- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": "founding_year", "conflict": {"value": "Sources disagree: 2016 (Tracxn, The Company Check), October 2017 (Startups.RIP, aVenture, LinkedIn), 2018 (Reforgers)", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/shopwith/__uHESSOLbPX-ytd2mjMzAPAK2WHAe3SU6RSHpQT7JXPQ", "https://startups.rip/company/shopwith", "https://reforgers.com/startups/shopwith"]}}, {"field": "third_founder", "conflict": {"value": "YC official page lists only Aaron Chou and Melody Kim; Lewis Chung confirmed as third co-founder via LinkedIn, Read.cv, and Startups.RIP but omitted from YC", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/shopwith", "https://linkedin.com/in/lewis-chung-9b821b17", "https://startups.rip/company/shopwith"]}}, {"field": "headquarters", "conflict": {"value": "YC and most sources say San Francisco; YCDB lists Los Angeles, California", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/shopwith", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/shopwith"]}}, {"field": "total_funding", "conflict": {"value": "$150K (Tracxn, The Company Check) vs $120K (aVenture) vs unknown (Reforgers)", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/shopwith/__uHESSOLbPX-ytd2mjMzAPAK2WHAe3SU6RSHpQT7JXPQ", "https://aventure.vc/companies/shopwith-los-angeles-ca-us", "https://reforgers.com/startups/shopwith"]}}, {"field": "product_positioning", "conflict": {"value": "Demo-day narrative emphasizes virtual storefront browsing alongside creators; secondary databases describe an influencer merchandise launch/fulfillment platform", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/22/the-top-10-startups-from-y-combinators-demo-day-s18-day-2/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/shopwith/__uHESSOLbPX-ytd2mjMzAPAK2WHAe3SU6RSHpQT7JXPQ"]}}, {"field": "employee_count", "conflict": {"value": "YC reports team size 3; YCDB lists 5 employees (appears stale; YCDB also still marks company as Live)", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/shopwith", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/shopwith"]}}, {"field": "shutdown_year", "conflict": {"value": "Reforgers lists event year 2018; Startups.RIP and Lewis Chung LinkedIn indicate wind-down by mid-2019", "source_urls": ["https://reforgers.com/startups/shopwith", "https://startups.rip/company/shopwith", "https://linkedin.com/in/lewis-chung-9b821b17"]}}, {"field": "founder_backgrounds", "conflict": {"value": "TechCrunch describes founders as former PMs with social-commerce experience at Facebook and Amazon; Lewis Chung was an engineer (Coursera/AWS), not a PM", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/22/the-top-10-startups-from-y-combinators-demo-day-s18-day-2/", "https://read.cv/lewis"]}}, {"field": "unrelated_entity", "gap": {"value": "SHOPWITH PTE. LTD. (Singapore, incorporated 2015, status Deadpooled) appears to be a separate legal entity with no confirmed link to the YC company", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/legal-entities/singapore/shopwith-pte.ltd./__ZXxJH7d71HiVEbrTDTd230pvLGcud9xFwPiClhW3y24"]}}, {"field": "formal_shutdown_date", "gap": {"value": "No primary-source filing or press release confirming exact dissolution date; status inferred from YC Inactive label, PitchBook out-of-business listing (cited secondhand), and founder departure timelines", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/shopwith", "https://startups.rip/company/shopwith"]}}]]
- source urls
- ["https://aventure.vc/companies/shopwith-los-angeles-ca-us", "https://linkedin.com/in/agchou", "https://linkedin.com/in/lewis-chung-9b821b17", "https://nocap.blog/founder/melody-kim/", "https://read.cv/lewis", "https://reforgers.com/startups/shopwith", "https://startups.rip/company/shopwith", "https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/22/the-top-10-startups-from-y-combinators-demo-day-s18-day-2/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/shopwith/__uHESSOLbPX-ytd2mjMzAPAK2WHAe3SU6RSHpQT7JXPQ", "https://tracxn.com/d/legal-entities/singapore/shopwith-pte.ltd./__ZXxJH7d71HiVEbrTDTd230pvLGcud9xFwPiClhW3y24", "https://www.thecompanycheck.com/company/b/shopwith/ckmsqjy7yfyihpdnh", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/shopwith", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/shopwith"]