- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": "team_size", "conflict": "Y Combinator lists team size as 2, but contemporaneous launch coverage consistently describes three co-founders (Culver, Florenzano, Maguire).", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/convore", "https://thenextweb.com/news/ycombinators-convore-launches-easy-and-fun-web-based-group-chat"]}, {"field": "grove_launch_vs_pivot_date", "conflict": "Grove publicly launched November 8, 2011 (Keeping It Realtime talk / ReadWrite coverage), while Wikipedia and Gigaom frame a January 2012 pivot/rebrand of Convore into Grove.io.", "source_urls": ["https://speakerdeck.com/leah/why-we-chose-long-polling-over-websockets", "https://readwrite.com/groveio-hosted-searchable-irc/", "https://betakit.com/convore-shutting-down-april-1/", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grove.io", "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3449917"]}, {"field": "grove_team_attribution", "conflict": "ReadWrite credits Grove to Leah Culver and Jori Lallo; other sources list Convore's three co-founders and do not consistently name Lallo.", "source_urls": ["https://readwrite.com/groveio-hosted-searchable-irc/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/convore", "https://techcrunch.com/2011/02/09/convore-wants-to-be-the-easiest-group-communication-app-yet/"]}, {"field": "grove_acquisition_date", "conflict": "Frank Wiles (Revolution Systems) states acquisition in September 2012; public Grove blog update about the acquisition appears in October 2012 after an announced Oct 13 shutdown.", "source_urls": ["https://www.crazyengineers.com/threads/interview-with-frank-wiles-ceo-grove-io.74626", "https://grove.io/blog/grove-shutting-down-october-13", "https://grove.io/blog/grove-here-stay"]}, {"field": "grove_final_shutdown_date", "conflict": "Wikipedia cites an October 2016 announcement; Grove blog states final shutdown on November 10, 2016.", "source_urls": ["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grove.io", "https://grove.io/blog/closing-shop"]}, {"field": "funding_total", "gap": "No authoritative total raised figure or later priced rounds (Series A+) found in reviewed primary sources; only YC seed structure and $150k Start Fund acceptance documented.", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2011/02/09/convore-wants-to-be-the-easiest-group-communication-app-yet/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/convore"]}, {"field": "traction_metrics", "gap": "No published user counts, revenue, or retention metrics for Convore or Grove in sources reviewed.", "source_urls": ["https://betakit.com/convore-shutting-down-april-1/", "https://techcrunch.com/2011/02/09/convore-wants-to-be-the-easiest-group-communication-app-yet/"]}, {"field": "legal_entity_name", "gap": "LinkedIn references Convore Inc for Eric Maguire, but a verified legal entity name and incorporation date were not found in reviewed sources.", "source_urls": ["https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericmaguire"]}, {"field": "grove_acquisition_terms", "gap": "Acquisition price and deal structure for Revolution Systems' purchase of Grove were not disclosed in reviewed sources.", "source_urls": ["https://grove.io/blog/grove-here-stay", "https://www.crazyengineers.com/threads/interview-with-frank-wiles-ceo-grove-io.74626"]}]]
- source urls
- ["https://allthingsd.com/20110322/meet-y-combinators-latest-class/", "https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/2012/10/who-wants-to-be-a-billionaire", "https://betakit.com/convore-shutting-down-april-1/", "https://blog.leahculver.com/2011/02/convore-group-chat-for-everyone.html", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grove.io", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leah_Culver", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mochi_Media", "https://grove.io/blog/closing-shop", "https://grove.io/blog/grove-here-stay", "https://grove.io/blog/grove-shutting-down-october-13", "https://linkedin.com/in/ericflorenzano", "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3449917", "https://readwrite.com/groveio-hosted-searchable-irc/", "https://speakerdeck.com/leah/why-we-chose-long-polling-over-websockets", "https://techcrunch.com/2010/02/12/pownce-founder-leah-culver-leaves-six-apart", "https://techcrunch.com/2011/01/28/yuri-milner-sv-angel-offer-every-new-y-combinator-startup-150k/", "https://techcrunch.com/2011/02/09/convore-wants-to-be-the-easiest-group-communication-app-yet/", "https://thenextweb.com/news/group-messaging-service-convore-to-shut-down-on-april-1st", "https://thenextweb.com/news/ycombinators-convore-launches-easy-and-fun-web-based-group-chat", "https://www.crazyengineers.com/threads/interview-with-frank-wiles-ceo-grove-io.74626", "https://www.leahculver.com/", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericmaguire", "https://www.technologyreview.com/2011/02/10/197091/new-chat-thing-convore-is-google-wave-minus-the-suck/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/convore"]