- conflicts or gaps
- [{"funding_total_discrepancy": {"value": "$120K (Tracxn/LinkedIn) vs ~$200K (VentureBeat) vs ~$100K (YCDB).", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/leada/__P9OnSS1-lXXHVwiSSfLCQrcLO-Npp44Cn2wQxPqrUBg", "https://venturebeat.com/business/leada-launches-to-help-students-apply-their-data-science-knowledge-to-real-world-projects/", "http://www.ycdb.co/company/leada"]}, "hq_location_discrepancy": {"value": "YC lists Los Angeles, CA; Imagine K-12, YCDB, and Tracxn list Berkeley, CA.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/leada", "http://www.ycdb.co/company/leada", "http://www.imaginek12.com/f2014.html"]}, "founder_listing_gap": {"value": "YC company page lists only Brian Liou; Tristan Tao widely cited elsewhere as co-founder/CTO.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/leada", "https://venturebeat.com/business/leada-launches-to-help-students-apply-their-data-science-knowledge-to-real-world-projects/", "http://www.imaginek12.com/f2014.html"]}, "shutdown_date_gap": {"value": "Reforgers lists shutdown event year 2015; founder/tenure sources indicate operation through ~2019.", "source_urls": ["https://reforgers.com/startups/leada", "https://theorg.com/org/rora/org-chart/brian-liou", "https://www.teamrora.com/post/our-new-commitment-to-meaning-over-materialism"]}, "pluralsight_acquisition_unverified": {"value": "Specter blog claims Leada was acquired by Pluralsight; no primary-source confirmation found.", "source_urls": ["https://insights.tryspecter.com/ai-x-gtm-landscape-2025/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/leada/__P9OnSS1-lXXHVwiSSfLCQrcLO-Npp44Cn2wQxPqrUBg"]}, "stale_third_party_profiles": {"value": "LinkedIn and Tracxn still show active status and nonzero employee counts for a deadpooled/inactive company.", "source_urls": ["https://www.linkedin.com/company/leada", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/leada/__P9OnSS1-lXXHVwiSSfLCQrcLO-Npp44Cn2wQxPqrUBg", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/leada"]}, "website_accessibility": {"value": "teamleada.com could not be fetched during research (timeout); domain referenced across primary accelerator/press sources.", "source_urls": ["http://www.imaginek12.com/f2014.html", "https://venturebeat.com/business/leada-pivots-its-data-science-training-program-from-academics-to-the-enterprise/"]}, "name_collision_risk": {"value": "Unrelated entities may share 'Leada' name globally; this dossier targets YC S15 / teamleada.com entity only.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/leada", "http://www.imaginek12.com/f2014.html"]}}]
- source urls
- ["http://www.imaginek12.com/f2014.html", "http://www.ycdb.co/company/leada", "https://foundertrace.com/companies/leada/", "https://insights.tryspecter.com/ai-x-gtm-landscape-2025/", "https://reforgers.com/startups/leada", "https://theorg.com/org/rora/org-chart/brian-liou", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/leada/__P9OnSS1-lXXHVwiSSfLCQrcLO-Npp44Cn2wQxPqrUBg", "https://venturebeat.com/business/leada-launches-to-help-students-apply-their-data-science-knowledge-to-real-world-projects/", "https://venturebeat.com/business/leada-pivots-its-data-science-training-program-from-academics-to-the-enterprise/", "https://www.brianliou.com/", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/leada", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/tristantao", "https://www.teamrora.com/post/our-new-commitment-to-meaning-over-materialism", "https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/leada-yc-s15-helps-professors-teach-the-most-in-demand-data-science-skills", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/leada"]