- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": "founded_year", "conflict": "2012 per OpenBiome official timeline and Wikipedia vs 2013 per YC, Cause IQ (IRS year formed), and CB Insights", "source_urls": ["https://openbiome.org/our-story/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/openbiome", "https://www.causeiq.com/organizations/openbiome,461681862/", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenBiome"]}, {"field": "founders", "conflict": "Wikipedia/MIT News emphasize Mark Smith and James Burgess; Chronicle and SEC cite Carolyn Edelstein as co-founder; YC lists only Edelstein and Osman as 'Former Founders' with no Smith/Burgess", "source_urls": ["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenBiome", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/openbiome", "https://www.chronicle.com/article/student-led-project-banks-on-promise-of-fecal-transplants/", "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1733257/000119312521060632/d54314ds1.htm"]}, {"field": "employees", "conflict": "YC lists team size 70; most recent IRS Form 990 (2024) reports 26 employees", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/openbiome", "https://www.causeiq.com/organizations/openbiome,461681862/"]}, {"field": "headquarters", "conflict": "YC and CB Insights list Cambridge, MA; Cause IQ 990 filing address is Westport, MA PO Box (describes Cambridge as program location)", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/openbiome", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/openbiome", "https://www.causeiq.com/organizations/openbiome,461681862/"]}, {"field": "revenue", "conflict": "TechCrunch Aug 2020 cited ~$15M revenue at demo day; IRS 990 shows $4.38M (2023) and $2.19M (2024) total revenues", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/24/here-are-the-98-companies-from-y-combinators-summer-2020-demo-day-1/", "https://www.causeiq.com/organizations/openbiome,461681862/"]}, {"field": "yc_batch_vs_demo_day", "conflict": "YC profile says Winter 2020 batch; TechCrunch coverage appears in Summer 2020 Demo Day roundup (batch timing vs demo event mismatch)", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/openbiome", "https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/24/here-are-the-98-companies-from-y-combinators-summer-2020-demo-day-1/"]}, {"field": "treatment_count", "conflict": "OpenBiome official timeline cites 72,507 total; TechCrunch 2020 cited 55,000 patients; Wikipedia (Feb 2024) cited 70,000+", "source_urls": ["https://openbiome.org/our-story/", "https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/24/here-are-the-98-companies-from-y-combinators-summer-2020-demo-day-1/", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenBiome"]}, {"field": "wikipedia_freshness", "conflict": "Wikipedia still describes active FMT distribution and products as of Feb 2024; organization ended clinical distribution Dec 2024 and pivoted to foundation model in 2025", "source_urls": ["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenBiome", "https://openbiome.org/our-story/", "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12799677/"]}, {"field": "finch_therapeutics_overlap", "conflict": "Commercial microbiome therapeutics company Finch (Mark Smith CEO) had extensive agreements, shared IP, and perceived conflict-of-interest (Edelstein-Smith marriage); relationship may affect independent assessment of OpenBiome nonprofit vs commercial ecosystem", "source_urls": ["https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1733257/000119312521060632/d54314ds1.htm"]}, {"field": "funding_classification", "conflict": "CB Insights tracks $130K YC 'seed' like a startup round; primary funding model is nonprofit revenue, grants, and inventory sales per 990 filings", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/openbiome/financials", "https://www.causeiq.com/organizations/openbiome,461681862/"]}]]
- source urls
- ["https://cdiff.org/the-state-of-fmt/", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open |OpenBiome", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenBiome", "https://news.mit.edu/2014/mit-start-tackles-nasty-infection-first-public-stool-bank-openbiome-1103", "https://openbiome.org/our-story/", "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12799677/", "https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/24/here-are-the-98-companies-from-y-combinators-summer-2020-demo-day-1/", "https://www.causeiq.com/organizations/openbiome,461681862/", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/openbiome", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/openbiome/financials", "https://www.chronicle.com/article/student-led-project-banks-on-promise-of-fecal-transplants/", "https://www.healio.com/news/gastroenterology/20241104/some-may-die-aga-urges-continued-access-to-conventional-fmt-for-c-difficile-patients", "https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540673/all/OpenBiome", "https://www.openbiome.org/", "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1733257/000119312521060632/d54314ds1.htm", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/openbiome"]