- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": {"value": "identity.yc_batch", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/cruise", "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2014/cruise.json"]}, "issue": {"value": "Research query referenced YC S14 (Summer 2014), but Y Combinator and YC OSS list Cruise in the Winter 2014 batch (W14).", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/cruise", "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2014/cruise.json"]}}, {"field": {"value": "founders", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/cruise", "https://getintoyc.com/company/cruise/", "https://strictlyvc.com/tag/y-combinator/"]}, "issue": {"value": "YC application and early filings listed Jeremy Guillory as 50/50 co-founder with Kyle Vogt; Guillory later filed suit alleging he was denied his ownership stake after parting ways shortly after YC acceptance in November 2013. YC and Wikipedia list Daniel Kan (not Guillory) as co-founder.", "source_urls": ["https://getintoyc.com/company/cruise/", "https://strictlyvc.com/tag/y-combinator/", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruise_(autonomous_vehicle)"]}}, {"field": {"value": "exit_status.price_usd", "source_urls": ["https://finance.yahoo.com/news/gm-buying-self-driving-tech-143638744.html", "https://globalventuring.com/blog/2016/03/14/gm-takes-cruise-in-billion-dollar-deal/", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruise_(autonomous_vehicle)"]}, "issue": {"value": "GM did not disclose acquisition price. Press estimates range from north of $500M to $580M to over $1B; YC founder bio states $1 billion.", "source_urls": ["https://finance.yahoo.com/news/gm-buying-self-driving-tech-143638744.html", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruise_(autonomous_vehicle)", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/cruise"]}}, {"field": {"value": "funding.total_raised_usd_pre_acquisition", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2015/09/18/cruise-2/", "https://www.vox.com/2016/3/11/11586894/gm-spent-over-1-billion-on-self-driving-startup-cruise-the-largest-y", "https://globalventuring.com/blog/2016/03/14/gm-takes-cruise-in-billion-dollar-deal/"]}, "issue": {"value": "Pre-acquisition venture funding totals differ: TechCrunch $16.8M after Series A; Vox $18.8M; Global Venturing/Yahoo more than $18M; Reuters quotes founder at $20M.", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2015/09/18/cruise-2/", "https://www.vox.com/2016/3/11/11586894/gm-spent-over-1-billion-on-self-driving-startup-cruise-the-largest-y", "https://globalventuring.com/blog/2016/03/14/gm-takes-cruise-in-billion-dollar-deal/"]}}, {"field": {"value": "employees.snapshots", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/cruise", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruise_(autonomous_vehicle)"]}, "issue": {"value": "YC lists team_size 3000 without as-of date; Wikipedia reports 3,800 (2023) and an estimated 4,000 full-time employees (Nov 2023); company had only 40 employees at March 2016 acquisition.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/cruise", "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2014/cruise.json", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruise_(autonomous_vehicle)", "https://globalventuring.com/blog/2016/03/14/gm-takes-cruise-in-billion-dollar-deal/"]}}, {"field": {"value": "exit_status.post_exit", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/cruise", "https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/general-motors-drop-development-cruise-robotaxi-2024-12-10/", "https://investor.gm.com/news-releases/news-release-details/gm-acquires-full-ownership-cruise"]}, "issue": {"value": "YC still lists a single 2016 GM acquisition exit, but post-2024 GM ceased robotaxi funding, merged Cruise fully in February 2025, and laid off roughly half the workforce as robotaxi commercial operations ended.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/cruise", "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1467858/000119312524274336/d917047dex991.htm", "https://investor.gm.com/news-releases/news-release-details/gm-acquires-full-ownership-cruise", "https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/04/cruise-to-slash-workforce-by-50-after-gm-cuts-funding-to-robotaxi-operations/"]}}, {"field": {"value": "funding.yc_investment_amount_usd", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/cruise"]}, "issue": {"value": "No publicly sourced dollar amount for Cruise's Y Combinator investment was found.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/cruise"]}}, {"field": {"value": "funding.seed_amount_usd", "source_urls": ["https://blog.mavenventures.com/blog/cruising-to-a-huge-outcome/"]}, "issue": {"value": "Maven Ventures confirms seed investment at YC Demo Day 2014 but does not disclose round size in the retrieved source.", "source_urls": ["https://blog.mavenventures.com/blog/cruising-to-a-huge-outcome/"]}}]]
- source urls
- ["https://blog.mavenventures.com/blog/cruising-to-a-huge-outcome/", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruise_(autonomous_vehicle)", "https://finance.yahoo.com/news/gm-buying-self-driving-tech-143638744.html", "https://getintoyc.com/company/cruise/", "https://globalventuring.com/blog/2016/03/14/gm-takes-cruise-in-billion-dollar-deal/", "https://investor.gm.com/news-releases/news-release-details/cruise-and-gm-team-microsoft-commercialize-self-driving-vehicles", "https://investor.gm.com/news-releases/news-release-details/gm-acquires-full-ownership-cruise", "https://investor.gm.com/news-releases/news-release-details/softbank-vision-fund-invest-225-billion-gm-cruise-0", "https://strictlyvc.com/tag/y-combinator/", "https://techcrunch.com/2015/09/18/cruise-2/", "https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/07/gm-cruise-raises-1-5b-at-a-19b-valuation-from-softbank-and-honda/", "https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/19/microsoft-invests-in-cruise-in-new-2-billion-round/", "https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/04/cruise-to-slash-workforce-by-50-after-gm-cuts-funding-to-robotaxi-operations/", "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/cruise", "https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/cruise-gm-partner-with-microsoft-ramp-up-self-driving-vehicles-2021-01-19/", "https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/general-motors-acquires-full-ownership-cruise-autonomous-business-2025-02-04/", "https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/general-motors-drop-development-cruise-robotaxi-2024-12-10/", "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1467858/000119312524274336/d917047dex991.htm", "https://www.vox.com/2016/3/11/11586894/gm-spent-over-1-billion-on-self-driving-startup-cruise-the-largest-y", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/cruise", "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2014/cruise.json"]