- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": "founded_year", "conflict": {"value": "Primary sources say 2015; company footer and some materials reference 2014 as brand/incorporation start", "source_urls": ["https://blog.rossintelligence.com/post/ross-intelligence-secures-13-million", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/ross-intelligence", "https://cdn.patentlyo.com/media/2025/09/1758574535267.pdf"]}}, {"field": "headquarters", "conflict": {"value": "YC lists San Francisco; CB Insights lists Palo Alto (1545 Alma Street); Canadian incorporation in Toronto", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/ross-intelligence", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/ross-intelligence", "https://opengovca.com/corporation/9159592"]}}, {"field": "employee_count", "conflict": {"value": "YC reports team size 30; YCDB aggregator reports 45; no verified post-shutdown headcount", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/ross-intelligence", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/ross-intelligence"]}}, {"field": "founders", "conflict": {"value": "YC and company consistently list 3 founders (Arruda, Ovbiagele, Dall'Oglio); 2015 TechCrunch also names early team members Akash Venkat and Shuai Wang without founder designation", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/ross-intelligence", "https://techcrunch.com/2015/07/27/ross-intelligence/"]}}, {"field": "legal_entity_status", "conflict": {"value": "Canadian ROSS Intelligence Inc. dissolved 2022-12-06; Dec 2020 announcement says company continues as going concern for U.S. litigation — unclear if same or separate Delaware entity remains active", "source_urls": ["https://opengovca.com/corporation/9159592", "https://blog.rossintelligence.com/post/announcement", "https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ded.72109/gov.uscourts.ded.72109.1.0_1.pdf"]}}, {"field": "total_funding", "conflict": {"value": "Disclosed rounds sum to $13.0M ($4.3M + $8.7M); YCDB rounds to $13.1M without identifying additional round", "source_urls": ["https://blog.rossintelligence.com/post/ross-intelligence-secures-13-million", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/ross-intelligence"]}}, {"field": "post_exit_activity", "gap": {"value": "No verified commercial relaunch, acquisition, or current employee count after 2021 shutdown; litigation outcome on appeal pending as of June 2026 sources", "source_urls": ["https://blog.rossintelligence.com/post/announcement", "https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/06/11/3rd-circuit-mulls-fair-use-defense-in-westlaws-copyright-suit-against-ai-startup/"]}}, {"field": "ibm_watson_usage", "conflict": {"value": "2015 press described ROSS as Watson-powered; later court filings and company materials state ROSS moved beyond Watson to proprietary neural models", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2015/07/27/ross-intelligence/", "https://cdn.patentlyo.com/media/2025/09/1758574535267.pdf", "https://www.kuppingercole.com/vendors/rossintelligence"]}}]]
- source urls
- ["http://rossintelligence.com", "https://abovethelaw.com/2020/12/as-ross-wraps-up-pondering-its-legacy/", "https://blog.rossintelligence.com/post/a-free-tool-to-do-legal-research-from-wherever-you-are-on-the-internet", "https://blog.rossintelligence.com/post/announcement", "https://blog.rossintelligence.com/post/how-natural-language-search-changing-face-of-legal-research", "https://blog.rossintelligence.com/post/how-ross-ai-turns-legal-research-on-its-head", "https://blog.rossintelligence.com/post/ross-intelligence-secures-13-million", "https://blog.rossintelligence.com/post/ross-partners-with-openai-api", "https://cdn.patentlyo.com/media/2025/09/1758574535267.pdf", "https://globalventuring.com/blog/2017/10/12/ross-intelligence-motions-for-series-a/", "https://nextlawventures.vc/2017/10/13/ross-intelligence-secures-8-7-million-series-a-funding-round/", "https://opengovca.com/corporation/9159592", "https://rossintelligence.com/post/ross-adds-statutes-regulations-for-all-50-states", "https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ded.72109/gov.uscourts.ded.72109.1.0_1.pdf", "https://techcrunch.com/2015/07/27/ross-intelligence/", "https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/11/ross-intelligence-lands-8-7m-series-a-to-speed-up-legal-research-with-ai/", "https://www.beneschlaw.com/insight/no-fair-use-defense-for-using-copyrighted-works-for-training-ai-models/", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/ross-intelligence", "https://www.ded.uscourts.gov/sites/ded/files/opinions/20-613_5.pdf", "https://www.dentons.com/en/about-dentons/news-events-and-awards/news/2017/october/dentons-nextlaw-labs-helps-first-portfolio-company-secure-millions-in-series-a-funding", "https://www.kuppingercole.com/vendors/rossintelligence", "https://www.law.com/legaltechnews/2020/12/11/ross-shuts-down-operations-citing-financial-burden-from-thomson-reuters-lawsuit/", "https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/06/11/3rd-circuit-mulls-fair-use-defense-in-westlaws-copyright-suit-against-ai-startup/", "https://www.lawnext.com/2020/05/thomson-reuters-sues-ross-intelligence-claiming-theft-of-proprietary-data.html", "https://www.lawnext.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/WestlawComplaint.pdf", "https://www.reuters.com/article/legal/ross-intelligence-hopes-for-second-act-after-blaming-thomson-reuters-for-forced-idUSL1N2IR2HU/", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/ross-intelligence", "https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/powered-by-ibm-watson-ross-intelligence-yc-s15-is-like-siri-for-legal-knowledge", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/ross-intelligence"]