- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"topic": "Employee count", "conflict": "YC lists team size 11; YCDB lists 60 employees (likely stale aggregator data).", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/lockitron", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/lockitron"]}, {"topic": "Headquarters location", "conflict": "YC: Palo Alto; Wikipedia: Mountain View; CA dissolution filing: Boulder, CO.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/lockitron", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockitron", "https://b2bhint.com/en/company/us-ca/apigy-inc--3400307"]}, {"topic": "Crowdfunding total raised", "conflict": "Sources cite $1.5M (5 days), $2.2M, $2,278,891, and $2.3M+ for same 2012 campaign as reservations grew.", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2012/10/07/the-story-of-lockitron-crowdfunding-without-kickstarter/", "https://www.cnet.com/science/lockitron-inventors-sidestep-kickstarters-funding-limits/", "https://techcrunch.com/2013/06/27/as-the-lockitron-nears-shipping-apigy-partners-with-schlage-and-details-building-gadgets-on-ious/", "https://techcrunch.com/2014/07/13/1025132/"]}, {"topic": "Funding model", "conflict": "2011 Mashable: bootstrapped, no additional funding; 2013+ TechCrunch: angel investors for manufacturing; YCDB labels $2.2M as funding (conflates pre-orders with equity/debt).", "source_urls": ["https://mashable.com/archive/lockitron", "https://techcrunch.com/2013/06/27/as-the-lockitron-nears-shipping-apigy-partners-with-schlage-and-details-building-gadgets-on-ious/", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/lockitron"]}, {"topic": "Founder roster", "conflict": "YC lists three founders (Robertson, Gerhardt, Witoff); acquisition and product history primarily attributes company to Robertson and Gerhardt.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/lockitron", "https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/09/chamberlain-group-acquires-lockitron-and-tend-for-its-myq-smart-garage-hub/"]}, {"topic": "Acquisition timing", "conflict": "Robert Witoff bio states Apigy acquired in 2017; primary sources place Lockitron product-line acquisition in January 2019.", "source_urls": ["https://archive.qconsf.com/sf2020/pc-chairs/rob-witoff", "https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/09/chamberlain-group-acquires-lockitron-and-tend-for-its-myq-smart-garage-hub/", "https://chamberlaingroup.com/about-us"]}, {"topic": "Acquisition terms", "gap": "Purchase price and full deal structure not disclosed in cited sources.", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/09/chamberlain-group-acquires-lockitron-and-tend-for-its-myq-smart-garage-hub/"]}, {"topic": "Angel investor identities", "gap": "Angel round referenced but individual investors and amounts not named in cited sources.", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2013/06/27/as-the-lockitron-nears-shipping-apigy-partners-with-schlage-and-details-building-gadgets-on-ious/"]}, {"topic": "Shipping vs orders", "conflict": "2014 TechCrunch: ~100 of 14,704 shipped; 2015 Verge: ~11,000 shipped of 84,000+ total orders; significant backer dissatisfaction and product pivot.", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2014/01/16/lockitrons-long-march/", "https://www.theverge.com/2015/1/27/7920963/lockitron-bolt-door-lock"]}]]
- source urls
- ["https://archive.qconsf.com/sf2020/pc-chairs/rob-witoff", "https://b2bhint.com/en/company/us-ca/apigy-inc--3400307", "https://chamberlaingroup.com/about-us", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockitron", "https://mashable.com/archive/lockitron", "https://techcrunch.com/2012/10/02/yc-alum-lockitron-is-back-with-a-new-kit-that-allows-smartphones-to-control-dumb-deadbolts/", "https://techcrunch.com/2012/10/07/the-story-of-lockitron-crowdfunding-without-kickstarter/", "https://techcrunch.com/2013/06/27/as-the-lockitron-nears-shipping-apigy-partners-with-schlage-and-details-building-gadgets-on-ious/", "https://techcrunch.com/2014/01/16/lockitrons-long-march/", "https://techcrunch.com/2014/07/13/1025132/", "https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/09/chamberlain-group-acquires-lockitron-and-tend-for-its-myq-smart-garage-hub/", "https://www.cnet.com/science/lockitron-inventors-sidestep-kickstarters-funding-limits/", "https://www.comparably.com/companies/apigy", "https://www.theverge.com/2015/1/27/7920963/lockitron-bolt-door-lock", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/lockitron", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/lockitron"]