- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"topic": {"value": "Name collision with unrelated company at grain.com", "source_urls": ["https://grain.com/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/grain"]}, "detail": {"value": "grain.com is an AI meeting notetaker (founded 2018, San Francisco) — a different entity from YC W20 fintech Grain (grain.credit / trygrain.com)", "source_urls": ["https://grain.com/", "https://grain.credit/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/grain"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "Employee headcount discrepancies", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/grain", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/grain-technology", "https://www.bbb.org/us/ca/oakland/profile/financial-technology/grain-technology-inc-1116-925847"]}, "detail": {"value": "Reported counts range from 16 (LinkedIn) to 30 (YC) to 28 (Corp! June 2023) to 100 (BBB self-reported); no single authoritative current figure", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/grain", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/grain-technology", "https://www.corpmagazine.com/break-room/new-community-transformation-fund-invests-in-grain-technology-to-provide-inclusive-access-to-credit/", "https://www.bbb.org/us/ca/oakland/profile/financial-technology/grain-technology-inc-1116-925847"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "Total funding amount rounding / aggregation differences", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/grain-1/financials", "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/grain-c423"]}, "detail": {"value": "CB Insights reports $16.6M total; Crunchbase $16,599,788; LinkedIn $16.755M; LeadIQ rounds to $17M; YCDB lists $0 (stale)", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/grain-1/financials", "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/grain-c423", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/grain-technology", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/grain"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "Headquarters location inconsistency", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/grain", "https://www.gaebler.com/Funded-Company-64ED9BBB-42A4-4E2B-8B8F-16756CEEA3E9-Grain-Technology"]}, "detail": {"value": "YC and current sources list Oakland, CA; older Gaebler/VentureDeal records list San Francisco (55 9th St)", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/grain", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/grain-1/", "https://www.gaebler.com/Funded-Company-64ED9BBB-42A4-4E2B-8B8F-16756CEEA3E9-Grain-Technology"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "YC profile not updated for B2B pivot", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/grain", "https://grain.credit/"]}, "detail": {"value": "YC company page still describes consumer debit-to-credit product; company website and LinkedIn describe Velex/Atlas B2B focus since 2023", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/grain", "https://grain.credit/", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/grain-technology"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "Consumer shutdown timing and wording", "source_urls": ["https://www.grain.credit/consumers", "https://www.monito.com/en/wiki/apps-like-grain-credit"]}, "detail": {"value": "Official site states 'Not Currently Opening New Accounts' but does not confirm full shutdown; third-party fintech blogs (Monito, TMS) claim consumer services permanently discontinued in 2024 — no primary press release found", "source_urls": ["https://www.grain.credit/consumers", "https://www.monito.com/en/wiki/apps-like-grain-credit", "https://tms-outsource.com/blog/posts/apps-like-grain-credit/"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "Jan 2023 vs March 2023 NCTF investment relationship unclear", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/grain-1/financials", "https://www.corpmagazine.com/break-room/new-community-transformation-fund-invests-in-grain-technology-to-provide-inclusive-access-to-credit/"]}, "detail": {"value": "CB Insights lists NCTF in a $13.65M round dated 2023-01-29; Corp! Magazine separately reports a $500K NCTF investment finalized March 2023 — may be same round disclosed differently or overlapping tranches", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/grain-1/financials", "https://www.corpmagazine.com/break-room/new-community-transformation-fund-invests-in-grain-technology-to-provide-inclusive-access-to-credit/"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "Stale third-party directory data", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycdb.co/company/grain", "https://www.thecompanycheck.com/company/b/grain/o5air1yyk020phjpf"]}, "detail": {"value": "YCDB shows $0 funding and 840 employees (likely wrong entity or stale scrape); The Company Check lists $1.03M total funding and 36 employees as of 2022", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycdb.co/company/grain", "https://www.thecompanycheck.com/company/b/grain/o5air1yyk020phjpf"]}}]]
- source urls
- ["https://grain.com/", "https://grain.credit/", "https://tms-outsource.com/blog/posts/apps-like-grain-credit/", "https://www.bbb.org/us/ca/oakland/profile/financial-technology/grain-technology-inc-1116-925847", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/grain-1/", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/grain-1/financials", "https://www.corpmagazine.com/break-room/new-community-transformation-fund-invests-in-grain-technology-to-provide-inclusive-access-to-credit/", "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/grain-c423", "https://www.gaebler.com/Funded-Company-64ED9BBB-42A4-4E2B-8B8F-16756CEEA3E9-Grain-Technology", "https://www.gaebler.com/VC-Funding-005DF25C-8D78-400B-A7B1-298AFE5560E1-Grain-Technology-08-26-2020", "https://www.grain.credit/consumers", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/grain-technology", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickdesuza", "https://www.linkedin.com/products/grain-technology-atlas/", "https://www.linkedin.com/products/grain-technology-velex/", "https://www.monito.com/en/wiki/apps-like-grain-credit", "https://www.thecompanycheck.com/company/b/grain/o5air1yyk020phjpf", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/grain", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/grain", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/grain/jobs"]