- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": "headquarters_city", "conflict": {"value": "Sources list Newark, CA (YC, 2021 PR) vs Sunnyvale, CA (AgFunder 2021, VCNewsDaily street address at Lawrence Station Rd).", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/bear-flag-robotics", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/agtech-leader-bear-flag-robotics-raises-7-9-million-seed-extension-round-led-by-true-ventures-301211834.html", "https://agfundernews.com/bear-flag-robotics-scores-7-9-million-seed-round-extension-to-scale", "https://www.vcnewsdaily.com/Bear%20Flag%20Robotics/venture-funding.php"]}}, {"field": "employee_headcount", "conflict": {"value": "YC reports team_size=10; LinkedIn ~18 (2026); PitchBook 38 (2024); third-party directories cite 50–100 without primary sourcing.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/bear-flag-robotics", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/bear-flag-robotics", "https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/222109-66", "https://droidage.com/company/bear-flag-robotics/"]}}, {"field": "funding_total_usd", "conflict": {"value": "Company PR states $12.5M total; CB Insights reports $11.52M total raised.", "source_urls": ["https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/agtech-leader-bear-flag-robotics-raises-7-9-million-seed-extension-round-led-by-true-ventures-301211834.html", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/bear-flag-robotics"]}}, {"field": "pre_seed_amount_usd", "gap": {"value": "Pre-seed round (fall 2017) confirmed but dollar amount not publicly disclosed; implied ~$1M if cumulative $4.5M after $3.5M seed is complete.", "source_urls": ["https://agfundernews.com/bear-flag-robotics-raises-3-5m-seed-round-to-automate-common-tasks-on-the-farm"]}}, {"field": "2018_seed_round_total", "conflict": {"value": "AgFunder (2018) reports $4.5M cumulative after $3.5M seed; AgFunder (2021) and Robot Report refer to prior seed as $4.6M.", "source_urls": ["https://agfundernews.com/bear-flag-robotics-raises-3-5m-seed-round-to-automate-common-tasks-on-the-farm", "https://agfundernews.com/bear-flag-robotics-scores-7-9-million-seed-round-extension-to-scale", "https://www.therobotreport.com/bear-flag-robotics-raises-79m-for-autonomous-tractors/"]}}, {"field": "aubrey_donnellan_title", "conflict": {"value": "Listed as Co-Founder on YC; cited as COO at time of John Deere acquisition by Reuters.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/bear-flag-robotics", "https://www.reuters.com/technology/deere-bear-flag-aim-automate-tractors-fast-possible-2021-08-05/"]}}, {"field": "go_to_market_model", "conflict": {"value": "2018 plan was to retrofit own tractor fleet and lease to growers; by 2021/acquisition focus was direct-to-grower retrofit technology and services on customer/existing machines.", "source_urls": ["https://agfundernews.com/bear-flag-robotics-raises-3-5m-seed-round-to-automate-common-tasks-on-the-farm", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/agtech-leader-bear-flag-robotics-raises-7-9-million-seed-extension-round-led-by-true-ventures-301211834.html", "https://www.reuters.com/technology/deere-bear-flag-aim-automate-tractors-fast-possible-2021-08-05/"]}}, {"field": "founded_year_precision", "gap": {"value": "Tracxn lists founded date as 2017-08-31; most sources only state 2017.", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/bearflagrobotics/__Or-UU41_paIN40_HVNB__Y0Dcty5AGdEDcOXDaECB7k", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/john-deere-acquires-bear-flag-robotics-to-accelerate-autonomous-technology-on-the-farm-301349496.html"]}}]]
- source urls
- ["https://agfundernews.com/bear-flag-robotics-john-deere-acquires-agfunder-portfolio-company-for-250m", "https://agfundernews.com/bear-flag-robotics-raises-3-5m-seed-round-to-automate-common-tasks-on-the-farm", "https://agfundernews.com/bear-flag-robotics-scores-7-9-million-seed-round-extension-to-scale", "https://bearflagrobotics.com/", "https://droidage.com/company/bear-flag-robotics/", "https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/222109-66", "https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/19/bear-flag-robotics-wants-to-sell-an-autonomous-tractor-for-farms/", "https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/05/john-deere-buys-autonomous-tractor-startup-bear-flag-robotics/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/bearflagrobotics/__Or-UU41_paIN40_HVNB__Y0Dcty5AGdEDcOXDaECB7k", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/bear-flag-robotics", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/bear-flag-robotics", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/agtech-leader-bear-flag-robotics-raises-7-9-million-seed-extension-round-led-by-true-ventures-301211834.html", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/john-deere-acquires-bear-flag-robotics-to-accelerate-autonomous-technology-on-the-farm-301349496.html", "https://www.reuters.com/technology/deere-bear-flag-aim-automate-tractors-fast-possible-2021-08-05/", "https://www.therobotreport.com/bear-flag-robotics-raises-79m-for-autonomous-tractors/", "https://www.vcnewsdaily.com/Bear%20Flag%20Robotics/venture-funding.php", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/bear-flag-robotics", "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2018/bear-flag-robotics.json"]