- conflicts or gaps
- [{"founding_year": {"conflict": "2016 (YC/LinkedIn) vs 2010 (Tracxn) vs operational roots cited 2015 (CEO interview)", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/copia", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/copia/__H5qm7Dk8QM--Jv3Kl-PT57cK3jr5yveoXRV_SsYNfpc", "https://sammatey.substack.com/p/interview-kimberley-smith-of-copia"]}, "legal_structure": {"conflict": "Public Benefit Corporation (site FAQ) vs for-profit (YC, MIT Solve)", "source_urls": ["https://gocopia.com/faq-support/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/copia", "https://solve.mit.edu/solutions/784"]}, "leadership": {"conflict": "YC lists Komal Ahmad under Former Founders with Founder/CEO bio; company site and LinkedIn show Kimberly Smith as current CEO", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/copia", "https://gocopia.com/about-us/", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberly-trouville-smith-07a8199"]}, "employee_count": {"conflict": "20 (YC, LinkedIn) vs 119 (Tracxn/LeadIQ); third-party databases diverge sharply", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/copia", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/gocopia", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/copia/__H5qm7Dk8QM--Jv3Kl-PT57cK3jr5yveoXRV_SsYNfpc"]}, "total_funding": {"conflict": "Estimates range from ~$280K (CB Insights) to ~$1.48M (parsers.vc) to ~$4–5M (Startup Intros, LinkedIn); seed round amounts partly undisclosed", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/copia/financials", "https://parsers.vc/startup/gocopia.com/", "https://startupintros.com/orgs/copia", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/gocopia", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/copia/__H5qm7Dk8QM--Jv3Kl-PT57cK3jr5yveoXRV_SsYNfpc/funding-and-investors"]}, "headquarters_location": {"conflict": "San Francisco (YC, MIT Solve) vs Laguna Beach (LinkedIn) vs generic California (FAQ)", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/copia", "https://solve.mit.edu/solutions/784", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/gocopia", "https://gocopia.com/faq-support/"]}, "entity_disambiguation": {"conflict": "Search results frequently conflate gocopia.com (food donation) with Copia Global (Kenya e-commerce, failed 2024) and Copia Automation (copia.io, industrial software)", "source_urls": ["https://techcabal.com/2024/07/03/copia-begins-liquidation-after-failing-to-raise-money/", "https://www.morningstar.com/news/pr-newswire/20260616ny82771/copia-raises-26m-in-funding-to-unify-ot-code-management-backup-and-recovery", "https://gocopia.com/"]}, "linkedin_classification": {"conflict": "LinkedIn describes Copia as a nonprofit app; company self-describes as PBC B2B platform", "source_urls": ["https://www.linkedin.com/company/gocopia", "https://gocopia.com/faq-support/"]}, "series_a_gap": {"conflict": "2019 Series A target stated in 2020 MIT Solve profile; no authoritative confirmation of closed Series A", "source_urls": ["https://solve.mit.edu/solutions/784"]}, "impact_metrics": {"conflict": "YC/site cite 7M+ lbs diverted and $23M+ savings; older MIT Solve (2020) cites 650K lbs and $6M diverted — metrics evolved over time", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/copia", "https://solve.mit.edu/solutions/784"]}}]
- source urls
- ["http://www.gocopia.com", "https://foundertrace.com/companies/copia/", "https://gocopia.com/", "https://gocopia.com/about-us/", "https://gocopia.com/faq-support/", "https://gocopia.com/news/", "https://gocopia.com/solutions/", "https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/copia-theres-more-than-enough/id1072281550?mt=8", "https://leadiq.com/c/copia/5a1d9db52300005b008d95b6", "https://parsers.vc/startup/gocopia.com/", "https://rocketreach.co/komal-ahmad-email_3130114", "https://sammatey.substack.com/p/interview-kimberley-smith-of-copia", "https://solve.mit.edu/solutions/784", "https://startupintros.com/orgs/copia", "https://techcabal.com/2024/05/24/copia-enters-into-administration-after-failing-to-secure-funding/", "https://techcabal.com/2024/07/03/copia-begins-liquidation-after-failing-to-raise-money/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/copia/__6aITF0a0PW4GnGmLYd-9_IoZRehmdzlhOEJBCU19vEE", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/copia/__H5qm7Dk8QM--Jv3Kl-PT57cK3jr5yveoXRV_SsYNfpc", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/copia/__H5qm7Dk8QM--Jv3Kl-PT57cK3jr5yveoXRV_SsYNfpc/funding-and-investors", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/copia/financials", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/gocopia", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberly-trouville-smith-07a8199", "https://www.morningstar.com/news/pr-newswire/20260616ny82771/copia-raises-26m-in-funding-to-unify-ot-code-management-backup-and-recovery", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/copia"]