- conflicts or gaps
- [{"value": [{"topic": "Founding year", "conflict": "YC and PR Newswire say founded 2008; FinSMEs says founded 2009.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/carwoo", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/carwoo-new-service-to-transform-car-buying-closes-series-a-funding-104863194.html", "https://www.finsmes.com/2010/10/carwoo-closes-6m-series-financing.html"]}, {"topic": "Total funding raised", "conflict": "CB Insights reports $10.82M; TechCrunch/Crunchbase cite just shy of $11M; TechCrunch 2011, Auto Remarketing, and carbuyingtips cite $12M+; Inc.com CEO quote references $16M in the bank.", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/carwoo", "https://techcrunch.com/2014/01/21/negotiation-free-car-buying-service-carwoo-shuts-down/", "https://techcrunch.com/2011/12/14/carwoo-raises-6-million-to-spare-you-the-car-dealership-blues/", "https://www.inc.com/jill-krasny/what-went-wrong-at-carwoo.html"]}, {"topic": "Employee headcount", "conflict": "YC company page lists team size 11; Auto Remarketing and Wikipedia cite ~40 employees at shutdown.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/carwoo", "https://www.autoremarketing.com/ar/technology/9-employees-now-shuttered-carwoo-join-truecar/", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CarWoo"]}, {"topic": "Founder count on YC page vs press", "conflict": "YC founding narrative names McClung and Landerholm only; YC founders list and PR name three co-founders including Michael Young.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/carwoo", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/carwoo-new-service-to-transform-car-buying-closes-series-a-funding-104863194.html"]}, {"topic": "Wikipedia founder attribution", "conflict": "Wikipedia history section names only Tommy McClung as founder; other sources consistently list three co-founders.", "source_urls": ["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CarWoo", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/carwoo-new-service-to-transform-car-buying-closes-series-a-funding-104863194.html"]}, {"topic": "Acquisition characterization", "conflict": "Sources describe outcome variously as asset acquisition, hiring of 9 employees, and purchase of select assets out of foreclosure — not a disclosed full-company M&A with price.", "source_urls": ["https://www.autoremarketing.com/ar/technology/9-employees-now-shuttered-carwoo-join-truecar/", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CarWoo"]}, {"topic": "Third-party funding databases incomplete", "gap": "Tracxn lists only $150K YC seed; Seedtable lists $4.52M total — both materially undercount versus press-reported ~$11–12M.", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/carwoo/__mUdbAEJmZb9RofwuD21Vv0-8rOUfz2yumxFDe7OI8AA/funding-and-investors", "https://www.seedtable.com/startups/CarWoo-XKEJ6A6", "https://techcrunch.com/2011/12/14/carwoo-raises-6-million-to-spare-you-the-car-dealership-blues/"]}, {"topic": "Inc.com post-mortem primary source", "gap": "Inc.com article cited for $16M cash-on-hand and $50–100M capital need; page fetch timed out during research — figure sourced from search snippets only.", "source_urls": ["https://www.inc.com/jill-krasny/what-went-wrong-at-carwoo.html"]}]}]
- source urls
- ["http://carwoo.com", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CarWoo", "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1787451", "https://startups.rip/company/carwoo", "https://techcrunch.com/2011/12/14/carwoo-raises-6-million-to-spare-you-the-car-dealership-blues/", "https://techcrunch.com/2014/01/21/negotiation-free-car-buying-service-carwoo-shuts-down/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/carwoo/__mUdbAEJmZb9RofwuD21Vv0-8rOUfz2yumxFDe7OI8AA/funding-and-investors", "https://www.autoremarketing.com/ar/carwoo-hires-former-aol-autos-dealix-execs-new-funding-completed/", "https://www.autoremarketing.com/ar/technology/9-employees-now-shuttered-carwoo-join-truecar/", "https://www.carbuyingtips.com/articles/blog/carwoo-runs-out-of-investment-cash.htm", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/carwoo", "https://www.finsmes.com/2010/10/carwoo-closes-6m-series-financing.html", "https://www.inc.com/jill-krasny/what-went-wrong-at-carwoo.html", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/carwoo-new-service-to-transform-car-buying-closes-series-a-funding-104863194.html", "https://www.seedtable.com/startups/CarWoo-XKEJ6A6", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/carwoo"]