- conflicts or gaps
- [["Query references YC S14; primary sources list Y Combinator Winter 2014 (W14), not Summer 2014.", "Total funding is inconsistent across sources: CB Insights reports $20K (1 round, Y Combinator); LinkedIn company data reports $125K across 3 rounds; Tracxn reports an undisclosed seed round with 2 investors. No primary company press release or SEC filing found to reconcile totals.", "NY Times (Apr 2015) references a third female co-founder who left in Nov 2014 without naming her; other sources identify Kate Bambino as CTO/co-founder who departed Nov 2014.", "YC team_size=2 may reflect a late-stage snapshot, not peak headcount; peak employee count not found in primary sources.", "Legal entity name (e.g., Dating Ring, Inc.) not confirmed in primary sources reviewed.", "Amanda Bradford / The League is a separate dating startup; not affiliated with Dating Ring."]]
- source urls
- ["https://abcnews.com/Lifestyle/bicoastal-matchmaking-experiment-york-women-san-fran-men/story?id=23993470", "https://ehandbook.com/my-startup-failed-six-years-ago-ive-been-hiding-from-my-shame-ever-since-921f2c60226e", "https://techcrunch.com/2014/02/13/the-dating-ring-sf/", "https://techcrunch.com/2014/03/04/the-dating-ring-is-raising-money-to-fly-women-from-nyc-to-sf-because-dating/", "https://techcrunch.com/2014/03/25/y-combinator-demo-day-winter-2014-batch-2-the-dating-ring-unbabel-pushbullet-airhelp-and-more/", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/dating-ring/financials", "https://www.datingring.com/", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/katiebambino", "https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/23/business/smallbusiness/start-up-blends-old-fashioned-matchmaking-and-algorithms.html", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/dating-ring"]