- conflicts or gaps
- [{"founded_year_discrepancy": {"value": "YC lists founded 2018; LinkedIn company page lists 2020; Ron LinkedIn Muddy role starts Jul 2020", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/muddy", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/feelmuddy", "https://linkedin.com/in/aranibatta"]}, "yc_batch_vs_product_timeline": {"value": "YC S19 (2019) predates Muddy GA launch (May 2024) by ~5 years due to Spree/Masonic pivots and post-Masonic browser rebuild", "source_urls": ["https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40309342", "https://linkedin.com/in/aranibatta"]}, "founder_list_inconsistency": {"value": "YC lists Ron, Sachin, Jimmy; Launch HN credits Jimmy, Ron, and Austa (Sachin commented but not in intro; Austa full name/role undocumented)", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/muddy", "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40309342"]}, "team_size_inconsistency": {"value": "YC snapshot shows 6 employees; founder stated team never exceeded 8 and fluctuated", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/muddy", "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40309342"]}, "funding_source_discrepancy": {"value": "CB Insights lists only Y Combinator; founder/engineer sources cite ~$5.5M seed from General Catalyst, Naval, Lachy Groom, YC, Precursor, and others", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/muddy", "https://gokawiil.com/article/283931", "https://linkedin.com/in/aranibatta"]}, "third_party_data_errors": {"value": "Reforgers incorrectly lists founded year as 2024; CB Insights lists founded 2020 and status Alive", "source_urls": ["https://reforgers.com/startups/muddy", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/muddy"]}, "unverified_investor": {"value": "Pulse secondary source mentions Precursor Ventures alongside General Catalyst and Naval; primary Ron LinkedIn confirms Precursor; not listed on YC or CB Insights", "source_urls": ["https://pulse.bot/entrepreneurship/news/developer-details-hardwon-lessons-from-building-a-55-m-multiplayer-browser-platform-c5d4f17e-6b43-4133-9f59-99055c5991fb/", "https://linkedin.com/in/aranibatta", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/muddy"]}, "retrospective_access": {"value": "Founder-linked Notion retrospective (sail & muddy: a retrospective) exists but content was not retrievable in this research pass", "source_urls": ["https://newsletter.ronbhattacharyay.com/p/winding-down-muddy", "https://bhattacharyay.notion.site/sail-muddy-a-retrospective-f5dbd73b423c49788d21d973c0706f82"]}}]
- source urls
- ["https://bhattacharyay.notion.site/sail-muddy-a-retrospective-f5dbd73b423c49788d21d973c0706f82", "https://gokawiil.com/article/283931", "https://linkedin.com/in/aranibatta", "https://linkedin.com/in/jimmyliu98", "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40309342", "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47910877", "https://newsletter.ronbhattacharyay.com/p/winding-down-muddy", "https://notes.ronbhattacharyay.com/p/winding-down-muddy", "https://pulse.bot/entrepreneurship/news/developer-details-hardwon-lessons-from-building-a-55-m-multiplayer-browser-platform-c5d4f17e-6b43-4133-9f59-99055c5991fb/", "https://reforgers.com/startups/muddy", "https://ronbhattacharyay.com/", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/muddy", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/feelmuddy", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/muddy"]