- conflicts or gaps
- [{"name_collision_beep_inc": {"value": "Unrelated active company Beep Inc. (ridebeep.com, Orlando, founded 2019) operates autonomous shuttle networks; frequently conflated in databases (e.g. Tracxn $97.7M profile)", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/beep/__6F3sIKn63RtqYvVxC7D4_RFHzmeYox5rxLWiPrUUspY", "https://ridebeep.com/about-beep/meet-beep"]}, "founded_year_discrepancy": {"value": "Sources report 2011 (CB Insights), 2012 (YCDB, Yahoo Finance press release), and 2014 (Startup Intros)", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/beep", "http://www.ycdb.co/company/beep", "https://finance.yahoo.com/news/beep-launches-stream-music-every-160000627.html"]}, "funding_total_discrepancy": {"value": "CB Insights reports $5.02M total; YCDB reports $4.0M; Hypebot reports $1.6M + $4M seed rounds ($5.6M implied)", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/beep/financials", "http://www.ycdb.co/company/beep", "https://www.hypebot.com/beep-raises-4-million-in-second-seed-round-adds-spotify-connectivity/"]}, "yc_description_vs_original_product": {"value": "YC profile describes post-pivot IoT sensors; company entered S14 as connected-audio hardware startup (Beep Dial)", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/beep", "https://techcrunch.com/2014/02/19/beep-aims-for-sonos-in-the-race-to-network-home-audio/", "https://iotpodcast.com/tag/beep-networks/"]}, "cellular_vs_lora_labeling": {"value": "YC tags company as 'Cellular networks for IoT' but actual IoT pivot used LoRaWAN LPWAN on unlicensed spectrum, not cellular", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/beep", "https://medium.com/@dconrad/how-new-long-range-radios-will-change-the-internet-of-things-ed8e6b5e367f"]}, "shutdown_vs_pivot_ambiguity": {"value": "Variety/Yahoo report full company closure Oct 2015; Medium/IoT Podcast confirm pivot to Beep Networks continued with VC funding through at least 2016", "source_urls": ["https://variety.com/2015/digital/news/aether-things-beep-devices-shut-down-discontinued-sonos-chromecast-1201638848/", "https://iotpodcast.com/tag/beep-networks/", "https://medium.com/@gigastacey/memo-to-nest-how-3-connected-hardware-companies-killed-their-devices-7f2368a5710b"]}, "iot_end_date_unknown": {"value": "No public announcement found for final Beep Networks shutdown; YC lists Inactive; Daniel Conrad LinkedIn shows Beep CEO ended Jan 2017", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/beep", "https://linkedin.com/in/dconrad"]}, "beepnetworks_com_live_status": {"value": "Live site at beepnetworks.com could not be verified during research (fetch timeout)", "source_urls": []}, "startup_intros_data_quality": {"value": "Startup Intros conflates YC S14 Beep with unrelated Beep Inc. funding events (2021–2025 Series A/B rounds)", "source_urls": ["https://startupintros.com/orgs/beep", "https://startupintros.com/people/daniel-conrad"]}}]
- source urls
- ["http://www.ycdb.co/company/beep", "https://askforfunding.com/investor/shawn-lewis-angel-investor", "https://finance.yahoo.com/news/beep-launches-stream-music-every-160000627.html", "https://iotpodcast.com/tag/beep-networks/", "https://linkedin.com/in/dconrad", "https://medium.com/@dconrad/comcast-is-building-an-iot-network-7c4e63e4cafd", "https://medium.com/@dconrad/how-new-long-range-radios-will-change-the-internet-of-things-ed8e6b5e367f", "https://medium.com/@dconrad/quick-thoughts-on-made-by-google-56257c598adc", "https://medium.com/@gigastacey/memo-to-nest-how-3-connected-hardware-companies-killed-their-devices-7f2368a5710b", "https://musically.com/2014/12/16/audio-hardware-firm-beep-devices-raises-4m/", "https://nocap.blog/founder/shawn-lewis/", "https://ridebeep.com/about-beep/meet-beep", "https://startupintros.com/orgs/beep", "https://startupintros.com/people/daniel-conrad", "https://techcrunch.com/2014/02/19/beep-aims-for-sonos-in-the-race-to-network-home-audio/", "https://thenextweb.com/news/ex-googlers-announce-beep-pandora-enabled-wifi-controller-streaming-music-speaker", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/beep/__6F3sIKn63RtqYvVxC7D4_RFHzmeYox5rxLWiPrUUspY", "https://variety.com/2015/digital/news/aether-things-beep-devices-shut-down-discontinued-sonos-chromecast-1201638848/", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/beep", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/beep/financials", "https://www.engadget.com/2014-02-06-beep.html", "https://www.foxbusiness.com/features/beep-tries-tuning-into-speaker-boom", "https://www.hypebot.com/beep-raises-4-million-in-second-seed-round-adds-spotify-connectivity/", "https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/connected-loudspeaker-startups-aether-beep-close-down-exclusive-214356213.html", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/beep"]