- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": "founders", "conflict": "YC lists team_size=2 but only Tanya Breshears is named as founder; no second co-founder identified in primary sources", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/curious-fictions", "https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/08/curious-fictions-launch/"]}, {"field": "employees", "conflict": "YC team_size=2 vs aVenture headcount=5 vs founder solo operation for final ~2 years", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/curious-fictions", "https://aventure.vc/companies/curious-fictions-san-francisco-ca-us", "https://janefriedman.com/curious-fictions-closes/"]}, {"field": "funding.date", "conflict": "Tracxn reports 2018-03-09 vs aVenture reports January 2018", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/curiousfictions/__KSxL0PyQ1ZQtMZPp40A5psFsdB2D3ZTb9URP8uxrCvA/funding-and-investors", "https://aventure.vc/companies/curious-fictions-san-francisco-ca-us"]}, {"field": "funding.amount", "gap": "YC blog (Mar 2018) states $150k standard deal for recent batches; Curious Fictions specifically reported as $120k by secondary databases", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/8-companies-from-yc-winter-2018", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/curiousfictions/__KSxL0PyQ1ZQtMZPp40A5psFsdB2D3ZTb9URP8uxrCvA/funding-and-investors"]}, {"field": "identity.founded", "conflict": "Side project began 2016; public launch cited as 2017; YC onboarding and press coverage in early 2018", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/08/curious-fictions-launch/", "https://www.andrewliptak.com/curious-fictions-tanya-breshears-interview/", "https://janefriedman.com/curious-fictions-closes/"]}, {"field": "identity.legal_entity", "gap": "No Delaware/incorporation filing or formal legal entity name confirmed in sourced materials", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/curious-fictions"]}, {"field": "products.scale_metrics", "gap": "Author/word counts from founder portfolio post-shutdown; no independent audited metrics", "source_urls": ["https://maybefriday.medium.com/portfolio-curious-fictions-3caa50e36e72"]}, {"field": "funding", "gap": "Founder described funding only as 'a little outside funding' without disclosing $120k amount", "source_urls": ["https://janefriedman.com/curious-fictions-closes/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/curiousfictions/__KSxL0PyQ1ZQtMZPp40A5psFsdB2D3ZTb9URP8uxrCvA/funding-and-investors"]}, {"field": "website_status", "gap": "Founder personal site (maybefriday.com) still references Curious Fictions as current role; likely stale", "source_urls": ["http://www.maybefriday.com/", "https://maybefriday.medium.com/portfolio-curious-fictions-3caa50e36e72"]}, {"field": "products.press_coverage", "gap": "The Verge coverage cited by founder portfolio but primary Verge URL not retrieved in this research", "source_urls": ["https://maybefriday.medium.com/portfolio-curious-fictions-3caa50e36e72"]}]]
- source urls
- ["http://www.maybefriday.com/", "https://aventure.vc/companies/curious-fictions-san-francisco-ca-us", "https://janefriedman.com/curious-fictions-closes/", "https://locusmag.com/2021/08/curious-fictions-to-close/", "https://maybefriday.medium.com/portfolio-curious-fictions-3caa50e36e72", "https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/08/curious-fictions-launch/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/curiousfictions/__KSxL0PyQ1ZQtMZPp40A5psFsdB2D3ZTb9URP8uxrCvA/funding-and-investors", "https://www.andrewliptak.com/curious-fictions-tanya-breshears-interview/", "https://www.andrewliptak.com/curious-fictions/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/8-companies-from-yc-winter-2018", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/curious-fictions"]