- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": "founded_year", "conflict": {"value": "YC and RocketReach say 2019; Reforgers and founder resumes say 2018; operational company start likely late 2018", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/herald", "https://reforgers.com/startups/herald", "https://nilkanthpatel.com/resume.pdf", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayisms"]}}, {"field": "location", "conflict": {"value": "YC lists Dublin, CA; YCDB lists San Francisco, CA; Reforgers lists Dublin, USA; remote", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/herald", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/herald", "https://reforgers.com/startups/herald"]}}, {"field": "funding_total", "conflict": {"value": "Tracxn/Reforgers document only $150K from YC; Jay Patel claims additional undisclosed angel funding", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/herald/__VMke-T3iz6wzXJDhJHY62rV6NuIh7dBIJFz13eNyd70/funding-and-investors", "https://reforgers.com/startups/herald", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayisms"]}}, {"field": "operating_status", "conflict": {"value": "YC and Reforgers mark inactive/closed; YCDB still lists Live (stale)", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/herald", "https://reforgers.com/startups/herald", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/herald"]}}, {"field": "name_collision", "conflict": {"value": "Unrelated active company Herald (HeraldAPI Inc., heraldapi.com / heraldai.com, founded 2021, insurance API, ~$20M raised) shares the Herald name and can confuse search results", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/herald", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/heraldapi", "https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/489125-35"]}}, {"field": "shutdown_date", "gap": {"value": "No official shutdown announcement date or post-mortem from founders found; only inferred from founder departure dates and third-party shutdown listings", "source_urls": ["https://reforgers.com/startups/herald", "https://nilkanthpatel.com/resume.pdf", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayisms"]}}, {"field": "employee_count", "gap": {"value": "YC consistently reports 2 founders only; RocketReach third-party designer listing unverified", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/herald", "https://rocketreach.co/herald-yc-w19-heraldhqcom-profile_b7c1f47fc1787420"]}}, {"field": "failure_reason", "gap": {"value": "No primary-source founder post-mortem detailing why Herald shut down; only third-party 'Why Herald Failed' summary", "source_urls": ["https://reforgers.com/startups/herald"]}}]]
- source urls
- ["http://sechub.in/view/2213728", "https://github.com/heraldapp", "https://jay.patel.org.in/posts/2020-04-09-on-changelogs/", "https://nilkanthpatel.com/resume.pdf", "https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/489125-35", "https://reforgers.com/startups/herald", "https://rocketreach.co/herald-yc-w19-heraldhqcom-profile_b7c1f47fc1787420", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/herald/__VMke-T3iz6wzXJDhJHY62rV6NuIh7dBIJFz13eNyd70/funding-and-investors", "https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/1741967D:US", "https://www.heraldhq.com", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/heraldapi", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayisms", "https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/heres-what-ive-been-up-nilkanth-patel", "https://www.midtype.com/blog/firebase-alternative/", "https://www.producthunt.com/products/herald", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/herald", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/herald"]