- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"topic": {"value": "Seed round labeled Series A by CB Insights", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/shift-messenger", "https://techcrunch.com/2015/05/27/shift-seed-round/"]}, "detail": {"value": "CB Insights describes the May 2015 $1.5M round as Series A; TechCrunch and Version One Ventures call it a seed round.", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/shift-messenger", "https://techcrunch.com/2015/05/27/shift-seed-round/", "https://versionone.vc/shift-messenger-announcement/"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "Confusion with Branch / Branch Messenger", "source_urls": ["http://shiftmessenger.com", "https://www.startribune.com/target-techstars-graduate-branch-messenger-expanding-with-6-8-million-round-of-funding/437984723"]}, "detail": {"value": "shiftmessenger.com redirects to Branch (Atif Siddiqi, Techstars, workforce payments). Branch Messenger is a separate company with overlapping shift-swap positioning; no primary source links it to Austin Vedder's YC W15 Shift Messenger.", "source_urls": ["http://shiftmessenger.com", "https://www.startribune.com/target-techstars-graduate-branch-messenger-expanding-with-6-8-million-round-of-funding/437984723", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/shift-messenger"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "Shutdown date unknown", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/shift-messenger", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/shift-messenger"]}, "detail": {"value": "YC lists Inactive and CB Insights/YCDB list Dead/Closed, but no authoritative shutdown or wind-down date found in primary sources reviewed.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/shift-messenger", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/shift-messenger", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/shift-messenger"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "No verified acquisition exit", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/shift-messenger", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/shift-messenger"]}, "detail": {"value": "Some secondary databases allege acquisition without corroborating primary announcements; YC and CB Insights show inactive/dead, not acquired.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/shift-messenger", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/shift-messenger"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "Employee count after 2015 unclear", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/shift-messenger", "https://techcrunch.com/2015/05/27/shift-seed-round/"]}, "detail": {"value": "YC lists team_size=2; May 2015 reporting planned hiring but no verified peak headcount. Third-party sites report conflicting figures without primary corroboration.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/shift-messenger", "https://techcrunch.com/2015/05/27/shift-seed-round/"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "Legal entity name not confirmed", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/shift-messenger", "https://www.gaebler.com/Funded-Company-E02E0E68-F472-4525-B395-5A854BCDD562-Shift-Messenger"]}, "detail": {"value": "Public sources use the brand name Shift Messenger; exact registered legal entity name not confirmed in sources reviewed.", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/shift-messenger", "https://www.gaebler.com/Funded-Company-E02E0E68-F472-4525-B395-5A854BCDD562-Shift-Messenger"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "Address minor discrepancy", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/shift-messenger", "https://www.gaebler.com/VC-Funding-9F793107-9B7B-4058-8B59-E63F93597426-Shift-Messenger-03-23-2015"]}, "detail": {"value": "CB Insights lists 3740 25th St Unit 502; Gaebler lists 740 25th St 502 (likely transcription error).", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/shift-messenger", "https://www.gaebler.com/VC-Funding-9F793107-9B7B-4058-8B59-E63F93597426-Shift-Messenger-03-23-2015"]}}]]
- source urls
- ["http://shiftmessenger.com", "https://techcrunch.com/2015/02/27/shift-messenger/", "https://techcrunch.com/2015/05/27/shift-seed-round/", "https://versionone.vc/shift-messenger-announcement/", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/shift-messenger", "https://www.gaebler.com/Funded-Company-E02E0E68-F472-4525-B395-5A854BCDD562-Shift-Messenger", "https://www.gaebler.com/VC-Funding-9F793107-9B7B-4058-8B59-E63F93597426-Shift-Messenger-03-23-2015", "https://www.startribune.com/target-techstars-graduate-branch-messenger-expanding-with-6-8-million-round-of-funding/437984723", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/shift-messenger", "https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/shift-messenger-yc-w15-makes-it-easy-for-workers-to-swap-hours", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/shift-messenger", "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2015/shift-messenger.json"]