- conflicts or gaps
- [{"yc_batch_mismatch": {"value": "User query cites YC Summer 2019 (S19), but official YC company page lists Winter 2020; Kaiten not found in TechCrunch S19 Demo Day coverage.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/kaiten", "https://techcrunch.com/2019/08/19/all-84-startups-from-y-combinators-s19-demo-day-1/"]}, "founding_year_discrepancy": {"value": "Sources disagree: 2019 (YC, CB Insights, StartupHub), 2020 (Reforgers), 2023 (LinkedIn company page, FounderTrace).", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/kaiten", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/kaiten", "https://reforgers.com/startups/kaiten", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/onkaiten", "https://foundertrace.com/companies/kaiten/"]}, "headcount_discrepancy": {"value": "Reported employee counts range from 1 (LinkedIn) to 4 (YC/Reforgers) to 5 (IVC) to 29 (StartupHub).", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/kaiten", "https://reforgers.com/startups/kaiten", "https://www.ivc-online.com/Google-Card?id=AD4BBDC1-797A-EB11-B809-00505695CD29&type=1", "https://www.startuphub.ai/startups/kaiten", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/onkaiten"]}, "name_collision": {"value": "Unrelated Russian project-management SaaS also named Kaiten (kaiten.io / App Store id6739029367) causes search and directory confusion.", "source_urls": ["https://apibit.com/product/kaiten/", "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/kaiten/id6739029367"]}, "founder_activity_gap": {"value": "YC still lists Alex Matsenov as Kaiten founder but his profile text identifies him as CEO of Gauss Money; unclear current operational role at Kaiten.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/kaiten", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/gauss"]}, "funding_detail_gaps": {"value": "CB Insights reports $500K over 2 rounds but only details one $500K convertible note; IVC lists additional 2021 round with redacted amounts; Reforgers lists total raised as unknown.", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/kaiten/financials", "https://www.ivc-online.com/Google-Card?id=AD4BBDC1-797A-EB11-B809-00505695CD29&type=1", "https://reforgers.com/startups/kaiten"]}, "revenue_and_valuation_gap": {"value": "No verified public revenue or post-money valuation.", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/kaiten/financials", "https://www.startuphub.ai/startups/kaiten"]}, "product_evolution_gap": {"value": "Company evolved from B2B restaurant analytics (Agnoris) to consumer culinary marketplace (Kaiten); timeline of pivot not precisely dated across sources.", "source_urls": ["https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/my-journey-kaiten-daniel-shein", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/kaiten"]}}]
- source urls
- ["https://altss.com/companies/yc/kaiten", "https://apibit.com/product/kaiten/", "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/kaiten/id6739029367", "https://clay.earth/profile/daniel-shein", "https://foundertrace.com/companies/agnoris/", "https://foundertrace.com/companies/kaiten/", "https://reforgers.com/startups/kaiten", "https://techcrunch.com/2019/08/19/all-84-startups-from-y-combinators-s19-demo-day-1/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/gaussmoney/__fYLzzW4x40P8-ESdgg24GMvio1P3hZCP6J1UBJyFelI", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/kaiten", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/kaiten/financials", "https://www.ivc-online.com/Google-Card?id=AD4BBDC1-797A-EB11-B809-00505695CD29&type=1", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/onkaiten", "https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/my-journey-kaiten-daniel-shein", "https://www.onkaiten.com/", "https://www.startuphub.ai/startups/kaiten", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/gauss", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/kaiten"]