- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": "founded_year", "conflict": {"value": "Tracxn lists founding year 2018; YC, imprint, Munich Startup, and company blog indicate 2019 (prototype work began January 2019)", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/kitekraft/__RvyyvoORPj--Ju7Au74JOFrNCX8LxHLWB5rYwVcTvz0/funding-and-investors", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/kitekraft", "https://www.kitekraft.de/blog/kitekraft-takes-off-with-y-combinator-and-beyond"]}}, {"field": "total_funding", "conflict": {"value": "Tracxn reports $1.8M total; aVenture reports $2.9M as of Dec 2022; third-party aggregators show higher figures; EXIST/Climate-KIC/Schweizer pre-seed amounts largely undisclosed", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/kitekraft/__RvyyvoORPj--Ju7Au74JOFrNCX8LxHLWB5rYwVcTvz0/funding-and-investors", "https://aventure.vc/companies/kitekraft-munich-de", "https://www.kitekraft.de/blog/kitekraft-takes-off-with-y-combinator-and-beyond"]}}, {"field": "employee_count", "conflict": {"value": "YC reports 6; aVenture 6 (Aug 2023); AeroLeads 7 (Jun 2026); some LinkedIn aggregators report 3 — no authoritative current headcount published by company", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/kitekraft", "https://aventure.vc/companies/kitekraft-munich-de", "https://aeroleads.com/c/kitekraft"]}}, {"field": "founders", "conflict": {"value": "FounderTrace lists only 3 founders (omits Florian Bauer/Stappenbeck); YC and company sources list 4 co-founders", "source_urls": ["https://foundertrace.com/companies/kitekraft/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/kitekraft", "https://www.kitekraft.de/blog/kitekraft-takes-off-with-y-combinator-and-beyond"]}}, {"field": "founder_name", "conflict": {"value": "Florian Bauer vs Florian Stappenbeck (Bauer) used interchangeably across sources", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/kitekraft", "https://www.kitekraft.de/blog/kitekraft-receives-permit-to-fly-at-night-and-automatically-without-personnel-on-site", "https://www.munich-startup.de/en/87743/kite-power-financing/"]}}, {"field": "material_efficiency_claims", "conflict": {"value": "Sources alternately cite '90% less material' and '10x less material' (semantically similar but numerically inconsistent framing)", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/kitekraft", "https://schweizer-kapital.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Kitekraft-PressRelease-EN-Dez-2022.pdf", "https://www.kitekraft.de/"]}}, {"field": "cost_claims", "conflict": {"value": "Sources vary between 'half as much', '50% cheaper', and 'at least 50% cheaper' vs conventional turbines", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/kitekraft", "https://www.kitekraft.de/blog/kitekraft-wins-2024-elektra-award-for-power-system-product-of-the-year", "https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/elektra-awards-2024-the-summary-of-winners-2025-01/"]}}, {"field": "headquarters_address", "conflict": {"value": "Registered office Hohenbrunn (Rudolf-Diesel-Straße 26); YC lists Munich; third-party directories cite additional Munich-area addresses", "source_urls": ["https://www.kitekraft.de/imprint", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/kitekraft", "https://aeroleads.com/c/kitekraft"]}}, {"field": "seed_round_date", "conflict": {"value": "Tracxn lists $1.6M seed on 2022-06-29; press releases and TUM news dated December 2022", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/kitekraft/__RvyyvoORPj--Ju7Au74JOFrNCX8LxHLWB5rYwVcTvz0/funding-and-investors", "https://schweizer-kapital.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Kitekraft-PressRelease-EN-Dez-2022.pdf", "https://www.epe.ed.tum.de/en/hlu/news/single-view/article/kitekraft-raises-16m-to-make-wind-turbines-that-fly/"]}}, {"field": "commercial_timeline", "gap": {"value": "No verified public shipment of commercial 100kW units as of research date; company still in demonstrator/pilot phase despite multi-year roadmap", "source_urls": ["https://www.kitekraft.de/blog/kitekraft-connects-flying-wind-turbine-demonstrator-to-public-grid", "https://www.kitekraft.de/blog/kitekraft-receives-permit-to-fly-at-night-and-automatically-without-personnel-on-site"]}}, {"field": "revenue", "gap": {"value": "No audited revenue figures publicly available", "source_urls": ["https://www.kitekraft.de/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/kitekraft"]}}, {"field": "post_2022_funding", "gap": {"value": "No publicly announced equity rounds after December 2022 seed found in primary sources", "source_urls": ["https://schweizer-kapital.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Kitekraft-PressRelease-EN-Dez-2022.pdf", "https://www.kitekraft.de/"]}}]]
- source urls
- ["https://aeroleads.com/c/kitekraft", "https://aventure.vc/companies/kitekraft-munich-de", "https://foundertrace.com/companies/kitekraft/", "https://schweizer-kapital.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Kitekraft-PressRelease-EN-Dez-2022.pdf", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/kitekraft/__RvyyvoORPj--Ju7Au74JOFrNCX8LxHLWB5rYwVcTvz0/funding-and-investors", "https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/elektra-awards-2024-the-summary-of-winners-2025-01/", "https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/elektra-awards-2024-the-winners-2024-12/", "https://www.epe.ed.tum.de/en/hlu/news/single-view/article/kitekraft-raises-16m-to-make-wind-turbines-that-fly/", "https://www.kitekraft.de/", "https://www.kitekraft.de/blog/first-grid-connected-flight-with-power-production", "https://www.kitekraft.de/blog/kitekraft-connects-flying-wind-turbine-demonstrator-to-public-grid", "https://www.kitekraft.de/blog/kitekraft-receives-permit-to-fly-at-night-and-automatically-without-personnel-on-site", "https://www.kitekraft.de/blog/kitekraft-takes-off-with-y-combinator-and-beyond", "https://www.kitekraft.de/blog/kitekraft-unveils-5-kw-kite", "https://www.kitekraft.de/blog/kitekraft-wins-2024-elektra-award-for-power-system-product-of-the-year", "https://www.kitekraft.de/imprint", "https://www.munich-startup.de/en/87743/kite-power-financing/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/kitekraft"]