- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": "founders", "issue": {"value": "Y Combinator profile lists only Sreenath Kurupati as founder; omits co-founder Sridhar Machiroutu cited in Akamai press release, Tracxn, and Finovate.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/cyberfend", "https://www.akamai.com/newsroom/press-release/akamai-acquires-cyberfend", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/cyberfend/__PWGLZ2xyN-yAFzRSeVJ-Yt3nSWL-KNUkxqRLaV1_M_s/founders-and-board-of-directors"]}}, {"field": "exit_status.acquisition_date", "issue": {"value": "Announcement date varies: Akamai press release Dec 18, 2016; eWeek/Register/Boston Business Journal Dec 19, 2016; eWeek publication Dec 20, 2016.", "source_urls": ["https://www.akamai.com/newsroom/press-release/akamai-acquires-cyberfend", "https://www.eweek.com/security/akamai-acquires-cyberfend-to-boost-bot-detection/", "https://www.theregister.com/security/2016/12/19/akamai-buys-bot-sniffing-startup-cyberfend/1261175"]}}, {"field": "identity.headquarters", "issue": {"value": "Most sources say Santa Clara, CA; CityAM described Cyberfend as San Francisco-based.", "source_urls": ["https://www.akamai.com/newsroom/press-release/akamai-acquires-cyberfend", "https://www.cityam.com/mastercard-backing-these-seven-fintech/"]}}, {"field": "employees", "issue": {"value": "YC team_size is 2; The Org lists 1-10 employees; no audited headcount disclosed.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/cyberfend", "https://theorg.com/org/cyberfend/org-chart/sreenath-kurupati"]}}, {"field": "funding.total_raised_usd", "issue": {"value": "No primary-source dollar total; secondary aggregators give conflicting estimates (e.g., LeadIQ revenue estimate vs undisclosed seed amounts on The Company Check).", "source_urls": ["https://leadiq.com/c/cyberfend-inc/5a1d8676240000240060b4c6", "https://www.thecompanycheck.com/company/b/cyberfend/l0mbrw600q0fpxt2v", "https://reforgers.com/startups/cyberfend"]}}, {"field": "funding.investors", "issue": {"value": "Mastercard Start Path participation is documented, but whether Mastercard made an equity investment is unclear; some databases list Mastercard as investor while program materials describe non-equity assistance and optional follow-on investment.", "source_urls": ["https://www.pymnts.com/news/payment-methods/2015/mastercards-path-to-innovation/", "https://www.thecompanycheck.com/company/b/cyberfend/l0mbrw600q0fpxt2v", "https://finovate.com/category/banqu/"]}}, {"field": "products.customers", "issue": {"value": "Marketing claimed nearly a billion monthly login/payment transactions and large e-commerce customers, but no named customer logos found in primary sources reviewed.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/cyberfend", "https://finovate.com/videos/finovatespring-2016-cyberfend/"]}}, {"field": "identity.website", "issue": {"value": "cyberfend.com was canonical domain at founding/acquisition; site appears inactive/unreachable in 2026 research pass.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/cyberfend", "http://cyberfend.com"]}}]]
- source urls
- ["http://cyberfend.com", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akamai_Technologies", "https://finovate.com/category/banqu/", "https://finovate.com/videos/finovatespring-2016-cyberfend/", "https://leadiq.com/c/cyberfend-inc/5a1d8676240000240060b4c6", "https://reforgers.com/startups/cyberfend", "https://theorg.com/org/cyberfend/org-chart/sreenath-kurupati", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/cyberfend/__PWGLZ2xyN-yAFzRSeVJ-Yt3nSWL-KNUkxqRLaV1_M_s/founders-and-board-of-directors", "https://www.akamai.com/newsroom/press-release/akamai-acquires-cyberfend", "https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2016/12/19/akamai-acquires-california-bot-detection-startup.html", "https://www.cityam.com/mastercard-backing-these-seven-fintech/", "https://www.eweek.com/security/akamai-acquires-cyberfend-to-boost-bot-detection/", "https://www.pymnts.com/news/payment-methods/2015/mastercards-path-to-innovation/", "https://www.pymnts.com/news/payments-innovation/2016/mastercard-start-path-global-summer/", "https://www.retaildive.com/ex/mobilecommercedaily/mastercard-backs-mobile-startups-tackling-security-conversational-commerce-money-management", "https://www.securityweek.com/akamai-acquires-bot-detection-startup-cyberfend/", "https://www.thecompanycheck.com/company/b/cyberfend/l0mbrw600q0fpxt2v", "https://www.theregister.com/security/2016/12/19/akamai-buys-bot-sniffing-startup-cyberfend/1261175", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/cyberfend", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/cyberfend", "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2015/cyberfend.json"]