- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"issue": {"value": "Homonym company: ATOMIZED (founded 2013, Atlanta) — content-visualization / marketing platform acquired by Opal in 2019 — is a different entity.", "source_urls": ["https://www.linkedin.com/company/atomized", "https://blogs.persana.ai/what-is-atomized-acquired-by-opal-company-overview-details"]}}, {"issue": {"value": "startupintros.com lists $5.0M across 3 rounds and 2015–2016 funding dates — conflates Opal-acquired Atomized, not YC S20 Atomized.", "source_urls": ["https://startupintros.com/orgs/atomized", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/atomized"]}}, {"issue": {"value": "Founding year conflict: YC/LinkedIn profile say 2020; LinkedIn company page says 2018; founder portfolio says 2019–2022.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/atomized", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/atomizedhq", "https://nkotov.com/works/atomized"]}}, {"issue": {"value": "Total funding conflict: founder states $500K raised post-batch; Tracxn/LinkedIn aggregate $625K in 2 rounds (implies separate YC check).", "source_urls": ["https://medium.com/@nkotov/why-my-first-yc-backed-startup-failed-b1fe1fc7232b", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/atomized/__OsEXBw9uF2wn_-rga2PQm9JOPNTZoXNUDbfgsUl7l1M"]}}, {"issue": {"value": "CTO conflict: Eddie Herbert cited as co-founder/CTO in May 2021 press; shutdown post names Parker as CTO (Herbert LinkedIn shows departure Jun 2021).", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2021/05/12/atomized-lands-500k-pre-seed-to-help-developers-deploy-infrastructure-faster/", "https://medium.com/@nkotov/why-my-first-yc-backed-startup-failed-b1fe1fc7232b", "https://linkedin.com/in/eddie-herbert-72237682"]}}, {"issue": {"value": "LinkedIn company page (atomizedhq) still marked active with stale employee/revenue data despite 2022 shutdown.", "source_urls": ["https://www.linkedin.com/company/atomizedhq", "https://medium.com/@nkotov/why-my-first-yc-backed-startup-failed-b1fe1fc7232b"]}}, {"issue": {"value": "YC company page lists only Nik Kotov as founder; does not mention Eddie Herbert or Parker.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/atomized", "https://techcrunch.com/2021/05/12/atomized-lands-500k-pre-seed-to-help-developers-deploy-infrastructure-faster/"]}}, {"issue": {"value": "Exact YC S20 standard-deal dollar amount not publicly confirmed in primary sources reviewed.", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/atomized/__OsEXBw9uF2wn_-rga2PQm9JOPNTZoXNUDbfgsUl7l1M", "https://medium.com/@nkotov/why-my-first-yc-backed-startup-failed-b1fe1fc7232b"]}}]]
- source urls
- ["https://blogs.persana.ai/what-is-atomized-acquired-by-opal-company-overview-details", "https://github.com/atomizedhq", "https://linkedin.com/in/eddie-herbert-72237682", "https://medium.com/@nkotov/why-my-first-yc-backed-startup-failed-b1fe1fc7232b", "https://nkotov.com/works/atomized", "https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/atomizedhq/deploy-template-ec2-runcommand", "https://startupintros.com/orgs/atomized", "https://techcrunch.com/2021/05/12/atomized-lands-500k-pre-seed-to-help-developers-deploy-infrastructure-faster/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/atomized/__OsEXBw9uF2wn_-rga2PQm9JOPNTZoXNUDbfgsUl7l1M", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/atomized", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/atomizedhq", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikkotov", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/atomized"]