- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"type": "category_mismatch", "detail": "User query described cheddar.io as a payments API; all primary YC sources describe a consumer mobile checking account / neobank, not a developer payments or billing API.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/cheddar", "https://www.vcbacked.co/yc/batch/s14", "https://reforgers.com/startups/cheddar"]}, {"type": "name_collision", "detail": "Separate active billing/payments API brand 'Cheddar' operates at getcheddar.com (usage-based recurring billing); it is not YC S14 and not linked to cheddar.io.", "source_urls": ["https://www.getcheddar.com/", "https://docs.getcheddar.com/", "https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthunckler/2017/04/13/cheddargetter-hopes-to-modernize-recurring-billing-with-unique-usage-based-api-for-startups/"]}, {"type": "name_collision", "detail": "Cheddar TV / Cheddar News (Jon Steinberg, cheddar.com) is a media company; unrelated to YC S14 cheddar.io.", "source_urls": ["https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/cheddar-tv", "https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/cheddar-a-business-focused-news-network-is-acquired-for-200m/"]}, {"type": "funding_source_quality", "detail": "Only secondary aggregator Gaebler/VentureDeal publishes dollar amounts, dates, and post-YC investors; no primary press release, SEC filing, or investor announcement found.", "source_urls": ["https://www.gaebler.com/Funded-Company-F9DD0864-67D7-401B-9832-19FBAC555369-Cheddar-Checking", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/cheddar"]}, {"type": "location_gap", "detail": "YC lists location as unspecified; Gaebler lists Redwood City, CA without primary corroboration.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/cheddar", "https://www.vcbacked.co/yc/batch/s14", "https://www.gaebler.com/Funded-Company-F9DD0864-67D7-401B-9832-19FBAC555369-Cheddar-Checking"]}, {"type": "role_inconsistency", "detail": "YC lists Brian Brunner as 'Founder'; Gaebler lists him as CTO.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/cheddar", "https://www.gaebler.com/Funded-Company-F9DD0864-67D7-401B-9832-19FBAC555369-Cheddar-Checking"]}, {"type": "shutdown_date_gap", "detail": "Multiple sources confirm defunct/inactive status but none publish an exact shutdown date.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/cheddar", "http://www.ycdb.co/company/cheddar", "https://reforgers.com/startups/cheddar"]}, {"type": "website_archive_gap", "detail": "YCDB references a Feb 2016 Wayback snapshot of cheddar.io; live archive fetch was unavailable during research.", "source_urls": ["http://www.ycdb.co/company/cheddar"]}]]
- source urls
- ["http://cheddar.io", "http://www.ycdb.co/batch/s14", "http://www.ycdb.co/company/cheddar", "https://docs.getcheddar.com/", "https://linkedin.com/in/alexjfryer", "https://linkedin.com/in/bbrunner", "https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/cheddar-a-business-focused-news-network-is-acquired-for-200m/", "https://reforgers.com/startups/cheddar", "https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/10/y-combinator-repeat-founders/", "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/cheddar-tv", "https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthunckler/2017/04/13/cheddargetter-hopes-to-modernize-recurring-billing-with-unique-usage-based-api-for-startups/", "https://www.gaebler.com/Funded-Company-F9DD0864-67D7-401B-9832-19FBAC555369-Cheddar-Checking", "https://www.getcheddar.com/", "https://www.vcbacked.co/yc/batch/s14", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/cheddar", "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/summer-2014/cheddar.json"]