- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": "founded_year", "conflict": "YC and Reforgers report 2018; LinkedIn and FounderTrace report 2019.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/purple-plate", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/purpleplate", "https://foundertrace.com/companies/purple_plate/"]}, {"field": "employee_count", "conflict": "YC lists team size 45; LinkedIn (closed profile) shows 1 employee.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/purple-plate", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/purpleplate"]}, {"field": "funding_date", "conflict": "CB Insights reports convertible note on 2018-01-01; LinkedIn reports venture round on 2018-08-22.", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/purple-plate/financials", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/purpleplate"]}, {"field": "total_funding", "conflict": "CB Insights reports $150K total; Reforgers reports total raised as unknown.", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/purple-plate/financials", "https://reforgers.com/startups/purple-plate"]}, {"field": "closure_date", "conflict": "Reforgers lists closure event year as 2018; founder LinkedIn profiles indicate operations through Sep 2022.", "source_urls": ["https://reforgers.com/startups/purple-plate", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/chenchenhuo"]}, {"field": "founder_tenure", "conflict": "Antony Bello left Nov 2020; Chen-Chen Huo continued as founder through Sep 2022.", "source_urls": ["https://linkedin.com/in/antonybello", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/chenchenhuo"]}, {"field": "related_entities", "conflict": "Reforgers lists MAC'D and Á La Couch as aliases; YC and TechCrunch treat MAC'D as a separate S18 company with overlapping founders.", "source_urls": ["https://reforgers.com/startups/purple-plate", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/purple-plate", "https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/13/y-combinator-invests-in-a-build-your-own-mac-and-cheese-restaurant/"]}, {"field": "crunchbase_profile", "gap": "No accessible Crunchbase organization page found for purple-plate (distinct from The Purple Carrot meal-kit company).", "source_urls": ["https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/the-purple-carrot"]}, {"field": "named_restaurant_partners", "gap": "No publicly verifiable list of specific restaurant partner brands or licensed concepts found.", "source_urls": ["https://aventure.vc/companies/purple-plate-san-francisco-ca-us"]}, {"field": "legal_entity_name", "gap": "Legal/incorporation name not found in public sources reviewed.", "source_urls": []}, {"field": "website_status", "gap": "purpleplate.co referenced but current live-site status not independently verified in this research.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/purple-plate/jobs"]}]]
- source urls
- ["https://aventure.vc/companies/purple-plate-san-francisco-ca-us", "https://foundertrace.com/companies/purple_plate/", "https://linkedin.com/in/antonybello", "https://nocap.blog/founder/antony-bello/", "https://reforgers.com/startups/purple-plate", "https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/13/y-combinator-invests-in-a-build-your-own-mac-and-cheese-restaurant/", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/purple-plate/financials", "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/the-purple-carrot", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/purpleplate", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/chenchenhuo", "https://www.signalhire.com/profiles/chen-chen-huo%27s-email/35945600", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/purple-plate", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/purple-plate/jobs"]