- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"issue": {"value": "Founder roster conflict: YC and f.inc list only Farza Majeed as founder; RigorRank lists Alec Dilanchian, Josh Elgar, David Barrick, and Emily Hough as co-founders.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/buildspace", "https://f.inc/portfolio/buildspace/", "https://rigorrank.com/profiles/BUILDSPACE"]}}, {"issue": {"value": "Team size varies: YC team_size 5; f.inc portfolio 10; farewell letter names 9 team members at shutdown.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/buildspace", "https://f.inc/portfolio/buildspace/", "https://buildspace.so/letter"]}}, {"issue": {"value": "Total funding conflict: Tracxn reports $10.5M across 2 rounds ($500K seed + $10M Series A); CB Insights reports ZipSchool seed of $130K only; Runway Ventures cites $125K YC raise.", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/buildspace/__5C0WVhWE94VaI7qGsqxPTr9TkR88P4ZKWg_UlXoHHEw/funding-and-investors", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/zipschool/financials", "https://www.therunway.ventures/p/buildspace"]}}, {"issue": {"value": "Pivot/launch date conflict: LinkedIn says pivot to buildspace late August 2021; Almanac and Runway Ventures cite December 2021 buildspace launch.", "source_urls": ["https://www.linkedin.com/in/farza-majeed-76685612a", "https://www.openalmanac.org/w/founders-inc/buildspace", "https://www.therunway.ventures/p/buildspace"]}}, {"issue": {"value": "Cumulative participant count conflict: 125,000 (RigorRank/Boring Business Nerd) vs ~150,000 (Almanac); S5 alone reported as ~70,000 (Almanac closure article) vs 120,000+ (Almanac main profile).", "source_urls": ["https://rigorrank.com/profiles/BUILDSPACE", "https://www.openalmanac.org/w/founders-inc/buildspace", "https://www.openalmanac.org/w/founders-inc/the-night-buildspace-closed"]}}, {"issue": {"value": "Revenue estimates vary: ~$1.5M annual revenue in 2022 (Almanac projects era); potential $3–5M ARR from sponsorships at shutdown (founder letter); sponsorship cap cited at $2–3M max (Runway Ventures).", "source_urls": ["https://www.openalmanac.org/w/founders-inc/buildspace", "https://buildspace.so/letter", "https://www.therunway.ventures/p/buildspace"]}}, {"issue": {"value": "Successor entity ambiguity: RigorRank states no acquirer or successor publicly disclosed; Almanac documents Founders, Inc. inheriting campus and four staff without formal acquisition.", "source_urls": ["https://rigorrank.com/profiles/BUILDSPACE", "https://www.openalmanac.org/w/founders-inc/buildspace"]}}, {"issue": {"value": "f.inc portfolio page appears stale: still describes buildspace as actively building a product and seeking engineers, despite August 2024 shutdown.", "source_urls": ["https://f.inc/portfolio/buildspace/", "https://buildspace.so/letter", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/buildspace"]}}, {"issue": {"value": "No primary press release URL captured for Nov 2022 Series A; funding details sourced from secondary databases and Almanac rather than first-party buildspace blog post.", "source_urls": ["https://www.openalmanac.org/w/founders-inc/buildspace", "https://www.boringbusinessnerd.com/startups/buildspace", "https://www.coincarp.com/fundraising/buildspace-unknown/"]}}, {"issue": {"value": "LinkedIn revenue range ($5M–$25M annual) not corroborated by founder letter or Almanac financial estimates.", "source_urls": ["https://www.linkedin.com/in/farza-majeed-76685612a", "https://buildspace.so/letter", "https://www.openalmanac.org/w/founders-inc/buildspace"]}}]]
- source urls
- ["https://buildspace.so/letter", "https://f.inc/portfolio/buildspace/", "https://rigorrank.com/profiles/BUILDSPACE", "https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/24/our-11-favorite-companies-from-y-combinators-s20-demo-day-part-i/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/buildspace/__5C0WVhWE94VaI7qGsqxPTr9TkR88P4ZKWg_UlXoHHEw/funding-and-investors", "https://www.boringbusinessnerd.com/startups/buildspace", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/zipschool/financials", "https://www.coincarp.com/fundraising/buildspace-unknown/", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/farza-majeed-76685612a", "https://www.openalmanac.org/w/founders-inc/buildspace", "https://www.openalmanac.org/w/founders-inc/the-night-buildspace-closed", "https://www.therunway.ventures/p/buildspace", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/buildspace", "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/summer-2020/buildspace.json"]