- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"topic": "Duplicate YC company name", "detail": "A separate YC company Aspect (aspect.inc / aspect-inc) in Fall 2025 builds AI for enterprise media content; unrelated to S19 Aspect (aspect.app).", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/aspect", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/aspect-inc", "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/Oi8-aspect-ai-platform-for-enterprise-media-content"]}, {"topic": "Metacode vs Aspect naming", "detail": "YC company page lists Aspect; YCDB lists Metacode as the S19 entry with tagline 'Better code search'; Reforgers notes 'Also known as: Metacode'; legal entity is Metacode, Inc. dba Aspect.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/aspect", "http://www.ycdb.co/company/metacode", "https://reforgers.com/startups/aspect", "https://search-code.aspect.app/"]}, {"topic": "Founder name collision", "detail": "Tshepo Mohlala (Aspect founder, US dev-tools) shares a name with Tshepo Mohlala, founder of South African denim brand Tshepo Jeans; unrelated entities.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/aspect", "https://mg.co.za/friday/2024-03-22-denim-designer-reaps-what-he-sews/"]}, {"topic": "Unrelated legacy software company", "detail": "Aspect Software is a separate, decades-old workforce-management vendor; not the YC S19 startup.", "source_urls": ["https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/aspect-software-accelerates-growth-ai-160800510.html"]}, {"topic": "Funding totals disagree", "detail": "CB Insights/LinkedIn report $150K total (YC seed); YCDB ~$0.2m; GetLatka reports $0 outside funding for Aspect.", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/metacode", "http://www.ycdb.co/company/metacode", "https://getlatka.com/companies/aspect.app", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/tshepomohlala"]}, {"topic": "Founded year mismatch", "detail": "Reforgers/YCDB/Metacode sources cite 2019; LinkedIn lists Aspect company founded 2020.", "source_urls": ["https://reforgers.com/startups/aspect", "http://www.ycdb.co/company/metacode", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/tshepomohlala"]}, {"topic": "Active status vs domain sale", "detail": "YC and Reforgers list Active; aspect.app is for sale on Spaceship; founder LinkedIn shows Aspect role ended Sep 2023.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/aspect", "https://reforgers.com/startups/aspect", "https://aspect.app", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/tshepomohlala"]}, {"topic": "Missing public metrics", "detail": "No verified public revenue, customer count, valuation, or post-YC funding rounds found.", "source_urls": ["https://getlatka.com/companies/aspect.app", "https://reforgers.com/startups/aspect"]}]]
- source urls
- ["http://www.ycdb.co/company/metacode", "https://aspect.app", "https://chromewebstore.google.com/publisher/metacode-inc/u6c243b1634963c15948be520b6ad9456", "https://design-export.aspect.app/", "https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/aspect-software-accelerates-growth-ai-160800510.html", "https://getlatka.com/companies/aspect.app", "https://mg.co.za/friday/2024-03-22-denim-designer-reaps-what-he-sews/", "https://nocap.blog/founder/tshepo-mohlala/", "https://reforgers.com/startups/aspect", "https://search-code.aspect.app/", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/metacode", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/tshepomohlala", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/aspect", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/aspect-inc", "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/Oi8-aspect-ai-platform-for-enterprise-media-content"]