- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": {"value": "operating_status", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/ovipost", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/ovipost", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/ovipost", "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tequilasnorkel_after-careful-consideration-and-extensive-activity-7287936983820050434-qIMJ"]}, "conflict": {"value": "YC lists Inactive; LinkedIn company page lists active; CB Insights lists Alive; CEO LinkedIn post announces cease operations and asset liquidation; website still online.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/ovipost", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/ovipost", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/ovipost", "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tequilasnorkel_after-careful-consideration-and-extensive-activity-7287936983820050434-qIMJ", "https://www.ovipost.com/"]}}, {"field": {"value": "total_funding_usd", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/ovipost", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/ovipost", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/ovipost/__RedYu83C2YbNi2pMpKlaWEjchv5hJvMTOcaGr9ZTiMo"]}, "conflict": {"value": "Reported totals range $120K (Tracxn, YC-only) to $245K (LinkedIn) to $320K (CB Insights); round-level amounts partially redacted on Tracxn.", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/ovipost", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/ovipost", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/ovipost/__RedYu83C2YbNi2pMpKlaWEjchv5hJvMTOcaGr9ZTiMo"]}}, {"field": {"value": "employee_count", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/ovipost", "https://www.floridatrend.com/article/37023/betting-on-bugs/", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/ovipost", "https://leadiq.com/c/ovipost/63c6c1c5a0fa688567f9120c/employee-directory"]}, "conflict": {"value": "Counts range from 2 (LinkedIn, 2026) to 6 (LeadIQ, Apr 2026) to 18 (Nov 2021) to 20 (YC) to 30 (Florida Trend, Jun 2023).", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/ovipost", "https://www.floridatrend.com/article/37023/betting-on-bugs/", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/ovipost", "https://leadiq.com/c/ovipost/63c6c1c5a0fa688567f9120c/employee-directory", "https://www.ovipost.com/blogs/news/hardy-cricket-farm-joins-ovipost"]}}, {"field": {"value": "headquarters", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/ovipost", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/ovipost", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/ovipost"]}, "conflict": {"value": "YC and operational sources cite LaBelle, FL; CB Insights and early-stage databases cite San Francisco, CA.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/ovipost", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/ovipost", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/ovipost"]}}, {"field": {"value": "founder_identity_third_cofounder", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/ovipost", "https://www.floridatrend.com/article/37023/betting-on-bugs/", "https://linkedin.com/in/tequilasnorkel"]}, "conflict": {"value": "YC profile names Teq Sassmannshaus; Florida Trend and Science News name Tequila Ray Snorkel; LinkedIn legal name Brendon Sassmannshaus — likely same person, not explicitly confirmed in primary corporate filings.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/ovipost", "https://www.floridatrend.com/article/37023/betting-on-bugs/", "https://www.sciencenews.org/article/silicon-valley-entrepreneurs-insect-cricket-farming-food-agriculture", "https://linkedin.com/in/tequilasnorkel"]}}, {"field": {"value": "founders_listed_on_yc", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/ovipost", "https://www.floridatrend.com/article/37023/betting-on-bugs/"]}, "conflict": {"value": "YC founder cards list Chiasson and Ricci only; YC long description and press cite Teq Sassmannshaus/Tequila Ray Snorkel as co-founder.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/ovipost", "https://www.floridatrend.com/article/37023/betting-on-bugs/"]}}, {"field": {"value": "current_ceo", "source_urls": ["https://www.floridatrend.com/article/37023/betting-on-bugs/", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/trinac", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/ovipost"]}, "conflict": {"value": "Florida Trend (Jun 2023) names Chiasson CEO; LinkedIn shows Chiasson CEO until Jul 2024 then Brendon Sassmannshaus as CEO at wind-down.", "source_urls": ["https://www.floridatrend.com/article/37023/betting-on-bugs/", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/trinac", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/ovipost"]}}, {"field": {"value": "shutdown_date", "source_urls": ["https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tequilasnorkel_after-careful-consideration-and-extensive-activity-7287936983820050434-qIMJ", "https://reforgers.com/startups/ovipost"]}, "gap": {"value": "Exact shutdown announcement date not extracted from accessible primary sources; Reforgers lists erroneous event year 2017.", "source_urls": ["https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tequilasnorkel_after-careful-consideration-and-extensive-activity-7287936983820050434-qIMJ", "https://reforgers.com/startups/ovipost"]}}, {"field": {"value": "prime_impact_fund_round_amount", "source_urls": ["https://www.primecoalition.org/investee-library/ovipost"]}, "gap": {"value": "Prime Coalition confirms investee status and May 2021 date; investment dollar amount not publicly disclosed.", "source_urls": ["https://www.primecoalition.org/investee-library/ovipost", "https://www.floridatrend.com/article/37023/betting-on-bugs/"]}}, {"field": {"value": "revenue_valuation", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/ovipost"]}, "gap": {"value": "No public revenue or post-money valuation found.", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/ovipost", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/ovipost"]}}, {"field": {"value": "insect_meal_processing_facility", "source_urls": ["https://www.floridatrend.com/article/37023/betting-on-bugs/"]}, "gap": {"value": "Food-grade Mississippi processing facility described as planned in 2023; no primary source confirms launch before shutdown.", "source_urls": ["https://www.floridatrend.com/article/37023/betting-on-bugs/"]}}]]
- source urls
- ["https://leadiq.com/c/ovipost/63c6c1c5a0fa688567f9120c/employee-directory", "https://linkedin.com/in/tequilasnorkel", "https://reforgers.com/startups/ovipost", "https://superorganismvc.substack.com/p/agtech-and-nature-room-for-growth", "https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/08/ovipost-wants-to-help-drop-the-labor-cost-of-growing-cricket-farms/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/ovipost/__RedYu83C2YbNi2pMpKlaWEjchv5hJvMTOcaGr9ZTiMo", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/ovipost", "https://www.floridatrend.com/article/37023/betting-on-bugs/", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/ovipost", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/trinac", "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tequilasnorkel_after-careful-consideration-and-extensive-activity-7287936983820050434-qIMJ", "https://www.ovipost.com/", "https://www.ovipost.com/blogs/news/hardy-cricket-farm-joins-ovipost", "https://www.ovipost.com/pages/jobs-farm-operations-manager", "https://www.primecoalition.org/investee-library/ovipost", "https://www.primecoalition.org/investee-library?category=Agriculture", "https://www.sciencenews.org/article/silicon-valley-entrepreneurs-insect-cricket-farming-food-agriculture", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/ovipost", "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2018/ovipost.json"]