- conflicts or gaps
- [{"items": [{"topic": "Name collision", "detail": "Multiple unrelated companies named Roost exist (e.g., The Roost podcast network acquired by Night in 2024; peer-to-peer parking Roost acquired by Spacer in 2017)"}, {"topic": "Total funding", "detail": "Sources disagree: $350K (CB Insights), $400K (Seedtable), $475K (Tracxn), $10.4M (YCDB — likely erroneous or conflated with another entity)"}, {"topic": "Headquarters", "detail": "NYC (YC/Tracxn) vs Toledo OH (2013 PR) vs Seattle WA (VCNewsDaily/Gaebler) vs Austin TX (CB Insights HQ)"}, {"topic": "Founders on YC profile", "detail": "YC lists only Tim Varner (duplicated); TechCrunch/Tracxn/Seedtable list all three co-founders"}, {"topic": "Entity naming", "detail": "CB Insights labels 'Notice Software, previously Roost'; other sources describe Roost as a product/brand under Notice Software"}, {"topic": "Operational status", "detail": "CB Insights lists Notice Software as 'Alive'; YC/YCDB/Tracxn list Roost as inactive/deadpooled"}, {"topic": "Founding date", "detail": "Notice Software founded 2009 (CB Insights/VCNewsDaily) vs Roost officially founded July 2013 (TechCrunch)"}, {"topic": "Tim Varner title", "detail": "Listed as co-founder (TechCrunch), CMO (2013 Notice Software PR), and Growth & Strategy (YC)"}, {"topic": "Shutdown timeline", "detail": "No public shutdown date, acquisition, or post-mortem found"}, {"topic": "Domain availability", "detail": "goroost.com unavailable (503); early product used roost.me"}], "source_urls": ["https://www.ycdb.co/company/roost", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/roost", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/roost/__GjyTcBhf_8eqInUOlKhqA9OZaUH65x-oEjY24KXYslk", "https://www.seedtable.com/startups/Roost_%28company%29-99B6PKZ", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/notice-software", "https://techcrunch.com/2014/06/10/roost-takes-on-twitter-rss-with-a-platform-for-web-based-push-notifications/", "https://vcnewsdaily.com/notice-software/venture-capital-funding/pbgvxdvlwd", "https://deadline.com/2024/04/night-acquires-roost-podcast-network-1235878916/", "http://goroost.com"]}]
- source urls
- ["http://goroost.com", "https://deadline.com/2024/04/night-acquires-roost-podcast-network-1235878916/", "https://techcrunch.com/2014/06/10/roost-takes-on-twitter-rss-with-a-platform-for-web-based-push-notifications/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/roost/__GjyTcBhf_8eqInUOlKhqA9OZaUH65x-oEjY24KXYslk", "https://vcnewsdaily.com/notice-software/venture-capital-funding/pbgvxdvlwd", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/notice-software", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/notice-software/financials", "https://www.gaebler.com/Funded-Company-A8C73640-D887-4BB0-8BF7-5FC08905D634-Notice-Software", "https://www.prweb.com/releases/roost_unveils_push_notification_plugin_for_wordpress_blogs/prweb11330297.htm", "https://www.seedtable.com/startups/Roost_%28company%29-99B6PKZ", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/roost", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/roost"]