- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": "yc_batch", "issue": "Query specified YC S12 (Summer 2012), but North/Thalmic Labs is listed by Y Combinator and contemporaneous press as YC Winter 2013 (W13). No company named 'North' appears in the YC S12 batch directory.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/north", "https://techcrunch.com/2013/02/25/thalmic-labs-myo/", "https://www.vcbacked.co/yc/batch/s12"]}, {"field": "funding.total_raised_usd", "issue": "Total capital raised is reported inconsistently across sources ($140M+, $180M+, ~$200M); individual round amounts are better verified than aggregate totals.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/north", "https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-google-completes-acquisition-of-ontario-smart-glasses-maker-north/", "https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/30/google-acquires-smart-glasses-company-north-whose-focals-2-0-wont-ship/", "https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/30/google-acquires-north-augmented-reality-glasses-start-up.html"]}, {"field": "exit_status.reported_price_usd", "issue": "Google and North did not officially disclose acquisition price; ~$180M is based on unnamed sources cited by The Globe and Mail and echoed by CNBC/Bloomberg.", "source_urls": ["https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/devices/focus-helpful-devices-google-acquires-north/", "https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-google-completes-acquisition-of-ontario-smart-glasses-maker-north/", "https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/30/google-acquires-north-augmented-reality-glasses-start-up.html", "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-30/google-buys-startup-north-to-support-ambient-computing-quest"]}, {"field": "employees", "issue": "Employee counts vary widely by date (11 in 2013, 51 on YC profile, ~500 peak in 2018); no single authoritative current headcount at time of acquisition.", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2013/02/25/thalmic-labs-myo/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/north", "https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-smart-glasses-company-north-slowly-makes-it-mark-with-pop-up-trucks/"]}, {"field": "funding.rounds.convertible_note", "issue": "2019 $40M convertible-debt round reported by Globe and Mail source; CEO acknowledged additional capital but did not confirm amount publicly.", "source_urls": ["https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-smart-glasses-company-north-slowly-makes-it-mark-with-pop-up-trucks/"]}, {"field": "funding.government_investment", "issue": "Globe and Mail references 'government investment' in total capital raised but does not itemize amounts or programs in the acquisition article.", "source_urls": ["https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-google-completes-acquisition-of-ontario-smart-glasses-maker-north/"]}]]
- source urls
- ["https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/devices/focus-helpful-devices-google-acquires-north/", "https://brainstation.io/magazine/canadian-startup-y-combinator-winter-2013-cohort", "https://medium.com/@srlake/ending-sales-of-myo-preparing-for-the-future-281af9bbcac2", "https://medium.com/thalmic/thalmic-series-b-f8f9e9c026bf", "https://techcrunch.com/2013/02/25/thalmic-labs-myo/", "https://techcrunch.com/2013/06/05/thalmic-labs-raises-14-5m-to-make-the-myo-armband-the-next-big-thing-in-gesture-control/", "https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/30/google-acquires-smart-glasses-company-north-whose-focals-2-0-wont-ship/", "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-53235301", "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-30/google-buys-startup-north-to-support-ambient-computing-quest", "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/google-buys-kitchener-based-tech-company-north-inc-1.5632886", "https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/30/google-acquires-north-augmented-reality-glasses-start-up.html", "https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-google-completes-acquisition-of-ontario-smart-glasses-maker-north/", "https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-smart-glasses-company-north-slowly-makes-it-mark-with-pop-up-trucks/", "https://www.vcbacked.co/yc/batch/s12", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/north"]