- conflicts or gaps
- [{"total_funding_discrepancy": {"value": "Company PR cites $36M total (Nov 2024); third-party aggregators cite $36.6M–$37M (Tracxn, Startup Intros) vs $56.6M–$57M (LinkedIn, Employbl); no primary source confirms higher totals", "source_urls": ["https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/shiru-secures-16-million-to-accelerate-ai-powered-ingredient-discovery-revolution-302301716.html", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/shiru/__d91XDVbiwccgPzUpr8IABVRNhoZTNBvJVAnr62zuOmA", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/shiru-inc", "https://www.employbl.com/companies/shiru"]}, "headquarters_discrepancy": {"value": "Sources disagree: Emeryville (YC, 2021 PR), Alameda (LinkedIn, Employbl, planned HQ per 2021 PR), Berkeley (2024–2026 company PR), San Francisco (2019 seed coverage)", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/shiru", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/shiru-closes-17m-series-a-to-develop-novel-plant-based-food-ingredients-301409247.html", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/shiru-secures-16-million-to-accelerate-ai-powered-ingredient-discovery-revolution-302301716.html", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/shiru-inc", "https://www.finsmes.com/2019/10/shiru-raises-3-5m-in-seed-funding.html"]}, "employee_count_discrepancy": {"value": "YC lists 4; 2021 sources list 22; Tracxn Dec 2022 lists 36; LinkedIn 2026 lists 14; no authoritative current headcount from company", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/shiru", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/shiru-closes-17m-series-a-to-develop-novel-plant-based-food-ingredients-301409247.html", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/shiru/__d91XDVbiwccgPzUpr8IABVRNhoZTNBvJVAnr62zuOmA", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/shiru-inc"]}, "protein_database_size_discrepancy": {"value": "33 million molecules (Nov 2024) vs 77 million protein sequences (Mar 2026); may reflect growth or differing definitions (molecules vs sequences)", "source_urls": ["https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/shiru-secures-16-million-to-accelerate-ai-powered-ingredient-discovery-revolution-302301716.html", "https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ingredion-shiru-announce-partnership-accelerate-143000635.html"]}, "yc_industry_tag_mismatch": {"value": "YC tags include 'AI-powered Drug Discovery' but company positioning is food/ingredient discovery, not pharmaceuticals", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/shiru", "https://www.shiru.com/our-story"]}, "co_founders_unknown": {"value": "All primary sources list only Jasmin Hume as founder; no verified co-founders identified", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/shiru", "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/shiru", "https://www.employbl.com/companies/shiru"]}, "revenue_and_valuation_gap": {"value": "No public revenue figures or post-money valuation found in sourced materials", "source_urls": ["https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/shiru", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/shiru-secures-16-million-to-accelerate-ai-powered-ingredient-discovery-revolution-302301716.html"]}, "seed_amount_minor_variance": {"value": "FinSMEs reports $3.5M seed (Oct 2019); some aggregators report ~$4M; primary FinSMEs/company-adjacent coverage used", "source_urls": ["https://www.finsmes.com/2019/10/shiru-raises-3-5m-in-seed-funding.html", "https://startupintros.com/orgs/shiru"]}}]
- source urls
- ["https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ingredion-shiru-announce-partnership-accelerate-143000635.html", "https://startupintros.com/orgs/shiru", "https://techcrunch.com/2021/10/27/biotech-startup-shiru-sprouting-plant-based-ingredients-with-new-capital-infusion/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/shiru/__d91XDVbiwccgPzUpr8IABVRNhoZTNBvJVAnr62zuOmA", "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/shiru", "https://www.employbl.com/companies/shiru", "https://www.fdiforum.net/mag/featured/ai-hunt-for-gut-friendly-ingredients/", "https://www.finsmes.com/2019/10/shiru-raises-3-5m-in-seed-funding.html", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/shiru-inc", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/shiru-closes-17m-series-a-to-develop-novel-plant-based-food-ingredients-301409247.html", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/shiru-secures-16-million-to-accelerate-ai-powered-ingredient-discovery-revolution-302301716.html", "https://www.shiru.com/our-story", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/shiru"]