- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": {"value": "founders", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/pools-fka-withfriends", "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19810092", "https://startupintros.com/orgs/withfriends", "https://www.bookweb.org/news/partner-spotlight-withfriends-1631289"]}, "issue": {"value": "YC lists only Joe Ahearn as active founder; Launch HN (2019) and Bushwick Daily name Joe Ahearn, Kunal Gupta, and Martha Hipley as co-founders; Startup Intros lists only Joe and Kunal; 2024 ABA article names Kunal Gupta and Gaurav Maken as co-founders of bookstore-focused line.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/pools-fka-withfriends", "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19810092", "https://startupintros.com/orgs/withfriends", "https://www.bookweb.org/news/partner-spotlight-withfriends-1631289"]}}, {"field": {"value": "identity.founded_year", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/pools-fka-withfriends", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/withfriends", "https://www.traveltechnation.com/companies/withfriends"]}, "issue": {"value": "YC and company site cite 2017 founding (originally as Better); LinkedIn lists founded 2022; Travel Tech Nation lists 2016.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/pools-fka-withfriends", "https://pools.events/becoming-pools", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/withfriends", "https://www.traveltechnation.com/companies/withfriends"]}}, {"field": {"value": "identity.hq_location", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/pools-fka-withfriends", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/withfriends"]}, "issue": {"value": "YC lists New York, NY; LinkedIn lists headquarters San Francisco, CA.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/pools-fka-withfriends", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/withfriends"]}}, {"field": {"value": "funding.rounds[0].announced_at", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/withfriends/__NsSjV0ww5PVgy-t4TmrNAT9f-7AlXv4lxk6GVOZSCWk/funding-and-investors", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/withfriends"]}, "issue": {"value": "Seed round date reported as 2019-02-26 (Tracxn) vs 2019-03-18 (LinkedIn).", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/withfriends/__NsSjV0ww5PVgy-t4TmrNAT9f-7AlXv4lxk6GVOZSCWk/funding-and-investors", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/withfriends"]}}, {"field": {"value": "funding.investors", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/withfriends/__NsSjV0ww5PVgy-t4TmrNAT9f-7AlXv4lxk6GVOZSCWk/funding-and-investors", "https://www.traveltechnation.com/companies/withfriends"]}, "issue": {"value": "Tracxn lists institutional investors Y Combinator and Thynk Ventures; Travel Tech Nation also lists Ruca. No primary investor announcement for Ruca found.", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/withfriends/__NsSjV0ww5PVgy-t4TmrNAT9f-7AlXv4lxk6GVOZSCWk/funding-and-investors", "https://www.traveltechnation.com/companies/withfriends"]}}, {"field": {"value": "funding.crowdfunding", "source_urls": ["https://pools.events/becoming-pools"]}, "issue": {"value": "Company mentions a crowdfunding round with organizer-investors but no amount, date, or platform URL found in retrieved primary sources.", "source_urls": ["https://pools.events/becoming-pools"]}}, {"field": {"value": "employees.snapshots", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/pools-fka-withfriends", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/withfriends", "https://www.bookweb.org/news/partner-spotlight-withfriends-1631289"]}, "issue": {"value": "YC and LinkedIn report 2 employees; third-party directories report 1-10 band; 2024 ABA article describes 2-person bookstore team separate from post-split Pools team size.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/pools-fka-withfriends", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/withfriends", "https://startupintros.com/orgs/withfriends", "https://www.bookweb.org/news/partner-spotlight-withfriends-1631289"]}}, {"field": {"value": "corporate_structure", "source_urls": ["https://pools.events/becoming-pools", "https://www.bookweb.org/news/partner-spotlight-withfriends-1631289"]}, "issue": {"value": "2024 split into two product lines/brands (Pools for events vs withfriends.co for retail/bookstores) under unclear legal-entity relationship; no SEC filing or corporate filing retrieved.", "source_urls": ["https://pools.events/becoming-pools", "https://www.bookweb.org/news/partner-spotlight-withfriends-1631289"]}}, {"field": {"value": "exit_status", "source_urls": ["https://www.traveltechnation.com/companies/withfriends", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/pools-fka-withfriends"]}, "issue": {"value": "Travel Tech Nation reported company not operating (Apr 2020); YC and company site show Active status and ongoing 2025-2026 operations/rebrand.", "source_urls": ["https://www.traveltechnation.com/companies/withfriends", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/pools-fka-withfriends", "https://pools.events/becoming-pools"]}}]]
- source urls
- ["https://bushwickdaily.com/business/5904-withfriends-helps-diy-spaces-through-subscription-style-donations/", "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19810092", "https://pools.events/accounts/login/?xfer=1", "https://pools.events/becoming-pools", "https://premoney.substack.com/p/friday-shoutout-withfriendsco", "https://startupintros.com/orgs/withfriends", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/withfriends/__NsSjV0ww5PVgy-t4TmrNAT9f-7AlXv4lxk6GVOZSCWk/funding-and-investors", "https://www.bookweb.org/news/partner-spotlight-withfriends-1631289", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/withfriends", "https://www.traveltechnation.com/companies/withfriends", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/pools-fka-withfriends", "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2019/pools-fka-withfriends.json"]