- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": "total_funding_usd", "conflict": {"value": "TechCrunch Jul 2015 reports $630K; FinSMEs/Tracxn report $750K total across two rounds; YCDB reports $1.4M; co-founder LinkedIn snippet cites $1.5M", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2015/07/31/yc-backed-locent-lets-businesses-sell-products-via-text-message/", "https://www.finsmes.com/2016/02/locent-raises-750k-in-seed-funding.html", "http://www.ycdb.co/company/locent", "https://linkedin.com/in/wrmacinnes"]}}, {"field": "headquarters_location", "conflict": {"value": "YC lists San Francisco; FinSMEs lists Los Angeles; YCDB/Tracxn/Gaebler/Reforgers list Santa Monica with street address", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/locent", "https://www.finsmes.com/2016/02/locent-raises-750k-in-seed-funding.html", "http://www.ycdb.co/company/locent", "https://www.gaebler.com/VC-Funding-277B3F95-CC18-490B-BA80-C3B9173FF548-Locent-02-24-2016"]}}, {"field": "founders", "conflict": {"value": "TechCrunch and YC blog name Matt Joseph and Ryan MacInnes as co-founders; YC company page lists only Matt Joseph as active founder", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2015/07/31/yc-backed-locent-lets-businesses-sell-products-via-text-message/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/locent-yc-s15-is-an-e-commerce-platform-thats-powered-entirely-by-text-messages", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/locent"]}}, {"field": "founded_year", "conflict": {"value": "Most sources say 2015; co-founder resume lists Locent CTO tenure starting 2014", "source_urls": ["http://www.ycdb.co/company/locent", "https://goddamnyouryan.com/resume"]}}, {"field": "employee_count", "conflict": {"value": "YC and Reforgers report 11; Tracxn reports 7 in 2026; unrelated 'Locent Technology' directory lists ~45 employees (likely different entity)", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/locent", "https://reforgers.com/startups/locent", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/locent/__tWJGy78nKI-13iD-BIxlWJtevPrePW0PQlecuQQfSek", "https://aeroleads.com/c/locenttechnology"]}}, {"field": "product_positioning", "conflict": {"value": "2015 launch framed as SMS e-commerce/checkout; 2016 funding framed as white-label SMS marketing/automation platform", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2015/07/31/yc-backed-locent-lets-businesses-sell-products-via-text-message/", "https://www.finsmes.com/2016/02/locent-raises-750k-in-seed-funding.html", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/locent"]}}, {"field": "shutdown_date", "gap": {"value": "No authoritative public shutdown or wind-down date found; only inactive/dead status", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/locent", "http://www.ycdb.co/company/locent", "https://reforgers.com/startups/locent"]}}, {"field": "website", "gap": {"value": "locent.com returned HTTP 503 at research time; cannot verify current site content", "source_urls": ["http://locent.com"]}}, {"field": "crunchbase_angelList_primary_data", "gap": {"value": "Crunchbase/AngelList linked via YCDB but not independently fetched/verified in this research pass", "source_urls": ["http://www.ycdb.co/company/locent"]}}]]
- source urls
- ["http://locent.com", "http://www.ycdb.co/company/locent", "https://aeroleads.com/c/locenttechnology", "https://goddamnyouryan.com/resume", "https://linkedin.com/in/wrmacinnes", "https://reforgers.com/startups/locent", "https://techcrunch.com/2015/07/31/yc-backed-locent-lets-businesses-sell-products-via-text-message/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/locent/__tWJGy78nKI-13iD-BIxlWJtevPrePW0PQlecuQQfSek", "https://www.finsmes.com/2016/02/locent-raises-750k-in-seed-funding.html", "https://www.gaebler.com/VC-Funding-277B3F95-CC18-490B-BA80-C3B9173FF548-Locent-02-24-2016", "https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/locent-yc-s15-is-an-e-commerce-platform-thats-powered-entirely-by-text-messages", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/locent"]