- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": "total_funding_usd", "values": [{"amount": 700000, "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/ben/__CjSPgJoVIeBb5FGJl7OLd8FGuzIEUe2mLbSq-FDLw80/funding-and-investors"]}, {"amount": 580000, "note": "pre-seed only (excludes YC)", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/22/ben-is-a-chatbot-that-lets-you-learn-about-and-buy-bitcoin/", "https://adnews.galitt.com/en/articles/details/ben-a-bot-for-virtual-currencies"]}, {"amount": 850000, "note": "founder claim 'over 850k'", "source_urls": ["https://linkedin.com/in/alex-sismanis-5300b351"]}, {"amount": 245000, "note": "LinkedIn company page", "source_urls": ["https://linkedin.com/in/kudry", "https://linkedin.com/in/alex-sismanis-5300b351"]}]}, {"field": "founded_year", "values": [{"year": 2017, "source_urls": ["https://opengovca.com/corporation/10559431", "https://linkedin.com/in/kudry"]}, {"year": 2010, "note": "Tracxn data appears erroneous", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/ben/__CjSPgJoVIeBb5FGJl7OLd8FGuzIEUe2mLbSq-FDLw80"]}]}, {"field": "employee_count", "values": [{"count": 2, "note": "YC listed team size", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/ben"]}, {"count": 6, "note": "peak engineers per CTO LinkedIn", "source_urls": ["https://linkedin.com/in/alex-sismanis-5300b351"]}, {"count": 240, "note": "YCDB figure; likely incorrect", "source_urls": ["http://www.ycdb.co/company/ben"]}]}, {"field": "operating_shutdown_vs_legal_dissolution", "values": [{"event": "Founders departed by 2020", "source_urls": ["https://linkedin.com/in/kudry", "https://linkedin.com/in/alex-sismanis-5300b351"]}, {"event": "YC lists Inactive (no shutdown date given)", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/ben"]}, {"event": "Legal entity dissolved 2022-11-19", "source_urls": ["https://opengovca.com/corporation/10559431"]}], "gap": "Exact date product operations ceased is not documented in primary sources"}, {"field": "name_disambiguation", "note": "Unrelated companies share the 'Ben' name", "values": [{"entity": "Thanks Ben Ltd (UK employee benefits, Crunchbase ben-9844)", "source_urls": ["https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/ben-9844"]}, {"entity": "Ben (YC W18 crypto) — this company", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/ben"]}]}, {"field": "also_known_as", "values": [{"alias": "Benjamin", "source_urls": ["https://reforgers.com/startups/ben"]}], "gap": "Alias not confirmed by YC or incorporation records"}, {"field": "third_kind_vc_investment", "values": [{"claimed": true, "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/22/ben-is-a-chatbot-that-lets-you-learn-about-and-buy-bitcoin/"]}], "gap": "Third Kind VC portfolio page does not independently list Ben; only TechCrunch contemporaneous report"}, {"field": "user_metrics_revenue", "gap": "No verified user counts, revenue, or download figures found in sourced materials"}]]
- source urls
- ["http://www.ycdb.co/company/ben", "https://adnews.galitt.com/en/articles/details/ben-a-bot-for-virtual-currencies", "https://linkedin.com/in/alex-sismanis-5300b351", "https://linkedin.com/in/kudry", "https://opengovca.com/corporation/10559431", "https://reforgers.com/startups/ben", "https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/22/ben-is-a-chatbot-that-lets-you-learn-about-and-buy-bitcoin/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/ben/__CjSPgJoVIeBb5FGJl7OLd8FGuzIEUe2mLbSq-FDLw80", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/ben/__CjSPgJoVIeBb5FGJl7OLd8FGuzIEUe2mLbSq-FDLw80/funding-and-investors", "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/ben-9844", "https://www.pymnts.com/news/bitcoin-tracker/2018/ben-ai-chatbot-bitcoin-education-kudry/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/ben"]