- conflicts or gaps
- [{"founded_year_discrepancy": {"value": "YC lists founded 2013; company press, about page, and LinkedIn list 2014", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/mystery-org", "https://mysteryscience.com/press/reaching-one-million", "https://about.mystery.org/", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/mysteryorg"]}, "total_funding_discrepancy": {"value": "EdSurge reports $4.5M total VC at acquisition; Tracxn reports $2.5M; LinkedIn reports $2.625M across three seed rounds", "source_urls": ["https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-11-03-discovery-education-acquires-mystery-science-in-140-million-deal", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/mysteryscience/__bZT-94IvZUYXVvo9BDzX8QBy9bP1cx2OEN3ODgBJtzg", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/mysteryorg"]}, "2014_seed_amount_discrepancy": {"value": "May 2014 EdSurge reports $500K seed; June 2014 company press release reports $2M Series Seed adding YC", "source_urls": ["https://www.edsurge.com/news/mystery-science-raises-500k-to-demystify-science", "https://mysteryscience.com/press/reaching-one-million"]}, "yc_founders_listing_gap": {"value": "YC company page lists Doug Peltz twice as founder; Keith Schacht not listed despite being documented co-founder/CEO elsewhere", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/mystery-org", "https://mysteryscience.com/press/reaching-one-million", "https://about.mystery.org/founders-profile"]}, "acquisition_date_discrepancy": {"value": "LinkedIn lists acquisition date 2020-04-01; press reports close ~2020-10-30 and announcement 2020-11-03", "source_urls": ["https://www.linkedin.com/company/mysteryorg", "https://librarytechnology.org/pr/26651", "https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-11-03-discovery-education-acquires-mystery-science-in-140-million-deal"]}, "employee_count_discrepancy": {"value": "Headcount reported as 45+ (2020 founders profile), 50 (acquisition), 53 (YC), and 25 (current LinkedIn estimate)", "source_urls": ["https://about.mystery.org/founders-profile", "https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-11-03-discovery-education-acquires-mystery-science-in-140-million-deal", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/mystery-org", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/mysteryorg"]}, "linkedin_status_stale": {"value": "LinkedIn still shows company as privately held/active despite 2020 acquisition", "source_urls": ["https://www.linkedin.com/company/mysteryorg", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/mystery-org"]}, "acquisition_price_unconfirmed": {"value": "Official press release did not disclose terms; $140M figure is journalism-sourced not company-confirmed", "source_urls": ["https://librarytechnology.org/pr/26651", "https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-11-03-discovery-education-acquires-mystery-science-in-140-million-deal"]}}]
- source urls
- ["https://about.mystery.org/", "https://about.mystery.org/careers-2", "https://about.mystery.org/founders-profile", "https://keithschacht.com/2023/Sep/14/update-on-my-projects/", "https://librarytechnology.org/pr/26651", "https://mysteryscience.com/press/reaching-one-million", "https://opencorpdata.com/us-or/149431595", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/mysteryscience/__bZT-94IvZUYXVvo9BDzX8QBy9bP1cx2OEN3ODgBJtzg", "https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-11-03-discovery-education-acquires-mystery-science-in-140-million-deal", "https://www.edsurge.com/news/mystery-science-raises-500k-to-demystify-science", "https://www.edtechdigest.com/2024/07/30/mystery-science-by-discovery-education/", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/mysteryorg", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/mystery-org"]