- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"topic": {"value": "Founder executive titles", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/beanstalk", "https://beanstalk.farm/why-beanstalk", "https://linkedin.com/in/jacklross"]}, "detail": {"value": "YC and 2022 Fairfax sources list Mike Ross as CEO and Jack Ross as CTO; current beanstalk.farm lists Jack as CEO and Mike as CTO; LinkedIn lists Jack as Co-Founder and President.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/beanstalk", "https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/economic-initiatives/fairfax-county-celebrates-grand-opening-beanstalk-farms", "https://beanstalk.farm/why-beanstalk", "https://linkedin.com/in/jacklross"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "Mike Ross title in 2024 press", "source_urls": ["https://www.pwcded.org/news/beanstalk-farms-demonstrates-commercial-viability-with-flagship-facility-in-prince-william-county", "https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/gov-youngkin-announces-new-sustainable-agriculture-facility-in-manassas/article_3772aedc-246f-11ef-9e6e-0b97be6e974c.html"]}, "detail": {"value": "PWCDED and VerticalFarmDaily quote Mike Ross as Co-Founder and CEO; InsideNoVa and WTOP quote Mike Ross as chief operating officer in the same June 2024 announcement.", "source_urls": ["https://www.pwcded.org/news/beanstalk-farms-demonstrates-commercial-viability-with-flagship-facility-in-prince-william-county", "https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/gov-youngkin-announces-new-sustainable-agriculture-facility-in-manassas/article_3772aedc-246f-11ef-9e6e-0b97be6e974c.html", "https://wtop.com/prince-william-county/2024/06/gov-youngkin-announces-new-sustainable-agriculture-facility-in-manassas/"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "Growing method terminology", "source_urls": ["https://www.pwcded.org/news/beanstalk-farms-demonstrates-commercial-viability-with-flagship-facility-in-prince-william-county", "https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/economic-initiatives/fairfax-county-celebrates-grand-opening-beanstalk-farms", "https://beanstalk.farm/technology"]}, "detail": {"value": "Sources describe the system as soil-based (2024 PWCDED), hydroponic (Fairfax County 2021–2022), soil-less hydroponic (FFXnow 2022), and non-circulating/aeroponic with individual containers (current website). Fairfax 2022 also mentions both hydroponic technologies and a soil growing medium.", "source_urls": ["https://www.pwcded.org/news/beanstalk-farms-demonstrates-commercial-viability-with-flagship-facility-in-prince-william-county", "https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/economic-initiatives/fairfax-county-celebrates-grand-opening-beanstalk-farms", "https://www.ffxnow.com/2022/09/09/vertical-farm-beanstalk-opens-in-the-town-of-herndon/", "https://beanstalk.farm/technology"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "Employee headcount", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/beanstalk", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/beanstalk-inc", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/beanstalk"]}, "detail": {"value": "YC lists 15; LinkedIn lists 7; Tracxn lists 8; YCDB lists 120 (likely erroneous); government sources cite job-creation targets (29 Herndon, 18 Manassas) not current totals.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/beanstalk", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/beanstalk-inc", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/beanstalk/__ooK9ixcB0b8fVifd8gEvn5Hl5O22cVgkDrDbSq6fmrU", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/beanstalk", "https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/economic-initiatives/fairfax-county-and-commonwealth-award-afid-grant-local-vertical-farmer-beanstalk"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "Total funding raised", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/beanstalk/__ooK9ixcB0b8fVifd8gEvn5Hl5O22cVgkDrDbSq6fmrU/funding-and-investors", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/beanstalk-inc"]}, "detail": {"value": "Tracxn reports $120K total across seed and USDA grant (internally inconsistent with $19.9K grant line item); LinkedIn reports $365K total; AFID grants and $2M–$4.1M capex are incentives/investment, not equity rounds; no primary-source confirmation of post-YC venture rounds.", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/beanstalk/__ooK9ixcB0b8fVifd8gEvn5Hl5O22cVgkDrDbSq6fmrU/funding-and-investors", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/beanstalk-inc", "https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/economic-initiatives/fairfax-county-and-commonwealth-award-afid-grant-local-vertical-farmer-beanstalk"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "Headquarters location reporting", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/beanstalk", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/beanstalk/__ooK9ixcB0b8fVifd8gEvn5Hl5O22cVgkDrDbSq6fmrU", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/beanstalk"]}, "detail": {"value": "YC and Tracxn list Washington, DC; YCDB lists Springfield, Virginia; current operations and LinkedIn list Herndon, Virginia.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/beanstalk", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/beanstalk/__ooK9ixcB0b8fVifd8gEvn5Hl5O22cVgkDrDbSq6fmrU", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/beanstalk", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/beanstalk-inc"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "Name collision with unrelated Beanstalk entities", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/beanstalk", "https://www.cbinsights.com/investor/beanstalk-ventures"]}, "detail": {"value": "Same 'Beanstalk' name used by unrelated entities including the Ethereum Beanstalk stablecoin protocol and Beanstalk Ventures (separate VC firm); databases may conflate these.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/beanstalk", "https://www.cbinsights.com/investor/beanstalk-ventures"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "Business model evolution", "source_urls": ["https://beanstalk.farm/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/beanstalk"]}, "detail": {"value": "YC-era positioning emphasized local produce brand; current website emphasizes turnkey indoor-farm licensing/'operating system for indoor agriculture' in addition to farming operations.", "source_urls": ["https://beanstalk.farm/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/beanstalk"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "Broadhaven Ventures investor attribution", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/beanstalk/__ooK9ixcB0b8fVifd8gEvn5Hl5O22cVgkDrDbSq6fmrU/funding-and-investors"]}, "detail": {"value": "Tracxn lists Broadhaven Ventures as institutional investor; not confirmed in YC, company website, or government sources; may reflect database error or undisclosed angel/seed participation.", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/beanstalk/__ooK9ixcB0b8fVifd8gEvn5Hl5O22cVgkDrDbSq6fmrU/funding-and-investors", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/beanstalk"]}}]]
- source urls
- ["https://beanstalk.farm/", "https://beanstalk.farm/technology", "https://beanstalk.farm/why-beanstalk", "https://beanstalkfarms.myshopify.com/", "https://linkedin.com/in/jacklross", "https://northernvirginiamag.com/wellness/2023/01/04/beanstalk-farms-herndon/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/beanstalk/__ooK9ixcB0b8fVifd8gEvn5Hl5O22cVgkDrDbSq6fmrU", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/beanstalk/__ooK9ixcB0b8fVifd8gEvn5Hl5O22cVgkDrDbSq6fmrU/funding-and-investors", "https://wtop.com/prince-william-county/2024/06/gov-youngkin-announces-new-sustainable-agriculture-facility-in-manassas/", "https://www.cbinsights.com/investor/beanstalk-ventures", "https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/economic-initiatives/fairfax-county-and-commonwealth-award-afid-grant-local-vertical-farmer-beanstalk", "https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/economic-initiatives/fairfax-county-celebrates-grand-opening-beanstalk-farms", "https://www.ffxnow.com/2022/09/09/vertical-farm-beanstalk-opens-in-the-town-of-herndon/", "https://www.gtalumni.org/news/2019/bringing-the-farm-indoors.html", "https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/gov-youngkin-announces-new-sustainable-agriculture-facility-in-manassas/article_3772aedc-246f-11ef-9e6e-0b97be6e974c.html", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/beanstalk-inc", "https://www.pwcded.org/news/beanstalk-farms-demonstrates-commercial-viability-with-flagship-facility-in-prince-william-county", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/beanstalk", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/beanstalk"]