- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": "founding_date", "conflict": "Wikipedia/OpenCorporates cite Delaware incorporation on 2010-09-13; YC, founders, TechCrunch, and Crunchbase describe company as founded/started in 2011.", "source_urls": ["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firebase", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/firebase", "https://startupandrew.com/about/"]}, {"field": "envolve_founding_date", "conflict": "Gaebler VC database says Envolve founded 2009; Wikipedia says Envolve founded by Tamplin and Lee in 2011.", "source_urls": ["https://www.gaebler.com/VC-Funding-4B9C59F6-F2D9-48ED-BA1B-A7852E546B12-Firebase-05-23-2012", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firebase"]}, {"field": "total_funding", "conflict": "Some secondary sources cite $8.1M or $12.6M; primary TechCrunch reporting and founder statements support ~$7.0M pre-acquisition.", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2014/10/21/google-acquires-firebase-to-help-developers-build-better-realtime-apps/", "https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/national-international/google-acquires-firebase-so-developers-build-real-time-apps/110429/"]}, {"field": "acquisition_price", "gap": "Google and Firebase did not disclose acquisition price; media speculated acqui-hire but no verified figure exists.", "source_urls": ["https://www.wired.com/2014/10/google-firebase/", "https://www.pcmag.com/news/google-cloud-platform-acquires-firebase", "https://techcrunch.com/2014/10/21/google-acquires-firebase-to-help-developers-build-better-realtime-apps/"]}, {"field": "pre_seed_amount", "gap": "2011 YC-era round amount not individually disclosed; only combined $1.4M total with May 2012 seed is reported.", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2012/05/22/firebase-funding/"]}, {"field": "employee_count_post_acquisition", "gap": "Standalone pre-acquisition counts (20–24) are documented; post-acquisition headcount varies by source (~500 on YC profile; ~500 per Tamplin 2019) and is not an independently audited figure.", "source_urls": ["https://firebase.blog/posts/2014/07/one-million/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/firebase", "https://tamplin.net/posts/leaving-firebase/index.html"]}, {"field": "developer_traction_2016", "conflict": "Google/TechCrunch/VentureBeat cite 450,000 vs 470,000 developers at May 2016 I/O.", "source_urls": ["https://developers.googleblog.com/firebase-expands-to-become-a-unified-app-platform/", "https://techcrunch.com/2016/05/18/google-turns-firebase-into-its-unified-platform-for-mobile-developers/", "https://venturebeat.com/business/google-expands-firebase-with-analytics-remote-config-crash-reporting-and-dynamic-links/"]}, {"field": "privacy_controversy", "note": "Post-acquisition, Firebase was subject to a 2020 privacy lawsuit (dismissed Jan 2022); not part of standalone startup history but relevant to current Google product status.", "source_urls": ["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firebase", "https://www.reuters.com/article/us-alphabet-google-privacy-idUSKCN24E2Z0/"]}]]
- source urls
- ["https://darineich.com/startups-beanbags-earthquakes-and-fires-the-james-tamplin-story/", "https://developers.googleblog.com/firebase-expands-to-become-a-unified-app-platform/", "https://developers.googleblog.com/welcome-firebase-to-the-google-cloud-platform-team/", "https://developerweek2014conferenceexpo.sched.com/speaker/jamestamplin", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firebase", "https://engineering.wisc.edu/news/model-response-alum-helps-launch-covid-data-hub/", "https://firebase.blog/posts/2014/07/one-million/", "https://firebase.blog/posts/2014/10/firebase-is-joining-google/", "https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_de/4971234", "https://startupandrew.com/about/", "https://tamplin.net/posts/leaving-firebase/index.html", "https://techcrunch.com/2012/05/22/firebase-funding/", "https://techcrunch.com/2013/06/20/firebase-series-a/", "https://techcrunch.com/2014/10/21/google-acquires-firebase-to-help-developers-build-better-realtime-apps/", "https://techcrunch.com/2016/05/18/google-turns-firebase-into-its-unified-platform-for-mobile-developers/", "https://venturebeat.com/business/google-expands-firebase-with-analytics-remote-config-crash-reporting-and-dynamic-links/", "https://web.archive.org/web/20140614045650/http:/venturebeat.com/2014/05/13/firebase-hosting/", "https://wellfound.com/p/andrew-lee", "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/firebase", "https://www.gaebler.com/VC-Funding-4B9C59F6-F2D9-48ED-BA1B-A7852E546B12-Firebase-05-23-2012", "https://www.gaebler.com/VC-Funding-9F2C5572-530B-4824-9EA1-C6A4AD9D1D04-Firebase-06-20-2013", "https://www.gcppodcast.com/post/episode-78-firebase-at-io-2017-with-james-tamplin-and-andrew-lee/", "https://www.heavybit.com/library/podcasts/developer-love/ep-10-community-confidence-with-james-tamplin-of-covid-act-now", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/startupandrew", "https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/national-international/google-acquires-firebase-so-developers-build-real-time-apps/110429/", "https://www.pcmag.com/news/google-cloud-platform-acquires-firebase", "https://www.reuters.com/article/us-alphabet-google-privacy-idUSKCN24E2Z0/", "https://www.usv.com/writing/2013/06/firebase/", "https://www.wired.com/2014/10/google-firebase/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/firebase-yc-s11-raises-5-dollars-dot-6m-series-a-from-union-square-ventures-and-flybridge", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/firebase"]