- conflicts or gaps
- [{"funding_total_discrepancy": {"value": "CB Insights and TheCompanyCheck report $120K total; LinkedIn company page snippet reports $45K total with different round breakdown (Grant $20K, Angel $25K, Seed)—unreconciled", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/scaphold/financials", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/scaphold-inc.", "https://www.thecompanycheck.com/company/b/scaphold/wkdkc7ktpl37htmsc"]}, "funding_round_count_discrepancy": {"value": "CB Insights lists 1 seed round; TheCompanyCheck lists 2 rounds totaling $120K; Zillionize amount undisclosed", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/scaphold/financials", "https://www.thecompanycheck.com/company/b/scaphold/wkdkc7ktpl37htmsc", "https://www.zillionize.com/2017/03/16/zillionize-invests-scaphold-graphql-based-universal-api-service-provider/"]}, "founded_date_discrepancy": {"value": "Legal incorporation 2016-06-28; Michael Paris LinkedIn lists Scaphold founder role Jan 2015–Jan 2017 (pre-incorporation hacking period)", "source_urls": ["https://opencorpdata.com/us-wa/604004058", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelparis1"]}, "acquisition_year_discrepancy": {"value": "Reforgers lists acquisition event year 2016 (likely erroneous); YC, HN, and corp dissolution point to 2017", "source_urls": ["https://reforgers.com/startups/scapholdio", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/scaphold-io", "https://opencorpdata.com/us-wa/604004058"]}, "acquisition_not_formally_announced": {"value": "No public Amazon/AWS press release found; acquisition inferred from YC status, founder profiles, HN community reports, and corp dissolution", "source_urls": ["https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15801229", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/scaphold-io"]}, "acquisition_terms_unknown": {"value": "Purchase price, structure (acqui-hire vs asset purchase), and exact closing date not publicly disclosed", "source_urls": ["https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15801229", "https://www.privco.com/company/scaphold-acquired-by-amazon"]}, "employee_count_discrepancy": {"value": "YC reports team size 2; third-party directories list 2-10 or 1 employee", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/scaphold-io", "https://app.askethos.com/ethos-company/scaphold-inc.", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/scaphold-inc."]}, "cbinsights_stale_status": {"value": "CB Insights still lists stage 'Seed | Alive' despite company being acquired and dissolved in 2017", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/scaphold"]}, "foundertrace_incomplete_founders": {"value": "FounderTrace lists only Vince Ning as founder; omits Michael Paris", "source_urls": ["https://foundertrace.com/companies/scaphold_inc_acquired_by_amazon/"]}, "domain_hijack_gap": {"value": "scaphold.io domain no longer represents the original YC company; YC profile still links to hijacked domain", "source_urls": ["https://scaphold.io", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/scaphold-io"]}, "timeline_overlap_gap": {"value": "Michael Paris LinkedIn shows AWS AppSync role starting Jan 2017 while Scaphold W17 Launch HN was Jan 24, 2017 and platform reportedly ran until mid-2017—exact handoff timeline unclear", "source_urls": ["https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelparis1", "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13474042", "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15801229"]}, "prospeo_funding_error": {"value": "Prospeo states company 'has never raised funding before' contradicting YC/CB Insights/Zillionize records", "source_urls": ["https://prospeo.io/c/scaphold-acquired-by-amazon", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/scaphold/financials"]}}]
- source urls
- ["https://app.askethos.com/ethos-company/scaphold-inc.", "https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/introducing-amazon-appsync/", "https://foundertrace.com/companies/scaphold_inc_acquired_by_amazon/", "https://medium.com/scaphold/introducing-scaphold-io-2022c9b458f7", "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13474042", "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15801229", "https://opencorpdata.com/us-wa/604004058", "https://prospeo.io/c/scaphold-acquired-by-amazon", "https://reforgers.com/startups/scapholdio", "https://scaphold.io", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/scaphold", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/scaphold/financials", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/scaphold-inc.", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelparis1", "https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/from-start-startup-vincent-michael-scaphold-frederick-daso", "https://www.privco.com/company/scaphold-acquired-by-amazon", "https://www.sitepoint.com/rest-graphql-and-founding-a-startup-with-michael-paris-and-vince-ning/", "https://www.thecompanycheck.com/company/b/scaphold/wkdkc7ktpl37htmsc", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/scaphold-io", "https://www.zillionize.com/2017/03/16/zillionize-invests-scaphold-graphql-based-universal-api-service-provider/"]