- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"topic": {"value": "Name collision with unrelated Kinter (kinter.com)", "source_urls": ["https://www.linkedin.com/company/kinter", "https://kinter.com/about"]}, "detail": {"value": "kinter.com is a separate Illinois-based retail display hardware company founded 1980; not affiliated with YC W20 Kinter (kinter.ai).", "source_urls": ["https://www.linkedin.com/company/kinter", "https://kinter.com/about"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "Founded year discrepancy", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/kinter", "https://kinter.ai/careers"]}, "detail": {"value": "YC lists founded 2019; Kinter careers page and CPA Practice Advisor list 2020.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/kinter", "https://kinter.ai/careers", "https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/2026/06/23/kinter-releases-autonomous-workforce-for-accounting-teams/185563/"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "Funding attributed to prior legal entity", "source_urls": ["https://www.thesaasnews.com/news/alloy-automation-raises-20-million-in-series-a", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/kinterai-launches-agentic-ai-accountants-to-automate-the-financial-close-302807330.html"]}, "detail": {"value": "All disclosed venture rounds ($27M total) were raised as Alloy Automation; no separate Kinter-branded round found.", "source_urls": ["https://www.thesaasnews.com/news/alloy-automation-raises-20-million-in-series-a", "https://www.pivotarchive.com/pivots/kinter-w20"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "Co-founder not listed on YC Kinter profile", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/kinter", "https://techcrunch.com/2021/02/02/alloy-raises-4m-to-build-out-its-e-commerce-automation-service/"]}, "detail": {"value": "Sara Du co-founded Alloy and was CEO through Jan 2024 but is absent from YC Kinter founder listing; Gregg Mojica is sole listed founder/CEO.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/kinter", "https://linkedin.com/in/saradu"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "Enterprise customer claims vs homepage evidence", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/kinter", "https://kinter.ai/"]}, "detail": {"value": "YC and PR cite Amazon, Mastercard, UPS as customers; kinter.ai homepage shows unlabeled 'Trusted by' logo placeholders without named logos.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/kinter", "https://kinter.ai/", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/kinterai-launches-agentic-ai-accountants-to-automate-the-financial-close-302807330.html"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "Total funding amount variance", "source_urls": ["https://www.thesaasnews.com/news/alloy-automation-raises-20-million-in-series-a", "https://yespress.io/gregg-mojica"]}, "detail": {"value": "Primary press releases and Sara Du LinkedIn cite $27M total; third-party profile yespress.io cites $30M+ without primary filing.", "source_urls": ["https://www.thesaasnews.com/news/alloy-automation-raises-20-million-in-series-a", "https://linkedin.com/in/saradu", "https://yespress.io/gregg-mojica"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "YC news section stale", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/kinter"]}, "detail": {"value": "YC Kinter page 'Latest News' section still shows 2021–2022 Alloy Automation funding articles, not Kinter pivot/launch coverage.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/kinter"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "Employee count freshness", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/kinter", "https://kinter.ai/careers"]}, "detail": {"value": "YC lists team_size 30 with no date; careers page describes 'small but mighty' team with 3 open roles; no independent headcount verification found.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/kinter", "https://kinter.ai/careers"]}}]]
- source urls
- ["https://a16z.com/announcement/investing-in-alloy-automation/", "https://app.welcometothejungle.com/companies/Alloy-Automation", "https://baincapitalventures.com/insight/automating-the-ecommerce-stack-our-investment-in-alloy/", "https://kinter.ai/", "https://kinter.ai/careers", "https://kinter.com/about", "https://linkedin.com/in/saradu", "https://parsers.vc/startup/runalloy.com/", "https://saradu.com/", "https://techcrunch.com/2021/02/02/alloy-raises-4m-to-build-out-its-e-commerce-automation-service/", "https://techcrunch.com/2022/02/22/alloy-automation-raises-20m-to-scale-its-e-commerce-automation-tech/", "https://www.adapt.io/contact/sara-du/503229195", "https://www.axios.com/2022/02/22/alloy-raises-20-million-a16z-andreessen-horowitz-zapier", "https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/2026/06/23/kinter-releases-autonomous-workforce-for-accounting-teams/185563/", "https://www.finsmes.com/2021/02/alloy-automation-raises-5m-in-seed-funding.html", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/kinter", "https://www.pivotarchive.com/pivots/kinter-w20", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/kinterai-launches-agentic-ai-accountants-to-automate-the-financial-close-302807330.html", "https://www.prweb.com/releases/alloy-automation-raises-20-million-series-a-led-by-andreessen-horowitz-to-build-the-operating-system-for-ecommerce-876478555.html", "https://www.thesaasnews.com/news/alloy-automation-raises-20-million-in-series-a", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/kinter", "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2020/kinter.json", "https://yespress.io/gregg-mojica"]