- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": {"value": "founders", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/niles", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/niles/__koYdQVw8-9MNdjb6j826YxIqXvIbsCYZFDjIyQ1_8U4"]}, "issue": {"value": "Y Combinator company page lists only Mack Lu as Founder/CEO; Tracxn and secondary founder profiles list Andy Kim as co-founder.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/niles", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/niles/__koYdQVw8-9MNdjb6j826YxIqXvIbsCYZFDjIyQ1_8U4", "https://nocap.blog/founder/andy-kim/"]}}, {"field": {"value": "funding.total_raised_usd", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/niles/__koYdQVw8-9MNdjb6j826YxIqXvIbsCYZFDjIyQ1_8U4", "https://linkedin.com/in/macklu"]}, "issue": {"value": "Tracxn and The Company Check report $120K in 1 seed round; Mack Lu LinkedIn reports $125.0K across 2 prior funding rounds; Reforgers lists total raised as unknown.", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/niles/__koYdQVw8-9MNdjb6j826YxIqXvIbsCYZFDjIyQ1_8U4", "https://www.thecompanycheck.com/company/b/niles/birjx7ct57xcomj8c", "https://linkedin.com/in/macklu", "https://reforgers.com/startups/niles"]}}, {"field": {"value": "funding.investors", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/niles/__koYdQVw8-9MNdjb6j826YxIqXvIbsCYZFDjIyQ1_8U4", "https://www.thecompanycheck.com/company/b/niles/birjx7ct57xcomj8c"]}, "issue": {"value": "Tracxn lists Eudaimonia Capital plus Y Combinator; The Company Check lists only Y Combinator.", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/niles/__koYdQVw8-9MNdjb6j826YxIqXvIbsCYZFDjIyQ1_8U4", "https://www.thecompanycheck.com/company/b/niles/birjx7ct57xcomj8c"]}}, {"field": {"value": "employees.snapshots", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/niles", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/niles"]}, "issue": {"value": "YC/OSS reports team_size 2; YCDB reports 5 employees.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/niles", "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2017/niles.json", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/niles"]}}, {"field": {"value": "identity.current_status", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/niles", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/niles"]}, "issue": {"value": "Y Combinator lists Status Inactive; YCDB labels website Live despite company shutdown notice.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/niles", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/niles", "https://niles.webflow.io/"]}}, {"field": {"value": "exit_status.shutdown_approx_date", "source_urls": ["https://niles.webflow.io/", "https://linkedin.com/in/macklu"]}, "issue": {"value": "Public shutdown page gives no calendar date; Mack Lu LinkedIn ends CEO role Mar 2020; Reforgers incorrectly lists Event Year 2016 for closure.", "source_urls": ["https://niles.webflow.io/", "https://linkedin.com/in/macklu", "https://reforgers.com/startups/niles"]}}, {"field": {"value": "identity.website", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/niles", "https://niles.webflow.io/"]}, "issue": {"value": "Primary domain niles.ai did not resolve at research time; shutdown notice hosted on niles.webflow.io.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/niles", "https://niles.webflow.io/"]}}, {"field": {"value": "name_collision", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/niles"]}, "issue": {"value": "Unrelated entities share the Niles name (e.g., Dan Niles / Niles Investment Management, Niles audio brand, First Niles Financial); not the YC W17 Slack startup.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/niles", "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/24/fridays-intel-rally-is-only-the-beginning-says-tech-investor-dan-niles.html"]}}, {"field": {"value": "third_party_data_quality", "source_urls": ["https://www.thecompanycheck.com/company/b/niles/birjx7ct57xcomj8c"]}, "issue": {"value": "The Company Check profile includes unrelated Grab investment rows and competitor tables that appear to be template pollution.", "source_urls": ["https://www.thecompanycheck.com/company/b/niles/birjx7ct57xcomj8c"]}}, {"field": {"value": "identity.legal_name", "source_urls": []}, "issue": {"value": "No primary-source legal entity name (e.g., incorporation filing or press release) found in sources reviewed.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/niles", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/niles/__koYdQVw8-9MNdjb6j826YxIqXvIbsCYZFDjIyQ1_8U4", "https://niles.webflow.io/"]}}]]
- source urls
- ["https://linkedin.com/in/macklu", "https://niles.webflow.io/", "https://nocap.blog/founder/andy-kim/", "https://reforgers.com/startups/niles", "https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/17/niles-is-a-slack-bot-that-learns-your-teams-questions-and-answers-them-so-you-dont-have-to/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/niles/__koYdQVw8-9MNdjb6j826YxIqXvIbsCYZFDjIyQ1_8U4", "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/24/fridays-intel-rally-is-only-the-beginning-says-tech-investor-dan-niles.html", "https://www.thecompanycheck.com/company/b/niles/birjx7ct57xcomj8c", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/niles", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/niles", "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2017/niles.json"]