- conflicts or gaps
- [{"scientific_advisor_disavowals": {"value": "Bruce Walker and David Heckerman denied official involvement; names removed from project materials; Salim Abdool Karim also requested removal", "source_urls": ["https://www.wired.com/story/immunity-project-hiv-vaccine/", "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/crowd-funded-hiv-vaccine-project-immunity-debate_n_4760668"]}, "scientific_skepticism": {"value": "HIV researchers (Louis Picker, Greg Towers, Abbie Smith) criticized T-cell epitope approach, lack of peer-reviewed data, mouse-model limitations, and overpromising public messaging", "source_urls": ["https://www.wired.com/story/immunity-project-hiv-vaccine/", "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/crowd-funded-hiv-vaccine-project-immunity-debate_n_4760668"]}, "team_experience_gap": {"value": "Reid Rubsamen and Immunity Project team reported to lack HIV/AIDS research experience", "source_urls": ["https://www.wired.com/story/immunity-project-hiv-vaccine/"]}, "animal_study_misrepresentation": {"value": "Website claimed successful animal studies but studies tested vaccine against other viruses, not HIV; manuscript submitted to Vaccine journal (unpublished at time of reporting)", "source_urls": ["https://www.huffpost.com/entry/crowd-funded-hiv-vaccine-project-immunity-debate_n_4760668"]}, "press_partnership_overstatement": {"value": "Early press described Harvard/Microsoft partnership that Walker and Heckerman disputed", "source_urls": ["https://www.fastcompany.com/3025372/if-the-immunity-project-crowdfunds-this-synthetic-aids-vaccine-theyll-offer-it-free-to-every", "https://www.wired.com/story/immunity-project-hiv-vaccine/"]}, "gates_foundation": {"value": "No formal grant proposal submitted to Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (informal discussions only)", "source_urls": ["https://www.huffpost.com/entry/crowd-funded-hiv-vaccine-project-immunity-debate_n_4760668"]}, "status_data_stale": {"value": "YC lists status Active and founders as Former; CBInsights lists Alive; contradicts lack of verified clinical trial progress and domain repurposing", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/immunity-project", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/immunity-project", "http://immunityproject.org"]}, "hq_discrepancy": {"value": "San Francisco (YC) vs Oakland P.O. Box (CBInsights, HuffPost/Nature)", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/immunity-project", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/immunity-project", "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/crowd-funded-hiv-vaccine-project-immunity-debate_n_4760668"]}, "funding_total_discrepancy": {"value": "CBInsights $20K vs Gaebler $120K vs public reports ~$1.48M+ including Microsoft grant and crowdfunding", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/immunity-project", "https://www.gaebler.com/Funded-Company-4AA6F1B0-E243-452C-83C0-722E0C3EB24C-Immunity-Project", "https://venturebeat.com/business/startup-developing-hivaids-vaccine-is-2nd-nonprofit-accepted-into-y-combinator/"]}, "crowdfunding_amount_discrepancy": {"value": "Goal cited as $460K-$482K; raised $462,570 (Wired) vs campaign described as $482K completed (Business Insider)", "source_urls": ["https://www.wired.com/story/immunity-project-hiv-vaccine/", "https://www.businessinsider.com/y-combinator-backed-immunity-project-2014-2"]}, "name_collision": {"value": "Unrelated 2026 Immunity Project decentralized AI threat-intelligence protocol shares name; distinct from YC W14 HIV nonprofit", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/immunity-project"]}, "clinical_trial_gap": {"value": "No public FDA Phase 1 HIV trial registration or completion record found for this entity", "source_urls": ["https://venturebeat.com/business/startup-developing-hivaids-vaccine-is-2nd-nonprofit-accepted-into-y-combinator/", "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/crowd-funded-hiv-vaccine-project-immunity-debate_n_4760668"]}, "501c3_verification_gap": {"value": "501(c)(3) claimed in crowdfunding reporting; no independent IRS EIN/Form 990 verification found", "source_urls": ["https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2014/02/32175-crowdfunding-playing-role-effort-develop-hiv-vaccine/"]}}]
- source urls
- ["http://immunityproject.org", "https://bestofama.com/amas/1w29dx", "https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/KDvqee67wsGhEY6sG/an-overview-of-y-combinator-s-non-profit-program", "https://patents.justia.com/", "https://synapse.patsnap.com/organization/7a9d9275f8b45fa945bdca594bb8f406", "https://theorg.com/org/immunity-project", "https://venturebeat.com/business/startup-developing-hivaids-vaccine-is-2nd-nonprofit-accepted-into-y-combinator/", "https://waag.org/en/article/immunity-project/", "https://www.borgenmagazine.com/hackhiv-immunity-project-promises-free-hiv-vaccine/", "https://www.businessinsider.com/y-combinator-backed-immunity-project-2014-2", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/immunity-project", "https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2014/02/32175-crowdfunding-playing-role-effort-develop-hiv-vaccine/", "https://www.fastcompany.com/3025372/if-the-immunity-project-crowdfunds-this-synthetic-aids-vaccine-theyll-offer-it-free-to-every", "https://www.gaebler.com/Funded-Company-4AA6F1B0-E243-452C-83C0-722E0C3EB24C-Immunity-Project", "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/crowd-funded-hiv-vaccine-project-immunity-debate_n_4760668", "https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/5763/20140124/scientists-turn-crowdfunding-develop-free-hiv-vaccine.htm", "https://www.theverge.com/2014/1/23/5338676/the-immunity-project-hopes-to-build-a-better-hiv-vaccine-through-crowdfunding", "https://www.wired.com/story/immunity-project-hiv-vaccine/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/if-the-immunity-project-yc-w14-crowdfunds-this-synthetic-aids-vaccine-theyll-offer-it-free-to-everyone", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/immunity-project", "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2014/immunity-project.json"]