- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": "funding_amount", "conflict": "Tracxn reports $120K total from Y Combinator in 2011. Y Combinator's standard investment for the Summer 2011 batch was approximately $15K–$20K per company (not $120K; $120K became YC's standard deal size in 2014). No PhoneSys-specific source confirms the Tracxn figure or any additional investors.", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/pingm/__yAyJUszb-YgUU4OOV0SEGrM0NnxHmBdc2AiMS1Xnhbg", "https://techcrunch.com/2011/01/28/yuri-milner-sv-angel-offer-every-new-y-combinator-startup-150k/", "https://blog.joinodin.com/p/y-combinator-progress-machine-12"]}, {"field": "start_fund_investment", "gap": "TechCrunch reports a blanket optional $150K Start Fund/SV Angel offer to nearly all YC S11 companies, but no source confirms PhoneSys/Pingm accepted it. Tracxn lists only Y Combinator as investor.", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2011/08/01/start-fund-and-sv-angel-invest-9-million-in-new-y-combinator-startups/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/pingm/__yAyJUszb-YgUU4OOV0SEGrM0NnxHmBdc2AiMS1Xnhbg"]}, {"field": "company_status", "conflict": "YC (Inactive), YCDB (Dead), Tracxn (Deadpooled), and founder statements (shut down 2012) agree the company is defunct. CB Insights still lists Pingm as 'Alive'.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/phonesys", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/pingm", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/pingm/__yAyJUszb-YgUU4OOV0SEGrM0NnxHmBdc2AiMS1Xnhbg", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/pingm", "https://patrickod.computer/"]}, {"field": "name_collision", "conflict": "An unrelated active VoIP company operates at phonesys.com (Phonesys.com Inc., Parkland, FL, USA). It is not the YC S11 PhoneSys/Pingm entity (pingm.net). Metrics such as '20,000+ businesses' on phonesys.com must not be attributed to the YC company.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/phonesys", "https://www.phonesys.com/", "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?hl=en&id=com.phonesys.phonesysapp"]}, {"field": "shutdown_date", "conflict": "Patrick O'Doherty states the company 'ceased operating in 2012' (personal site) and left Aug 2012 (LinkedIn). David Dolphin's LinkedIn shows departure Sep 2012.", "source_urls": ["https://patrickod.computer/", "https://linkedin.com/in/podoherty", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-dolphin"]}, {"field": "customers_traction", "gap": "No primary or secondary sources found naming customers, revenue, ARR, or user counts for PhoneSys/Pingm. Founder account indicates failure to reach product-market fit.", "source_urls": ["https://patrickod.computer/"]}, {"field": "website_archive", "gap": "YCDB links to an October 2011 Wayback Machine snapshot of pingm.net; direct archive fetch was unavailable during research.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycdb.co/company/pingm"]}, {"field": "patrick_odoherty_prior_work", "gap": "No pre-PhoneSys employment history found in sourced Patrick O'Doherty profiles.", "source_urls": ["https://patrickod.computer/", "https://linkedin.com/in/podoherty"]}]]
- source urls
- ["https://altss.com/companies/yc/phonesys", "https://blog.joinodin.com/p/y-combinator-progress-machine-12", "https://data.tablepage.ai/d/y-combinator-companies-2005-2026", "https://linkedin.com/in/podoherty", "https://p.rst.im/q/github.com/ddol", "https://patrickod.computer/", "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?hl=en&id=com.phonesys.phonesysapp", "https://techcrunch.com/2011/01/28/yuri-milner-sv-angel-offer-every-new-y-combinator-startup-150k/", "https://techcrunch.com/2011/08/01/start-fund-and-sv-angel-invest-9-million-in-new-y-combinator-startups/", "https://techcrunch.com/2011/08/23/y-combinator-demo-day-the-ultimate-roundup/", "https://timelines.issarice.com/wiki/Timeline_of_Y_Combinator", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/pingm/__yAyJUszb-YgUU4OOV0SEGrM0NnxHmBdc2AiMS1Xnhbg", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/pingm", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-dolphin", "https://www.phonesys.com/", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/pingm", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/phonesys"]