- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"topic": "Headquarters location", "conflict": "YC lists South San Francisco, CA; Crunchbase lists Mountain View; CB Insights lists Oakland; 2025–2026 company writing references lab in Vancouver, Washington", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/nectome", "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/nectome", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/nectome", "https://articles.nectome.com/p/nullius-in-verba"]}, {"topic": "Founding year", "conflict": "Crunchbase and STAT report founded 2015; some secondary profiles cite 2016 for McCanna co-founder tenure start", "source_urls": ["https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/nectome", "https://www.statnews.com/2019/01/30/nectome-brain-preservation-redemption/", "https://linkedin.com/in/acrefoot"]}, {"topic": "Founder identity and leadership", "conflict": "YC (2026) lists Aurelia Song as Founder/CEO; historical sources and grants name Robert McIntyre; company confirms deadname transition in 2026 Substack", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/nectome", "https://articles.nectome.com/p/nullius-in-verba", "https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/03/mit-cuts-ties-with-nectome/"]}, {"topic": "Co-founder continuity", "conflict": "Michael McCanna listed as co-founder in Crunchbase/STAT/TechCrunch; LinkedIn shows Nectome role ended June 2020; YC profile lists only Aurelia Song as active founder", "source_urls": ["https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/nectome", "https://linkedin.com/in/acrefoot", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/nectome"]}, {"topic": "Total funding totals", "conflict": "Crunchbase reports $120K VC total; CB Insights ~$1.08M across rounds; MIT TR ~$1M including YC; NIMH grant $960K and SFF $550K often counted separately from VC databases", "source_urls": ["https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/nectome", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/nectome", "https://irving-piano.technologyreview.com/2018/03/13/144721/a-startup-is-pitching-a-mind-uploading-service-that-is-100-percent-fatal/", "https://articles.nectome.com/p/nullius-in-verba"]}, {"topic": "Employee count", "conflict": "YC lists team size 5; STAT Jan 2019 reported three employees; current headcount not independently verified in sourced materials", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/nectome", "https://www.statnews.com/2019/01/30/nectome-brain-preservation-redemption/"]}, {"topic": "Commercial offering vs research positioning", "conflict": "2018 media framed Nectome as fatal mind-upload/euthanasia service with $10K waitlist; company and later press said no clinical preservation offered and deposits were refundable early supporters only", "source_urls": ["https://irving-piano.technologyreview.com/2018/03/13/144721/a-startup-is-pitching-a-mind-uploading-service-that-is-100-percent-fatal/", "https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/03/mit-cuts-ties-with-nectome/", "https://www.statnews.com/2019/01/30/nectome-brain-preservation-redemption/"]}, {"topic": "Scientific validity", "conflict": "MIT stated it is unknown whether preservation captures biomolecules of memory or whether consciousness can be recreated; some neuroscientists (e.g., Dalhousie Richard Brown cited in STAT) disputed post-death memory preservation; BPF/SFF third-party reviews supported connectomic traceability of preserved samples", "source_urls": ["https://www.media.mit.edu/posts/the-media-lab-and-nectome/", "https://www.statnews.com/2019/01/30/nectome-brain-preservation-redemption/", "https://articles.nectome.com/p/nullius-in-verba"]}, {"topic": "Exit outcome", "gap": "No sourced evidence of acquisition, IPO, or formal shutdown; company self-reports ongoing research and 2025–2026 external validation activity", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/nectome", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/nectome", "https://articles.nectome.com/p/nullius-in-verba"]}]]
- source urls
- ["https://articles.nectome.com/p/nullius-in-verba", "https://eternalsearch.net/news/260428232", "https://irving-piano.technologyreview.com/2018/03/13/144721/a-startup-is-pitching-a-mind-uploading-service-that-is-100-percent-fatal/", "https://linkedin.com/in/acrefoot", "https://littlesis.org/relationships/1935672", "https://qz.com/1244067/mit-will-terminate-its-contract-with-nectome", "https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/03/mit-cuts-ties-with-nectome/", "https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43394758", "https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43642786", "https://www.brainpreservation.org/implications-of-the-bpf-large-mammal-brain-preservation-prize/", "https://www.brainpreservation.org/small-mammal-announcement/", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/nectome", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/nectome/financials", "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/nectome", "https://www.hcinnovationgroup.com/home/article/13009389/new-brain-preservation-technique-could-be-a-path-to-mind-uploading", "https://www.media.mit.edu/posts/the-media-lab-and-nectome/", "https://www.statnews.com/2019/01/30/nectome-brain-preservation-redemption/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/nectome"]