- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": "company_description", "issue": {"value": "CB Insights profile describes Foreword as an AI security company; inconsistent with YC/LinkedIn EdTech workshop marketplace identity.", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/foreword", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/foreword"]}}, {"field": "funding.total_raised_usd", "issue": {"value": "CB Insights reports $500K over 2 rounds including Zentani; Tracxn reports $150K from Y Combinator only; no primary-source confirmation of post-YC rounds.", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/foreword/financials", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/foreword/__DeDDjM7fg-Cg2G2LnqqOdGKN9heIjvAVSzJJdR-TxK4"]}}, {"field": "funding.announced_at", "issue": {"value": "CB Insights lists funding date 2020-01-01, predating YC Summer 2020 batch; likely placeholder.", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/foreword/financials", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/foreword"]}}, {"field": "status", "issue": {"value": "CB Insights lists stage 'Alive' while YC lists status 'Inactive'.", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/foreword", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/foreword"]}}, {"field": "headquarters", "issue": {"value": "Tracxn lists Sacramento, CA; YC and LinkedIn list San Francisco, CA.", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/foreword/__DeDDjM7fg-Cg2G2LnqqOdGKN9heIjvAVSzJJdR-TxK4", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/foreword"]}}, {"field": "founded_year", "issue": {"value": "Tracxn lists founded 2019; YC and Brian Park LinkedIn indicate 2020 (company work from Nov 2019).", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/foreword/__DeDDjM7fg-Cg2G2LnqqOdGKN9heIjvAVSzJJdR-TxK4", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/foreword", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-park-52b51b32"]}}, {"field": "employees", "issue": {"value": "YC reports team size 2; LinkedIn and Tracxn report 12 employees; likely stale third-party data for inactive company.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/foreword", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/forewordhq", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/foreword/__DeDDjM7fg-Cg2G2LnqqOdGKN9heIjvAVSzJJdR-TxK4"]}}, {"field": "founders", "issue": {"value": "YC lists 2 active founders (Brian Park, Malea Gadoury); FounderTrace and Jake Harding LinkedIn list third co-founder Jake Harding on early ilk iteration not shown on YC profile.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/foreword", "https://foundertrace.com/companies/foreword/", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/jake-harding-12117714"]}}, {"field": "products", "issue": {"value": "Company pivoted from college-student advising (early Foreword/ilk) to B2B corporate workshop marketplace before YC demo day positioning.", "source_urls": ["https://www.linkedin.com/in/jake-harding-12117714", "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/summer-2020/foreword.json", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/foreword"]}}, {"field": "name_collision", "issue": {"value": "Unrelated entities share the Foreword name: Foreword Fund VC (foreword.vc) and UK Foreword literary festival; not the YC S20 company.", "source_urls": ["https://foreword.vc/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/foreword"]}}, {"field": "shutdown_announcement", "issue": {"value": "No public formal shutdown press release found; shutdown inferred from YC Inactive status, founder departures Oct 2022, and website downtime.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/foreword", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/maleagadoury", "https://www.foreword.live/"]}}, {"field": "products.claimed_metrics", "issue": {"value": "94% satisfaction and 8.8x engagement figures appear only in marketing/aggregator sources; not independently verified.", "source_urls": ["https://bouncewatch.com/explore/startup/foreword", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/forewordhq"]}}]]
- source urls
- ["https://bouncewatch.com/explore/startup/foreword", "https://foreword.vc/", "https://foundertrace.com/companies/foreword/", "https://reforgers.com/y_combinator/summer-2020", "https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/26/yc-to-cut-the-size-of-its-investment-in-future-yc-startups/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/foreword/__DeDDjM7fg-Cg2G2LnqqOdGKN9heIjvAVSzJJdR-TxK4", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/foreword", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/foreword/financials", "https://www.foreword.live/", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/forewordhq", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-park-52b51b32", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/jake-harding-12117714", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/maleagadoury", "https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/a-new-standard-deal", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/foreword", "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/summer-2020/foreword.json"]