- conflicts or gaps
- [{"headquarters_conflict": {"value": "YC and GetLatka list San Francisco; LinkedIn HQ Berlin; 2008–2010 press describes Berlin-based startup; Shopify/US site uses San Francisco address.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/directed-edge", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/directed-edge", "https://thenextweb.com/news/directed-edge-recommendations-all-the-way-from-berlin", "https://apps.shopify.com/directed-edge-product-recommender"]}, "founder_listing_gap": {"value": "YC company page lists only Scott Wheeler (duplicated); Valentin Hussong omitted despite Crunchbase, Companies House, and co-founder interviews.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/directed-edge", "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/directed-edge", "https://thenextweb.com/news/directed-edge-recommendations-all-the-way-from-berlin"]}, "funding_conflict": {"value": "VentureBeat confirms $15K YC seed; LinkedIn reports $140K total including $125K Sep 2009 round (unverified in press); GetLatka claims bootstrapped with no outside funding; Tracxn lists undisclosed seed.", "source_urls": ["https://venturebeat.com/business/recommendations-engine-directededge-opens-up-to-developers/", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/directed-edge", "https://getlatka.com/companies/directededge.com", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/directededge/__RH3WRwcGxFmtGlHTLI53jHTzs08uaYYTw59XCK7mMXk/funding-and-investors"]}, "legal_entity_gap": {"value": "UK ltd dissolved 2010 while product/website/Shopify app remain active under Directed Edge, Inc.; corporate structure and current US registration details not found in sources reviewed.", "source_urls": ["https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06663322", "https://www.directededge.com/index.html", "https://apps.shopify.com/directed-edge-product-recommender"]}, "ceo_discrepancy": {"value": "Tracxn lists William O'Brien as CEO; founder LinkedIn profiles and Shopify list Scott Wheeler as lead; William O'Brien role unverified in primary sources.", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/directededge/__RH3WRwcGxFmtGlHTLI53jHTzs08uaYYTw59XCK7mMXk", "https://linkedin.com/in/patrickscottwheeler", "https://apps.shopify.com/directed-edge-product-recommender"]}, "team_size_staleness": {"value": "YC team_size=2 may be stale snapshot; no recent independent headcount verification beyond LinkedIn/Crunchbase 1–10 band.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/directed-edge", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/directed-edge"]}, "revenue_metrics_gap": {"value": "No audited revenue, ARR, or valuation figures found in primary sources; GetLatka revenue claims not independently verified.", "source_urls": ["https://getlatka.com/companies/directededge.com"]}}]
- source urls
- ["https://apps.shopify.com/directed-edge-product-recommender", "https://developer.directededge.com/article/API_Concepts", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06663322", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06663322/officers", "https://getlatka.com/companies/directededge.com", "https://linkedin.com/in/hussong", "https://linkedin.com/in/patrickscottwheeler", "https://techcrunch.com/2009/08/06/yc-funded-directed-edge-sees-a-post-search-web-where-recommendations-rule/", "https://thenextweb.com/news/directed-edge-recommendations-all-the-way-from-berlin", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/directededge/__RH3WRwcGxFmtGlHTLI53jHTzs08uaYYTw59XCK7mMXk", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/directededge/__RH3WRwcGxFmtGlHTLI53jHTzs08uaYYTw59XCK7mMXk/funding-and-investors", "https://venturebeat.com/business/recommendations-engine-directededge-opens-up-to-developers/", "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/directed-edge", "https://www.directededge.com/index.html", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/directed-edge", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/directed-edge", "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/summer-2009/directed-edge.json"]