- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": "company_name", "conflict": {"value": "Publicly referenced as Pearl, Pearl Coffee, and Mere Coffee; legal entity appears as Mere Coffee Inc. on LinkedIn.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/pearl", "https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/20/yc-demo-day-winter-2017/", "https://reforgers.com/startups/pearl", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregorykress"]}}, {"field": "funding_total", "conflict": {"value": "StartupIntros lists $124.1M across 5 rounds (a16z, Craft, etc.) — clearly a different 'Pearl' entity; CB Insights/Reforgers indicate ~$120K YC-only for Mere Coffee.", "source_urls": ["https://startupintros.com/orgs/pearl", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/mere-coffee", "https://reforgers.com/startups/pearl"]}}, {"field": "employee_count", "conflict": {"value": "YCDB reports 300 employees (implausible for a 2-founder YC seed hardware startup); YC lists no team size; current effective headcount 0 per inactive status.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycdb.co/company/pearl", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/pearl", "https://reforgers.com/startups/pearl"]}}, {"field": "operating_status", "conflict": {"value": "YC and Reforgers mark inactive/closed; CB Insights still lists stage 'Seed | Alive'.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/pearl", "https://reforgers.com/startups/pearl", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/mere-coffee"]}}, {"field": "shutdown_date", "conflict": {"value": "No press release or YC post-mortem found; only indirect signal via CEO tenure ending Oct 2020.", "source_urls": ["https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregorykress", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/pearl"]}}, {"field": "name_collision", "conflict": {"value": "Unrelated businesses share 'Pearl' name (e.g., retail cafes, French AI startup Pearl, Pearl.com); not the YC W17 office-coffee company.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/pearl", "https://reforgers.com/startups/pearl"]}}, {"field": "website", "conflict": {"value": "YCDB labels website 'Live' but domain was unreachable during research; YC marks company inactive.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycdb.co/company/pearl", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/pearl", "https://getpearlcoffee.com"]}}]]
- source urls
- ["https://clay.earth/profile/scott-steber", "https://getpearlcoffee.com", "https://people.equilar.com/bio/person/greg-kress-pioneer-fund/27169669", "https://reforgers.com/startups/pearl", "https://startupintros.com/orgs/pearl", "https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/20/yc-demo-day-winter-2017/", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/mere-coffee", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregorykress", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/pearl", "https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/the-new-deal", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/pearl"]