- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": {"value": "total_funding_raised", "source_urls": ["https://foundersatwork.posthaven.com/", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/kiko"]}, "conflict": {"value": "Primary YC history sources cite $6,000 per founder (~$12,000 for two founders); CB Insights reports $50,000 total raised from Y Combinator only", "source_urls": ["https://foundersatwork.posthaven.com/", "https://turbofund.io/accelerators/yc-history", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/kiko"]}}, {"field": {"value": "acquisition_price", "source_urls": ["https://www.cnet.com/culture/calendar-software-kiko-sold-on-ebay-for-258100/", "https://www.boringbusinessnerd.com/post/y-combinators-first-batch"]}, "conflict": {"value": "Contemporary press (CNET, Tracxn, YC) reports $258,100; Boring Business Nerd cites $265,000 winning bid", "source_urls": ["https://www.cnet.com/culture/calendar-software-kiko-sold-on-ebay-for-258100/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/kiko/__16WuNdf8gylidX3vHqkD8ZmiTi3MxHG-lbwFCLDupr8", "https://www.boringbusinessnerd.com/post/y-combinators-first-batch"]}}, {"field": {"value": "user_traction_at_exit", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2006/08/16/ajax-calendar-kikocom-goes-on-ebay-offers-to-delete-accounts/", "https://www.tucows.com/news/why-we-bought-kiko-com"]}, "conflict": {"value": "TechCrunch reported ~40,000 monthly visitors at auction; Tucows referenced 53,651 (metric ambiguous); secondary source cites 90,000 users—no single authoritative user count", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2006/08/16/ajax-calendar-kikocom-goes-on-ebay-offers-to-delete-accounts/", "https://www.tucows.com/news/why-we-bought-kiko-com", "https://www.boringbusinessnerd.com/post/y-combinators-first-batch"]}}, {"field": {"value": "headquarters", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/kiko", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/kiko"]}, "conflict": {"value": "YC directory lists Cambridge, MA; CB Insights and Tracxn list San Francisco, CA", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/kiko", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/kiko", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/kiko/__16WuNdf8gylidX3vHqkD8ZmiTi3MxHG-lbwFCLDupr8"]}}, {"field": {"value": "company_status_in_databases", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/kiko", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/kiko"]}, "conflict": {"value": "YC lists status as Acquired; CB Insights lists stage Seed and status Alive (likely stale/incorrect for this defunct 2006 exit)", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/kiko", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/kiko"]}}, {"field": {"value": "legal_entity_name", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/kiko"]}, "conflict": {"value": "No SEC filing or definitive legal entity name (e.g., Kiko, Inc. vs Kiko Software) found in primary sources reviewed", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/kiko", "https://grokipedia.com/page/Emmett_Shear"]}}, {"field": {"value": "employee_count", "source_urls": ["https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/summer-2005/kiko.json", "https://startupintros.com/orgs/kiko"]}, "conflict": {"value": "YC OSS API reports team_size 0 (likely unfilled); Startup Intros estimates 1–10; no verified headcount at acquisition", "source_urls": ["https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/summer-2005/kiko.json", "https://startupintros.com/orgs/kiko"]}}, {"field": {"value": "name_collision", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/kiko"]}, "conflict": {"value": "CB Insights Kiko profile includes unrelated cosmetics patents, suggesting conflation with a different 'Kiko' entity", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/kiko"]}}]]
- source urls
- ["https://businesscaseweekly.substack.com/p/bcw-36-y-combinator", "https://foundersatwork.posthaven.com/", "https://grokipedia.com/page/Emmett_Shear", "https://startupintros.com/orgs/kiko", "https://startupobituary.com/p/startup-obituary-kiko", "https://techcrunch.com/2006/08/16/ajax-calendar-kikocom-goes-on-ebay-offers-to-delete-accounts/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/kiko/__16WuNdf8gylidX3vHqkD8ZmiTi3MxHG-lbwFCLDupr8", "https://turbofund.io/accelerators/yc-history", "https://www.boringbusinessnerd.com/post/y-combinators-first-batch", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/kiko", "https://www.cnet.com/culture/calendar-software-kiko-sold-on-ebay-for-258100/", "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/y-combinator_justin-kan-is-the-co-founder-of-twitch-which-activity-7450307112725004288-JoxK", "https://www.tonykulesa.com/p/a-relatively-small-amount-of-force", "https://www.tucows.com/news/why-we-bought-kiko-com", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/kiko", "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/summer-2005/kiko.json"]