page current). Likely same person; name/identity evolved over time.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/every-day-theres-a-new-zero-day-appcanary-yc-s15-makes-sure-your-company-is-safe", "https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/04/appcanary-shuts-down-its-vulnerability-scanning-service-as-the-team-joins-github/", "https://blog.appcanary.com/2018/goodbye.html", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/appcanary"]}}, {"field": "headquarters", "conflict": {"value": "YC and Tracxn list Toronto, Canada; Gaebler lists San Francisco, CA mailing address; LinkedIn company data lists Mountain View, CA.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/appcanary", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/appcanary/__ltzGrUupwqqqRoHeJu7DKbwb4hr3Igky4mpv7Sf4R5o", "https://www.gaebler.com/Funded-Company-57CB46BD-9DE3-41F1-9574-C69161E58650-appCanary", "https://linkedin.com/in/mveytsman"]}}, {"field": "pricing_tier_limits", "conflict": {"value": "YC blog (Aug 2015) says $29/month covers up to 5 servers; TechCrunch (Jan 2018) says $29/month for up to 3 agents. Pricing may have changed between sources.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/every-day-theres-a-new-zero-day-appcanary-yc-s15-makes-sure-your-company-is-safe", "https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/04/appcanary-shuts-down-its-vulnerability-scanning-service-as-the-team-joins-github/"]}}, {"field": "funding_total", "gap": {"value": "2015 hello blog references additional unnamed investors beyond YC; only the $120K YC seed round is documented with amount and date in primary/VC databases.", "source_urls": ["https://blog.appcanary.com/2015/hello-appcanary.html", "https://www.gaebler.com/Funded-Company-57CB46BD-9DE3-41F1-9574-C69161E58650-appCanary", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/appcanary/__ltzGrUupwqqqRoHeJu7DKbwb4hr3Igky4mpv7Sf4R5o"]}}, {"field": "acquisition_price", "gap": {"value": "GitHub acquisition price and structure not disclosed; TechCrunch reports deal understood to be primarily an acqui-hire.", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/04/appcanary-shuts-down-its-vulnerability-scanning-service-as-the-team-joins-github/", "https://blog.appcanary.com/2018/goodbye.html"]}}, {"field": "founded_year", "gap": {"value": "Appcanary company founding cited as 2015, but founders' security work traces to State Machinery (~2012) and Gemcanary (Feb 2013); unclear whether 2015 marks new entity or pivot date only.", "source_urls": ["https://blog.appcanary.com/2015/hello-appcanary.html", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/appcanary/__ltzGrUupwqqqRoHeJu7DKbwb4hr3Igky4mpv7Sf4R5o", "https://linkedin.com/in/mveytsman"]}}, {"field": "customer_count", "gap": {"value": "YC blog (Aug 2015) cites 40+ pilot customers; no verified later customer count before shutdown.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/every-day-theres-a-new-zero-day-appcanary-yc-s15-makes-sure-your-company-is-safe"]}}, {"field": "brand_spelling", "conflict": {"value": "Inconsistent capitalization/spelling across sources: appCanary, Appcanary, AppCanary.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/every-day-theres-a-new-zero-day-appcanary-yc-s15-makes-sure-your-company-is-safe", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/appcanary", "https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/04/appcanary-shuts-down-its-vulnerability-scanning-service-as-the-team-joins-github/"]}}]]
- source urls
- ["http://appcanary.com", "https://blog.appcanary.com/2015/hello-appcanary.html", "https://blog.appcanary.com/2018/goodbye.html", "https://linkedin.com/in/mveytsman", "https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/04/appcanary-shuts-down-its-vulnerability-scanning-service-as-the-team-joins-github/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/appcanary/__ltzGrUupwqqqRoHeJu7DKbwb4hr3Igky4mpv7Sf4R5o", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/appcanary", "https://www.gaebler.com/Funded-Company-57CB46BD-9DE3-41F1-9574-C69161E58650-appCanary", "https://www.gaebler.com/VC-Funding-61CAA482-276A-42B3-8826-2253DC0624D7-appCanary-08-19-2015", "https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/every-day-theres-a-new-zero-day-appcanary-yc-s15-makes-sure-your-company-is-safe", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/appcanary"]