- conflicts or gaps
- [{"homonym_companies": {"value": "Multiple unrelated companies share the name Balto, including Balto (balto.ai), a St. Louis contact-center AI platform with $50M+ funding, and other products (e.g., drug-discovery AI). These must not be merged with YC W19 Balto Sports.", "source_urls": ["https://www.linkedin.com/company/baltosoftware", "https://www.balto.ai/ai-info-page/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/balto"]}, "funding_data_conflicts": {"value": "YCDB reports $3.2M total funding; Startup Intros and Oryndex report $58M+ across Series A/B rounds. Tracxn profiles this YC company at $125K from Y Combinator only. Higher figures appear to belong to the unrelated contact-center Balto.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycdb.co/company/balto", "https://startupintros.com/orgs/balto", "https://oryndex.co/tools/balto/funding", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/balto/__o-pDrm_lXbBx3Fm-vdc2_zATO8j6WT3PYy8TvsMW7rw/funding-and-investors"]}, "employee_count_conflicts": {"value": "YC lists team size 5; YCDB lists 15 employees; Tracxn lists 59 employees as of May 2026. Only YC's figure is directly tied to the startup profile; other counts likely reflect homonym pollution or post-acquisition parent-company data.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/balto", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/balto", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/balto/__o-pDrm_lXbBx3Fm-vdc2_zATO8j6WT3PYy8TvsMW7rw"]}, "founder_name_variant": {"value": "YC and Launch HN use Nicky Montana; Tracxn uses Nick Montana.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/balto", "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19220218", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/balto/__o-pDrm_lXbBx3Fm-vdc2_zATO8j6WT3PYy8TvsMW7rw"]}, "acquisition_price_gap": {"value": "Purchase price and deal structure were not disclosed in fuboTV press releases or contemporaneous reporting.", "source_urls": ["https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201201006185/en/fuboTV-Acquires-Balto-Sports-as-First-Step-Into-Online-Sports-Wagering-Market", "https://frontofficesports.com/fubotv-balto-sports/"]}, "legal_entity_gap": {"value": "Primary sources use Balto and Balto Sports interchangeably; exact legal entity name at incorporation not confirmed in cited sources.", "source_urls": ["https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201201006185/en/fuboTV-Acquires-Balto-Sports-as-First-Step-Into-Online-Sports-Wagering-Market", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/balto"]}, "status_label_conflict": {"value": "YCDB labels company Dead; YC and Tracxn label Acquired/Acqui-Hired.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycdb.co/company/balto", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/balto", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/balto/__o-pDrm_lXbBx3Fm-vdc2_zATO8j6WT3PYy8TvsMW7rw"]}}]
- source urls
- ["https://frontofficesports.com/fubotv-balto-sports/", "https://ir.fubo.tv/news/news-details/2020/fuboTV-Acquires-Balto-Sports-as-First-Step-Into-Online-Sports-Wagering-Market/default.aspx", "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19220218", "https://oryndex.co/tools/balto/funding", "https://startupintros.com/orgs/balto", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/balto/__o-pDrm_lXbBx3Fm-vdc2_zATO8j6WT3PYy8TvsMW7rw", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/balto/__o-pDrm_lXbBx3Fm-vdc2_zATO8j6WT3PYy8TvsMW7rw/funding-and-investors", "https://www.balto.ai/ai-info-page/", "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201201006185/en/fuboTV-Acquires-Balto-Sports-as-First-Step-Into-Online-Sports-Wagering-Market", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/baltosoftware", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/balto", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/balto"]