- conflicts or gaps
- [{"items": [{"field": "founded_year", "conflict": "2011 (Tracxn, LinkedIn) vs 2012 (Wikipedia launch/founding narrative, multiple press)", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/coub/__NPSyXbLjBE2cetKgHWykZVZ1PuO30zkbtFeEUt5LbrA", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/coub", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coub"]}, {"field": "headquarters", "conflict": "Moscow (YC), San Francisco (LinkedIn), Nicosia (Tracxn), Zug (Crunchbase), Switzerland private owner (2022), historical NYC office (2014)", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/coub", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/coub", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/coub/__NPSyXbLjBE2cetKgHWykZVZ1PuO30zkbtFeEUt5LbrA", "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/coub", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coub"]}, {"field": "company_status", "conflict": "YC marks Inactive; coub.com still operational (lightly maintained) post-2022 ownership change", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/coub", "https://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php/Coub", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coub"]}, {"field": "founders_on_yc_profile", "conflict": "YC lists only Anton and Igor as active founders; Mikhail Tabunov omitted despite being cited co-founder elsewhere", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/coub", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coub", "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/coub"]}, {"field": "current_leadership", "conflict": "Tracxn lists Anton Gladkoborodov as current CEO; multiple sources say he left 2020-01-01", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/coub/__NPSyXbLjBE2cetKgHWykZVZ1PuO30zkbtFeEUt5LbrA", "https://vc.ru/media/98175-servis-s-korotkimi-video-coub-pereshel-pod-kontrol-komiteta-izdatelya-vcru-tj-i-dtf"]}, {"field": "2020_ownership_transfer", "conflict": "Komitet/LVL1 framed as facilitated ownership transfer; co-founder Mikhail Tabunov disputed any founder exit, describing stake taken for debts", "source_urls": ["https://vc.ru/media/98175-servis-s-korotkimi-video-coub-pereshel-pod-kontrol-komiteta-izdatelya-vcru-tj-i-dtf", "https://roem.ru/15-01-2020/281251/coub-tipa-exit/"]}, {"field": "funding_round_labels", "conflict": "Same rounds labeled Series A, Series B, or Seed differently across CB Insights, Tracxn, and press", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/coub/financials", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/coub/__NPSyXbLjBE2cetKgHWykZVZ1PuO30zkbtFeEUt5LbrA", "https://techcrunch.com/2013/07/22/coub-loops-in-funding/"]}, {"field": "fourth_round_amount", "conflict": "Aug 2016 round listed by Tracxn as Series A with undisclosed amount; not clearly corroborated in press/CB Insights public data", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/coub/__NPSyXbLjBE2cetKgHWykZVZ1PuO30zkbtFeEUt5LbrA", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/coub/financials"]}, {"field": "employee_count", "conflict": "Reported 11 (YC/LinkedIn), 20 (RocketReach), 22 (Tracxn 2026)", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/coub", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/coub", "https://rocketreach.co/coub-profile_b5eb09e9f42e7b9c", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/coub/__NPSyXbLjBE2cetKgHWykZVZ1PuO30zkbtFeEUt5LbrA"]}, {"field": "user_traffic_metrics", "conflict": "Wide variance across eras/sources (51M UV/mo, 800M views/mo, 1B views/mo, 106M YAU, 11.3M MAU, 4M site MAU in 2020)", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/coub", "https://techcrunch.com/2016/08/22/y-combinator-demo-day-summer-2016/", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coub", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/coubcom--the-platform-pioneer-of-short-video-clips--seamlessly-integrates-watch-to-earn-monetization-for-its-100m-users-301592633.html", "https://coub.com/litepaper", "https://meduza.io/news/2020/01/15/vladeltsem-coub-stal-izdatel-tjournal-i-dtf"]}, {"field": "2022_switzerland_owner_identity", "conflict": "Owner described only as unnamed private tech company headquartered in Switzerland; UK Coub Ltd ties to Qasim Raufi but linkage to Swiss entity not publicly documented", "source_urls": ["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coub", "https://opengovuk.com/company/13948072", "https://www.forbesindia.com/article/crypto-made-easy/coubs-105-microvideo-fans-jumping-into-crypto/78263/1"]}]}]
- source urls
- ["https://blockchainreporter.net/coub-com-moves-into-web3-with-watch-to-earn-monetization/", "https://coub.com/litepaper", "https://dtf.ru/team/92927-servis-korotkih-video-coub-stal-chastyu-komiteta-kuda-vhodyat-dtf-tj-i-vcru", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coub", "https://meduza.io/news/2020/01/15/vladeltsem-coub-stal-izdatel-tjournal-i-dtf", "https://opengovuk.com/company/13948072", "https://rocketreach.co/coub-profile_b5eb09e9f42e7b9c", "https://roem.ru/15-01-2020/281251/coub-tipa-exit/", "https://techcrunch.com/2013/07/22/coub-loops-in-funding/", "https://techcrunch.com/2014/07/29/coub-funding-loop/", "https://techcrunch.com/2016/08/22/y-combinator-demo-day-summer-2016/", "https://technewsspace.com/the-short-video-service-coub-will-stop-working-on-april-1st/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/coub/__NPSyXbLjBE2cetKgHWykZVZ1PuO30zkbtFeEUt5LbrA", "https://vc.ru/media/98175-servis-s-korotkimi-video-coub-pereshel-pod-kontrol-komiteta-izdatelya-vcru-tj-i-dtf", "https://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php/Coub", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/coub/financials", "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/coub", "https://www.forbes.ru/news/263987-byvshie-aktsionery-vkontakte-vlozhat-25-mln-v-servis-coub", "https://www.forbesindia.com/article/crypto-made-easy/coubs-105-microvideo-fans-jumping-into-crypto/78263/1", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/coub", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/coubcom--the-platform-pioneer-of-short-video-clips--seamlessly-integrates-watch-to-earn-monetization-for-its-100m-users-301592633.html", "https://www.seedtable.com/funding-round/Coub_Series_A_round", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/coub"]