- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"issue": "Name collision with unrelated Plane (plane.so)", "detail": "Separate open-source project-management company (plane.so, founded 2022, OSS Capital $4M seed) shares the Plane brand and causes aggregator conflation.", "source_urls": ["https://plane.so/about", "https://github.com/makeplane/plane/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/plane/__OjXBhlsZqjglanUr7xsV_SOfaNnAto1vJIWKkZCDHus", "https://startupintros.com/orgs/plane"]}, {"issue": "Name collision with Pilot bookkeeping (pilot.com)", "detail": "Pilot.com is a distinct San Francisco bookkeeping/CFO services company ($161M+ raised); not the same as Plane/Pilot Platform Inc.", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/pilotcom", "https://plane.com/blog/pilot-is-now-plane"]}, {"issue": "CEO/founder identity ambiguity", "detail": "Matt Pelc listed as Founder/CEO on YC and official blog; Matt Drozdzynski listed as co-founder/CEO on Sacra, Craft.co, and 2017 TechCrunch; Staszek Kolarzowski departed as Pilot founder in 2023 but still listed co-founder on some profiles.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/plane", "https://plane.com/blog/pilot-is-now-plane", "https://sacra.com/c/plane/", "https://craft.co/plane-pilot-platform", "https://techcrunch.com/2017/02/10/yc-backed-pilot-is-building-a-contractor-platform-geared-for-the-future-of-work/", "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/staszek-kolarzowski-05a39992_im-no-longer-a-founder-of-pilot-after-activity-7067256002911289344-m_UH"]}, {"issue": "Founded year inconsistency", "detail": "Sources cite 2015 (earliest Pilot origin), 2017 (YC/Sacra), and 2018 (LinkedIn company profile).", "source_urls": ["https://craft.co/plane-pilot-platform", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/plane", "https://sacra.com/c/plane/", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/planehr"]}, {"issue": "Funding total inconsistency across aggregators", "detail": "Authoritative-looking sources for plane.com cluster around $6.7M–$6.9M; some directories report $11M or $4M by mixing plane.so data or incomplete records.", "source_urls": ["https://www.linkedin.com/company/planehr", "https://sacra.com/c/plane/", "https://startupintros.com/orgs/plane", "https://startups.in/startup/plane"]}, {"issue": "Employee count inconsistency", "detail": "YC and LinkedIn report 30; prospeo.io reports 51–100.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/plane", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/planehr", "https://prospeo.io/c/plane-revenue"]}, {"issue": "No verified exit event", "detail": "No public IPO or acquisition found; status remains active private company as of available sources.", "source_urls": ["https://craft.co/plane-pilot-platform", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/plane", "https://sacra.com/c/plane/"]}]]
- source urls
- ["https://craft.co/plane-pilot-platform", "https://docs.plane.com/product/compliance", "https://github.com/makeplane/plane/", "https://leadiq.com/c/plane/5a1daa1523000052009e8a52", "https://linkedin.com/in/matid", "https://linkedin.com/in/staszek-kolarzowski-05a39992", "https://plane.com/", "https://plane.com/blog/pilot-is-now-plane", "https://plane.com/eor", "https://plane.com/payroll", "https://plane.com/pilot", "https://plane.com/platform", "https://plane.so/about", "https://prospeo.io/c/plane-revenue", "https://sacra.com/c/plane/", "https://startupintros.com/orgs/plane", "https://startups.in/startup/plane", "https://techcrunch.com/2017/02/10/yc-backed-pilot-is-building-a-contractor-platform-geared-for-the-future-of-work/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/plane/__OjXBhlsZqjglanUr7xsV_SOfaNnAto1vJIWKkZCDHus", "https://v1.plane.com/", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/pilot-1", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/pilotcom", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/planehr", "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/staszek-kolarzowski-05a39992_im-no-longer-a-founder-of-pilot-after-activity-7067256002911289344-m_UH", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/plane", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/plane/jobs"]