- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": {"value": "founded_year", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/loop-genomics", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/loop-genomics-launches-new-de-novo-bacterial-genome-assembly-kits-and-service-using-long-reads-on-illumina-sequencers-300902272.html"]}, "conflict": {"value": "Company press releases and Tracxn/CB Insights list founded 2015 (late 2015); YC profile lists Founded 2016; founder LinkedIn tenure starts January 2016.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/loop-genomics", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/loop-genomics-launches-new-de-novo-bacterial-genome-assembly-kits-and-service-using-long-reads-on-illumina-sequencers-300902272.html", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/tuval-ben-yehezkel-04608424"]}}, {"field": {"value": "headquarters", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/loop-genomics", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/loop-genomics/__nPshxhIJ-0Ui7UI9pRVgwV3LcC7l8xgdygtSVOJ6VPA"]}, "conflict": {"value": "Primary sources consistently cite San Jose, CA (5941 Optical Court); Tracxn lists Sunnyvale; company PR notes San Francisco Bay Area.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/loop-genomics", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/loop-genomics", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/loop-genomics/__nPshxhIJ-0Ui7UI9pRVgwV3LcC7l8xgdygtSVOJ6VPA", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/loop-genomics-launches-new-de-novo-bacterial-genome-assembly-kits-and-service-using-long-reads-on-illumina-sequencers-300902272.html"]}}, {"field": {"value": "total_funding_usd", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/loop-genomics/__nPshxhIJ-0Ui7UI9pRVgwV3LcC7l8xgdygtSVOJ6VPA/funding-and-investors", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/loop-genomics"]}, "conflict": {"value": "Tracxn reports $8.12M over 3 rounds; LinkedIn reports $8.245M over 4+ rounds; CB Insights reports $9.3M total.", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/loop-genomics/__nPshxhIJ-0Ui7UI9pRVgwV3LcC7l8xgdygtSVOJ6VPA/funding-and-investors", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/loop-genomics", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/loop-genomics"]}}, {"field": {"value": "employee_count", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/loop-genomics", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/loop-genomics"]}, "conflict": {"value": "YC team_size 7; YCDB lists 10; LinkedIn shows 1 employee post-acquisition (2026), reflecting integration into Element rather than standalone operations.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/loop-genomics", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/loop-genomics", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/loop-genomics"]}}, {"field": {"value": "acquisition_date", "source_urls": ["https://www.elementbiosciences.com/news/element-biosciences-closes-acquisition-of-loop-genomics", "https://www.genomeweb.com/business-news/element-biosciences-acquires-loop-genomics"]}, "conflict": {"value": "Element press release dated February 7, 2022; GenomeWeb and BioSpace report February 8, 2022; LinkedIn lists acquisition date February 7, 2022.", "source_urls": ["https://www.elementbiosciences.com/news/element-biosciences-closes-acquisition-of-loop-genomics", "https://www.genomeweb.com/business-news/element-biosciences-acquires-loop-genomics", "https://www.biospace.com/element-biosciences-closes-acquisition-of-loop-genomics", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/loop-genomics"]}}, {"field": {"value": "acquisition_price_usd", "source_urls": ["https://www.elementbiosciences.com/news/element-biosciences-closes-acquisition-of-loop-genomics"]}, "gap": {"value": "Financial terms of the Element Biosciences acquisition were not publicly disclosed.", "source_urls": ["https://www.elementbiosciences.com/news/element-biosciences-closes-acquisition-of-loop-genomics", "https://www.genomeweb.com/business-news/element-biosciences-acquires-loop-genomics", "https://www.fiercebiotech.com/medtech/element-biosciences-acquires-loop-genomics-to-add-long-read-tech-to-dna-sequencing-platform"]}}, {"field": {"value": "founders", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/loop-genomics"]}, "gap": {"value": "All primary sources (YC, acquirer press releases, company PR) list Tuval Ben-Yehezkel as sole founder/CEO; no second co-founder identified in sourced records.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/loop-genomics", "https://www.elementbiosciences.com/news/element-biosciences-closes-acquisition-of-loop-genomics", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/loop-genomics/__nPshxhIJ-0Ui7UI9pRVgwV3LcC7l8xgdygtSVOJ6VPA"]}}, {"field": {"value": "annual_revenue_usd", "source_urls": ["https://www.linkedin.com/company/loop-genomics"]}, "gap": {"value": "LinkedIn cites $3.2M annual revenue with no primary financial filing or audited disclosure found.", "source_urls": ["https://www.linkedin.com/company/loop-genomics"]}}, {"field": {"value": "website_status", "source_urls": ["http://www.loopgenomics.com/"]}, "gap": {"value": "loopgenomics.com no longer hosts standalone Loop Genomics content; redirects to Element Biosciences.", "source_urls": ["http://www.loopgenomics.com/", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/loop-genomics"]}}]]
- source urls
- ["http://www.loopgenomics.com/", "https://business.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Element-Biosciences-Inc.-CCTC-Agreement.pdf", "https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40168-021-01072-3", "https://pages.twistbioscience.com/Loop-Genomics-June-2021.html", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/loop-genomics/__nPshxhIJ-0Ui7UI9pRVgwV3LcC7l8xgdygtSVOJ6VPA", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/loop-genomics/__nPshxhIJ-0Ui7UI9pRVgwV3LcC7l8xgdygtSVOJ6VPA/funding-and-investors", "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/532135v1", "https://www.bioscience.co.uk/product~892583", "https://www.biospace.com/element-biosciences-closes-acquisition-of-loop-genomics", "https://www.biospace.com/loop-genomics-launches-four-new-microbiome-kits-leveraging-their-ability-to-perform-long-reads-on-illumina-sequencers", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/loop-genomics", "https://www.elementbiosciences.com/news/element-biosciences-closes-acquisition-of-loop-genomics", "https://www.elementbiosciences.com/news/element-introduces-new-element-loopseq-long-read-sequencing-kits-designed-aviti-system", "https://www.fiercebiotech.com/medtech/element-biosciences-acquires-loop-genomics-to-add-long-read-tech-to-dna-sequencing-platform", "https://www.genomeweb.com/business-news/element-biosciences-acquires-loop-genomics", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/loop-genomics", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/tuval-ben-yehezkel-04608424", "https://www.merageinstitute.org/merage-team/tuval-ben-yehezkel-ph-d/", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/loop-genomics-launches-new-de-novo-bacterial-genome-assembly-kits-and-service-using-long-reads-on-illumina-sequencers-300902272.html", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/loop-genomics-looks-to-displace-sanger-sequencing-with-a-massively-parallel-low-cost-long-read-ngs-approach-301105889.html", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/loop-genomics", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/loop-genomics", "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2016/loop-genomics.json"]