- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": {"value": "identity.hq_location", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/automate-ads", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/automate-ads-launches-automation-tasks-to-put-digital-advertising-on-autopilot-300140634.html", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/automate-ads", "https://www.gaebler.com/Funded-Company-928F6E50-A124-499C-B1B4-B533012950FA-Kuhcoon"]}, "issue": {"value": "HQ conflict: YC lists San Mateo, CA; PR Newswire and Wikipedia list Palo Alto, CA; Gaebler and YCDB list Moosic, PA (905 Marion Ln). Founding city Scranton, PA is separate from later HQ claims.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/automate-ads", "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2015/automate-ads.json", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/automate-ads-launches-automation-tasks-to-put-digital-advertising-on-autopilot-300140634.html", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automate_Ads", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/automate-ads", "https://www.gaebler.com/Funded-Company-928F6E50-A124-499C-B1B4-B533012950FA-Kuhcoon"]}}, {"field": {"value": "funding.total_raised_usd", "source_urls": ["https://www.gaebler.com/Funded-Company-928F6E50-A124-499C-B1B4-B533012950FA-Kuhcoon", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/kuhcoon"]}, "issue": {"value": "Funding total conflict: Gaebler/VentureDeal-derived records report $370K across two 2015 seed rounds; CB Insights reports $120K total raised.", "source_urls": ["https://www.gaebler.com/Funded-Company-928F6E50-A124-499C-B1B4-B533012950FA-Kuhcoon", "https://www.gaebler.com/VC-Funding-097A349B-FB85-4B6E-8306-29DCC416FB05-Kuhcoon-03-23-2015", "https://www.gaebler.com/VC-Funding-39FBB32E-E283-420A-A434-398BE9661F45-Kuhcoon-03-30-2015", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/kuhcoon"]}}, {"field": {"value": "funding.investors", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/kuhcoon", "https://www.broadlume.com/about-us"]}, "issue": {"value": "CB Insights lists Broadlume as investor; Broadlume is the later rebrand of acquirer AdHawk (founded 2015), suggesting possible database conflation rather than a contemporaneous investment.", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/kuhcoon", "https://www.broadlume.com/about-us", "https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/18/adhawk-acquires-automate-ads/"]}}, {"field": {"value": "employees.snapshots", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/automate-ads", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/automate-ads"]}, "issue": {"value": "Headcount conflict: YC/OSS team_size=2 vs YCDB employees=5; no primary audited headcount at peak or at shutdown.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/automate-ads", "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2015/automate-ads.json", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/automate-ads"]}}, {"field": {"value": "products.customer_counts", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2015/02/19/yc-backed-kuhcoon-promises-to-automate-facebook-ad-campaigns-for-small-businesses/", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/automate-ads-launches-automation-tasks-to-put-digital-advertising-on-autopilot-300140634.html"]}, "issue": {"value": "Customer-count drift: TechCrunch Feb 2015 cites 6,000+ advertisers in 90+ countries; PR Newswire Sept 2015 cites thousands in 75+ countries. All figures are company-claimed and unverified.", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2015/02/19/yc-backed-kuhcoon-promises-to-automate-facebook-ad-campaigns-for-small-businesses/", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/automate-ads-launches-automation-tasks-to-put-digital-advertising-on-autopilot-300140634.html"]}}, {"field": {"value": "exit_status.status_labels", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/automate-ads", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/automate-ads", "https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/18/adhawk-acquires-automate-ads/"]}, "issue": {"value": "Status label conflict: YC lists Inactive; YCDB lists Dead; contemporaneous TechCrunch/Wikipedia document AdHawk acquisition Oct 2017. YC profile does not reflect Acquired label.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/automate-ads", "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2015/automate-ads.json", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/automate-ads", "https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/18/adhawk-acquires-automate-ads/"]}}, {"field": {"value": "exit_status.price_usd", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/18/adhawk-acquires-automate-ads/", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automate_Ads"]}, "issue": {"value": "Gap: acquisition price, valuation, and deal structure not publicly disclosed in primary sources checked.", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/18/adhawk-acquires-automate-ads/", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automate_Ads"]}}, {"field": {"value": "identity.legal_name", "source_urls": ["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automate_Ads"]}, "issue": {"value": "Gap: no verified Delaware/California incorporation name or SEC filing identifying the operating legal entity in sources checked (OpenCorporates cited by Wikipedia not independently verified here).", "source_urls": ["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automate_Ads"]}}, {"field": {"value": "founders.yc_directory", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/automate-ads"]}, "issue": {"value": "Gap: Y Combinator company page lists Founders section but does not expose founder names in public directory/API; founder identity relies on TechCrunch, Gaebler, and Wikipedia.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/automate-ads", "https://techcrunch.com/2015/02/19/yc-backed-kuhcoon-promises-to-automate-facebook-ad-campaigns-for-small-businesses/", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automate_Ads"]}}, {"field": {"value": "products.planned_channels", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2015/02/19/yc-backed-kuhcoon-promises-to-automate-facebook-ad-campaigns-for-small-businesses/", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automate_Ads"]}, "issue": {"value": "Gap: Twitter and Pinterest launches were planned per Feb 2015 TechCrunch/Wikipedia but no primary launch confirmation found in sources checked.", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2015/02/19/yc-backed-kuhcoon-promises-to-automate-facebook-ad-campaigns-for-small-businesses/", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automate_Ads"]}}]]
- source urls
- ["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automate_Ads", "https://techcrunch.com/2015/02/19/yc-backed-kuhcoon-promises-to-automate-facebook-ad-campaigns-for-small-businesses/", "https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/18/adhawk-acquires-automate-ads/", "https://www.broadlume.com/about-us", "https://www.broadlume.com/blog/broadlume-is-now-a-cyncly-company", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/kuhcoon", "https://www.gaebler.com/Funded-Company-928F6E50-A124-499C-B1B4-B533012950FA-Kuhcoon", "https://www.gaebler.com/VC-Funding-097A349B-FB85-4B6E-8306-29DCC416FB05-Kuhcoon-03-23-2015", "https://www.gaebler.com/VC-Funding-39FBB32E-E283-420A-A434-398BE9661F45-Kuhcoon-03-30-2015", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/automate-ads-launches-automation-tasks-to-put-digital-advertising-on-autopilot-300140634.html", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/automate-ads", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/automate-ads", "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2015/automate-ads.json"]