- conflicts or gaps
- [{"founder_listing": {"value": "YC lists only Gavin Mai (duplicated); Tracxn and press name Connor Lin, Sam Trautwein, and Gavin Mai as co-founders.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/carbon-12-labs", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/carbon/__ZRxvkbVx2ANsIGNwVnaTJOGm7HwEELp2qSiN1SV7aDE", "https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2018/04/12/carbon-stablecoin-project-raises-2-million-in-seed-round"]}, "founded_year": {"value": "Sources cite 2017 (CB Insights, GitHub org created 2017-11-30, Sam Trautwein) vs 2018 (Tracxn, PatSnap, LinkedIn).", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/carbon", "https://github.com/stablecarbon", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/carbon/__ZRxvkbVx2ANsIGNwVnaTJOGm7HwEELp2qSiN1SV7aDE", "https://discovery.patsnap.com/company/carbon-12-labs/", "https://pulse2.com/tristero-sam-trautwein-profile/"]}, "headquarters_location": {"value": "New York NY (CB Insights/Tracxn) vs California/Pacifica (PatSnap, LinkedIn) vs New Jersey (GitHub org).", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/carbon", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/carbon/__ZRxvkbVx2ANsIGNwVnaTJOGm7HwEELp2qSiN1SV7aDE", "https://discovery.patsnap.com/company/carbon-12-labs/", "https://linkedin.com/in/sam-trautwein-3767ba97", "https://github.com/stablecarbon"]}, "total_funding": {"value": "CB Insights $2.5M (2 rounds), Tracxn $3.42M (2 seed rounds in Mar/Apr 2018, may exclude or double-count YC note), LinkedIn $2.1M.", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/carbon/financials", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/carbon/__ZRxvkbVx2ANsIGNwVnaTJOGm7HwEELp2qSiN1SV7aDE", "https://linkedin.com/in/sam-trautwein-3767ba97"]}, "cbinsights_operating_status": {"value": "CB Insights profile marked 'Alive' while YC and Tracxn mark inactive/deadpooled.", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/carbon", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/carbon-12-labs", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/carbon/__ZRxvkbVx2ANsIGNwVnaTJOGm7HwEELp2qSiN1SV7aDE"]}, "reforgers_metadata_errors": {"value": "Reforgers lists founded 2022 and unknown location; contradicts primary sources placing founding in 2017–2018 and website carbon.money.", "source_urls": ["https://reforgers.com/startups/carbon-12-labs", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/carbon", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/carbon/__ZRxvkbVx2ANsIGNwVnaTJOGm7HwEELp2qSiN1SV7aDE"]}, "name_collision_risk": {"value": "Unrelated companies named Carbon were acquired in 2022 (Magnite/adtech, Aspiration/climate); not Carbon-12 Labs / carbon.money.", "source_urls": ["https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/02/28/2393101/0/en/Magnite-Acquires-Carbon-to-Accelerate-Publisher-Audience-Activation.html", "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220112005366/en/Aspiration-Acquires-Carbon-Insights-to-Expand-its-Sustainability-Services-for-Consumers-and-Enterprises", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/carbon/__ZRxvkbVx2ANsIGNwVnaTJOGm7HwEELp2qSiN1SV7aDE"]}, "product_pivot_timeline": {"value": "Stablecoin (2018) → Fiber on-ramp (Jan 2020) → Global Payouts API (YC W20 positioning) → inactive/deadpooled (~2022 per Reforgers). Exact global-payouts launch date and shutdown date not independently confirmed.", "source_urls": ["https://cryptobriefing.com/carbon-money-abandons-eos-halting-stablecoin-product/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/carbon-12-labs", "https://reforgers.com/startups/carbon-12-labs", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/carbon/__ZRxvkbVx2ANsIGNwVnaTJOGm7HwEELp2qSiN1SV7aDE"]}, "patent_count_unverified": {"value": "PatSnap claims 19 patents for Carbon-12 Labs, Inc.; not corroborated by other sources in this research.", "source_urls": ["https://discovery.patsnap.com/company/carbon-12-labs/"]}}]
- source urls
- ["https://cryptobriefing.com/carbon-money-abandons-eos-halting-stablecoin-product/", "https://discovery.patsnap.com/company/carbon-12-labs/", "https://generalassemb.ly/instructors/sam-trautwein/16958", "https://github.com/stablecarbon", "https://linkedin.com/in/sam-trautwein-3767ba97", "https://nocap.blog/founder/gavin-mai/", "https://pulse2.com/tristero-sam-trautwein-profile/", "https://reforgers.com/startups/carbon-12-labs", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/carbon/__ZRxvkbVx2ANsIGNwVnaTJOGm7HwEELp2qSiN1SV7aDE", "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220112005366/en/Aspiration-Acquires-Carbon-Insights-to-Expand-its-Sustainability-Services-for-Consumers-and-Enterprises", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/carbon", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/carbon/financials", "https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2018/04/12/carbon-stablecoin-project-raises-2-million-in-seed-round", "https://www.gavinmai.com/", "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/02/28/2393101/0/en/Magnite-Acquires-Carbon-to-Accelerate-Publisher-Audience-Activation.html", "https://www.immutableholdings.com/post/immutable-holdings-inc-and-bexar-ventures-inc-announce-proposed-reverse-takeover", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/carbon-12-labs"]