- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"topic": {"value": "Headquarters location", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/gigster", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigster", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/gigster"]}, "conflict": {"value": "YC lists San Francisco; Wikipedia lists Austin; CB Insights and Mergr list San Antonio with a specific Hardy Oak Blvd address", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/gigster", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigster", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/gigster", "https://mergr.com/transaction/gigster-acquires-codersrank"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "Total funding amount", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/29/gigster/", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/gigster"]}, "conflict": {"value": "Press and founders commonly cite $32.5M through Series B; CB Insights reports $35.92M total raised (may include PPP and undisclosed rounds)", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/29/gigster/", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/gigster"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "Ionic acquisition date", "source_urls": ["https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/542172940/ionic-partners-acquires-gigster-investing-in-the-future-of-work", "https://rogerdickey.com/"]}, "conflict": {"value": "Official press release and Wikipedia cite May 26, 2021; Roger Dickey personal site cites acquisition by Ionic in 2020", "source_urls": ["https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/542172940/ionic-partners-acquires-gigster-investing-in-the-future-of-work", "https://rogerdickey.com/", "https://capitalfactory.com/mentor/roger-dickey/"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "YC founders listing", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/gigster", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigster"]}, "conflict": {"value": "YC company page lists only Debo Olaosebikan as founder; all other primary sources list both Roger Dickey and Debo Olaosebikan as co-founders", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/gigster", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigster", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/gigster-on-demand-software-development-service-closes-10-million-series-a-led-by-andreessen-horowitz-300188640.html"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "Employee count", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/gigster", "https://linkedin.com/in/dolaoseb", "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/gigster"]}, "conflict": {"value": "YC shows 51; LinkedIn company data shows 41; Crunchbase shows 501–1000; marketing site cites 50,000+ network talent (not W-2 employees)", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/gigster", "https://linkedin.com/in/dolaoseb", "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/gigster", "https://gigster.com/"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "Founding year vs founder tenure", "source_urls": ["https://linkedin.com/in/rogerdickey", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigster"]}, "conflict": {"value": "Roger Dickey LinkedIn shows Gigster board role from Mar 2013; company founding widely reported as 2014", "source_urls": ["https://linkedin.com/in/rogerdickey", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigster", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/gigster-raises-20-million-series-b-to-power-the-worlds-engineering-300510630.html"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "Debo Olaosebikan current role at Gigster", "source_urls": ["https://www.blackventures.org/blackleaders/debo-olaosebikan", "https://linkedin.com/in/dolaoseb"]}, "conflict": {"value": "Black Ventures profile lists Debo as Co-founder and CEO of Gigster; LinkedIn shows Gigster tenure ended Jan 2020 and current roles at other startups", "source_urls": ["https://www.blackventures.org/blackleaders/debo-olaosebikan", "https://linkedin.com/in/dolaoseb"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "Acquisition prices", "source_urls": ["https://ionicpartners.com/blog/ionic-partners-completes-sale-of-gigster-to-virtasant", "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/gigster"]}, "gap": {"value": "Ionic acquisition (2021), CodersRank acquisition (2023), and Virtasant acquisition (2024) all undisclosed", "source_urls": ["https://ionicpartners.com/blog/ionic-partners-completes-sale-of-gigster-to-virtasant", "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/gigster", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/gigster-to-acquire-award-winning-codersrank-strengthening-ability-to-assemble-the-best-global-developer-teams-301932497.html"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "Name collision with unrelated Gigster", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/gigster"]}, "conflict": {"value": "CB Insights news (May 2026) references a separate South African event-supplier marketplace also named Gigster (founded 2015 by Carina Bruwer), unrelated to YC S15 software company", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/gigster"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "Current Gigster leadership", "source_urls": ["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigster", "https://ionicpartners.com/blog/ionic-partners-completes-sale-of-gigster-to-virtasant"]}, "gap": {"value": "Wikipedia lists Michael Kearns (Virtasant CEO) as Gigster CEO; no independently verified current Gigster-specific CEO named on primary company sources post-2024 acquisition", "source_urls": ["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigster", "https://ionicpartners.com/blog/ionic-partners-completes-sale-of-gigster-to-virtasant", "https://gigster.com/"]}}]]
- source urls
- ["https://capitalfactory.com/mentor/roger-dickey/", "https://codersrank.io/metrx/", "https://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/awards_youngalumni/35/", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigster", "https://gigster.com/", "https://gigster.com/blog/gigster-acquires-codersrank/", "https://investorlist.com/investor/roger-dickey", "https://ionicpartners.com/blog/ionic-partners-completes-sale-of-gigster-to-virtasant", "https://linkedin.com/in/dolaoseb", "https://linkedin.com/in/rogerdickey", "https://mergr.com/transaction/gigster-acquires-codersrank", "https://people.equilar.com/bio/person/debo-olaosebikan-gigster-inc/27114460", "https://rogerdickey.com/", "https://techcrunch.com/2015/07/22/uber-for-developers/", "https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/29/gigster/", "https://www.blackventures.org/blackleaders/debo-olaosebikan", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/gigster", "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/gigster", "https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/542172940/ionic-partners-acquires-gigster-investing-in-the-future-of-work", "https://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2017/08/29/with-new-funding-round-gigster-gets-closer-to-a-1-billion-valuation/", "https://www.privsource.com/acquisitions/deal/ionic-partners-acquires-gigster-WNSybR", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/gigster-on-demand-software-development-service-closes-10-million-series-a-led-by-andreessen-horowitz-300188640.html", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/gigster-raises-20-million-series-b-to-power-the-worlds-engineering-300510630.html", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/gigster-to-acquire-award-winning-codersrank-strengthening-ability-to-assemble-the-best-global-developer-teams-301932497.html", "https://www.wsj.com/articles/freelance-developer-marketplace-gigster-refuels-in-series-b-1504006200", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/gigster"]