- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"issue": "Multiple unrelated companies share the name Firsthand (mental health firsthandcares, AI agent firsthand.ai, career mentoring Firsthand acquired by Infobase 2021, Japanese fashion retailer Firsthand, hair care Firsthand Supply).", "source_urls": ["https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/infobase-announces-acquisition-of-firsthand-alumni-engagement-and-mentoring-platform-301206567.html", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/firsthand-labs", "https://bhbusiness.com/2025/03/05/medicaid-turmoil-prompts-staffing-cuts-at-firsthand/", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/firsthand"]}, {"issue": "Headquarters location conflicts: Seattle (YCDB, aVenture), San Francisco (CB Insights), Oakland (Brian Yang LinkedIn tenure).", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycdb.co/company/firsthand", "https://aventure.vc/companies/firsthand-seattle-wa-us", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/firsthand", "https://linkedin.com/in/brianliyang"]}, {"issue": "Company status conflicts: YC/Tracxn/Reforgers/YCDB mark inactive or dead; CB Insights lists Seed | Alive and describes current luxury-tracking product.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/firsthand", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/firsthand/__xpZf8De90RqltKtP3rVCylRON8guYxbIjcBZbvjuZM0", "https://reforgers.com/startups/firsthand", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/firsthand", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/firsthand"]}, {"issue": "Founder roster gap: YC lists only Brian Yang; Jon Yan also claims Founder role; second seat implied by team_size=2.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/firsthand", "https://linkedin.com/in/jonjyan"]}, {"issue": "Employee count conflicts: YC team_size=2 vs aVenture 5 employees as of 2024-02-04.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/firsthand", "https://aventure.vc/companies/firsthand-seattle-wa-us"]}, {"issue": "Reforgers alias Haven is not the Amazon-JPMorgan-Berkshire healthcare joint venture Haven; easy conflation risk.", "source_urls": ["https://reforgers.com/startups/firsthand", "https://www.geekwire.com/2021/haven-will-shut-ending-joint-healthcare-bid-amazon-berkshire-jp-morgan/"]}, {"issue": "VentureRadar and Startup Intros profiles merge this entity with unrelated Firsthand companies (AI brand agents, healthtech, artisan markets).", "source_urls": ["https://www.ventureradar.com/organisation/Firsthand/8408d90c-bfc0-4473-9e60-2a7f4413add6", "https://startupintros.com/orgs/firsthand"]}, {"issue": "Legal entity name and formal shutdown date not found in public sources; Reforgers lists total raised as Unknown while Tracxn/CB Insights cite $120K.", "source_urls": ["https://reforgers.com/startups/firsthand", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/firsthand/__xpZf8De90RqltKtP3rVCylRON8guYxbIjcBZbvjuZM0", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/firsthand"]}, {"issue": "No verified link between original kiosk founders and current shopfirsthand.com luxury-tracking product; pivot authorship and corporate continuity unconfirmed.", "source_urls": ["https://shopfirsthand.com/", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/firsthand", "https://linkedin.com/in/brianliyang", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/firsthand"]}]]
- source urls
- ["https://aventure.vc/companies/firsthand-seattle-wa-us", "https://bhbusiness.com/2025/03/05/medicaid-turmoil-prompts-staffing-cuts-at-firsthand/", "https://linkedin.com/in/brianliyang", "https://linkedin.com/in/jonjyan", "https://reforgers.com/startups/firsthand", "https://shopfirsthand.com/", "https://startupintros.com/orgs/firsthand", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/firsthand/__xpZf8De90RqltKtP3rVCylRON8guYxbIjcBZbvjuZM0", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/firsthand", "https://www.geekwire.com/2021/haven-will-shut-ending-joint-healthcare-bid-amazon-berkshire-jp-morgan/", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/firsthand-labs", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/infobase-announces-acquisition-of-firsthand-alumni-engagement-and-mentoring-platform-301206567.html", "https://www.ventureradar.com/organisation/Firsthand/8408d90c-bfc0-4473-9e60-2a7f4413add6", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/firsthand", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/firsthand"]