- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": "founders", "conflict": {"value": "Y Combinator company page lists only Kevin Mateo Lim (shown twice) and omits Hannes Hesse and Yiming Liu; Tracxn lists only Lim and Hesse and omits Liu; contemporaneous press and UC Berkeley list all three co-founders.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/popcuts", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/popcuts/__YX9jrCyHxcKN8aindz05vDVzzHx1NPnWL8-8GyTwU2M", "https://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/news/2009/2008-masters-project-popcuts-wins-best-online-music-startup-sxsw-interactive", "https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna26526469"]}}, {"field": "headquarters", "conflict": {"value": "YC and YCDB list Lucerne Valley, CA; Tracxn lists San Francisco; contemporaneous press and UC Berkeley describe Berkeley, CA as base of operations.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/popcuts", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/popcuts", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/popcuts/__YX9jrCyHxcKN8aindz05vDVzzHx1NPnWL8-8GyTwU2M", "https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna26526469", "https://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/news/2009/2008-masters-project-popcuts-wins-best-online-music-startup-sxsw-interactive"]}}, {"field": "employees", "conflict": {"value": "YC reports team size of 2 while multiple sources document 3 co-founders; non-founder headcount not available.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/popcuts", "https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna26526469", "https://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/news/2009/2008-masters-project-popcuts-wins-best-online-music-startup-sxsw-interactive"]}}, {"field": "funding", "conflict": {"value": "Tracxn reports an undisclosed seed round on 2008-08-02; YCDB reports $0.0m total funding.", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/popcuts/__YX9jrCyHxcKN8aindz05vDVzzHx1NPnWL8-8GyTwU2M", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/popcuts"]}}, {"field": "founder_tenure", "conflict": {"value": "Yiming Liu LinkedIn shows departure Mar 2011 while Hannes Hesse LinkedIn shows cofounder role through Apr 2012 and company shutdown announced Mar 2012.", "source_urls": ["https://linkedin.com/in/yimingliu", "https://linkedin.com/in/hanneshesse", "https://victorcaballero.com/popcuts-is-shutting-down/"]}}, {"field": "shutdown_details", "gap": {"value": "Primary shutdown rationale blog post (blog.popcuts.com/this-is-goodbye) referenced by popcuts.com but not directly retrievable; only partial republication found.", "source_urls": ["https://www.popcuts.com/", "https://victorcaballero.com/popcuts-is-shutting-down/"]}}, {"field": "funding_amount", "gap": {"value": "Exact dollar amount of YC/seed investment not publicly disclosed in accessible primary sources.", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/popcuts/__YX9jrCyHxcKN8aindz05vDVzzHx1NPnWL8-8GyTwU2M", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/popcuts"]}}]]
- source urls
- ["http://backin.de/", "https://blog.yimingliu.com/about/", "https://linkedin.com/in/hanneshesse", "https://linkedin.com/in/yimingliu", "https://techcrunch.com/2008/08/06/y-combinators-popcuts-pays-you-to-find-good-new-music/", "https://techcrunch.com/2008/08/14/y-combinators-demo-day-summer-2008/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/popcuts/__YX9jrCyHxcKN8aindz05vDVzzHx1NPnWL8-8GyTwU2M", "https://victorcaballero.com/popcuts-is-shutting-down/", "https://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/news/2009/2008-masters-project-popcuts-wins-best-online-music-startup-sxsw-interactive", "https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna26526469", "https://www.popcuts.com/", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/popcuts", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/popcuts"]