- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"issue": {"value": "Founder listing inconsistency", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/living-carbon", "https://mcj.vc/portfolio/living-carbon", "https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/15/how-to-make-trees-better/"]}, "detail": {"value": "YC profile founder section shows Maddie Hall twice, while other sources identify both Maddie Hall and Patrick Mellor as founders/co-founders.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/living-carbon", "https://mcj.vc/portfolio/living-carbon", "https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/15/how-to-make-trees-better/"]}}, {"issue": {"value": "Headquarters/location discrepancy", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/living-carbon", "https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/microsoft-to-purchase-14m-tons-of-carbon-removal-from-reforestation-firm-living-carbon/"]}, "detail": {"value": "YC lists San Francisco, while another publication reports headquarters in Hayward, California.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/living-carbon", "https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/microsoft-to-purchase-14m-tons-of-carbon-removal-from-reforestation-firm-living-carbon/"]}}, {"issue": {"value": "Funding comparability gap", "source_urls": ["https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2023/01/17/2590194/0/en/Living-Carbon-raises-new-funding-to-plant-4M-fast-growing-carbon-guzzling-supertrees-in-US.html", "https://octopus.energy/press/more-news-press-releases/octopus-energy-generation-to-invest-500-million-to-remove-polluting-co-from-the-atmosphere/", "https://www.livingcarbon.com/press-releases/living-carbon-secures-500m-deal-with-octopus-energy-generation-to-restore-degraded-land-and-remove-co2"]}, "detail": {"value": "Reported $36M total reflects earlier venture rounds; later announced $500M + ~$13M is framed as project finance/additional investment, not directly stated as equivalent venture equity.", "source_urls": ["https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2023/01/17/2590194/0/en/Living-Carbon-raises-new-funding-to-plant-4M-fast-growing-carbon-guzzling-supertrees-in-US.html", "https://octopus.energy/press/more-news-press-releases/octopus-energy-generation-to-invest-500-million-to-remove-polluting-co-from-the-atmosphere/", "https://www.livingcarbon.com/press-releases/living-carbon-secures-500m-deal-with-octopus-energy-generation-to-restore-degraded-land-and-remove-co2"]}}, {"issue": {"value": "Scientific validation and commercialization timing concerns", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/15/how-to-make-trees-better/", "https://thebreakthrough.org/issues/food-agriculture-environment/a-tale-of-two-trees/", "https://globaljusticeecology.org/living-carbon-selling-carbon-offsets/"]}, "detail": {"value": "Sources note early results from non-peer-reviewed/greenhouse data and raise questions about field-performance evidence and timing of carbon-credit commercialization.", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/15/how-to-make-trees-better/", "https://thebreakthrough.org/issues/food-agriculture-environment/a-tale-of-two-trees/", "https://globaljusticeecology.org/living-carbon-selling-carbon-offsets/"]}}]]
- source urls
- ["https://globaljusticeecology.org/living-carbon-selling-carbon-offsets/", "https://mcj.vc/portfolio/living-carbon", "https://octopus.energy/press/more-news-press-releases/octopus-energy-generation-to-invest-500-million-to-remove-polluting-co-from-the-atmosphere/", "https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/15/how-to-make-trees-better/", "https://thebreakthrough.org/issues/food-agriculture-environment/a-tale-of-two-trees/", "https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/microsoft-to-purchase-14m-tons-of-carbon-removal-from-reforestation-firm-living-carbon/", "https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2023/01/17/2590194/0/en/Living-Carbon-raises-new-funding-to-plant-4M-fast-growing-carbon-guzzling-supertrees-in-US.html", "https://www.livingcarbon.com", "https://www.livingcarbon.com/press-releases/living-carbon-announces-agreement-with-microsoft", "https://www.livingcarbon.com/press-releases/living-carbon-announces-new-carbon-offtake-agreements-with-symbiosis", "https://www.livingcarbon.com/press-releases/living-carbon-secures-500m-deal-with-octopus-energy-generation-to-restore-degraded-land-and-remove-co2", "https://www.reuters.com/business/sustainable-business/temasek-toyota-back-climate-biotech-firm-living-carbon-2023-01-17/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/living-carbon"]