- conflicts or gaps
- SimPPL about page lists additional grants (Ford Foundation, Mozilla, etc.) with partially redacted amounts; total funding not summed due to incomplete public disclosure.
- raw json
- {"company_name": "SimPPL", "founders": [{"name": "Swapneel Mehta", "role": "Co-Founder and President", "work_history": "Postdoctoral Associate at Boston University and MIT Sloan; PhD in Data Science at NYU; former visiting researcher at Oxford and Meta.", "education": "PhD in Data Science, NYU", "source_urls": ["https://www.simppl.org/team"]}, {"name": "Dhara Mungra", "role": "Co-Founder and Treasurer", "work_history": "Former Data Scientist III at Bombora; adjunct lecturer at University of Mannheim.", "education": "M.S. Data Science, NYU", "source_urls": ["https://www.simppl.org/team"]}], "funding_rounds": [{"stage": "accelerator_grant", "announced_at": "2026-03-05", "amount_usd": 25000, "valuation_usd": null, "lead_investors": ["Fast Forward"], "other_investors": [], "source_urls": ["https://www.ffwd.org/blog/meet-the-2026-accelerator-cohort", "https://www.ffwd.org/accelerator/"]}, {"stage": "grant", "announced_at": "2024-01-01", "amount_usd": 75000, "valuation_usd": null, "lead_investors": ["Google"], "other_investors": [], "source_urls": ["https://www.simppl.org/about"]}, {"stage": "grant", "announced_at": "2024-01-01", "amount_usd": 20000, "valuation_usd": null, "lead_investors": ["MIT Delta V Accelerator"], "other_investors": [], "source_urls": ["https://www.simppl.org/about"]}], "headcount_snapshots": [{"date_or_year": "2026", "employee_count": 17, "source_urls": ["https://www.linkedin.com/company/sim-ppl"]}], "acquisitions": [], "conflicts_or_gaps": "SimPPL about page lists additional grants (Ford Foundation, Mozilla, etc.) with partially redacted amounts; total funding not summed due to incomplete public disclosure.", "overview": {"short_description": "U.S. 501(c)(3) nonprofit research organization building open-source AI tools (including Arbiter) to map digital narratives, detect coordinated campaigns, and support fact-checking across social media.", "hq_location": "New York, New York, USA", "founded_year": 2021, "company_status": "active", "business_model": "Nonprofit funded by philanthropic grants, platform partnerships, and earned revenue from newsroom pilots.", "source_urls": ["https://www.simppl.org/about", "https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/blog/how-simppl-fact-checks-social-media/", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/sim-ppl"]}, "employee_count_latest": 17}
- source urls
- ["https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/blog/how-simppl-fact-checks-social-media/", "https://www.ffwd.org/accelerator/", "https://www.ffwd.org/blog/meet-the-2026-accelerator-cohort", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/sim-ppl", "https://www.simppl.org/about", "https://www.simppl.org/team"]