- conflicts or gaps
- [{"founder_identity": {"value": "YC lists Kate Lawson as sole founder; Nate Lawson self-identifies as founder/CEO on personal site and was cited as founder in Apple acquisition emails; Michael Armida listed as President not founder; Kate and Nate share root.org domain suggesting co-founding couple not fully reflected in YC profile", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/sourcedna", "http://root.org/~nate/", "http://root.org/", "https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/05/06/apple-acquired-malware-detection-firm-sourcedna-in-2016apple-acquired-malware-detection-startup-sourcedna-in-2016-an-acquisition-that-went-unreported-until-it-was-revealed-during-testimony-in-the-epic-games-v-apple-trial", "https://www.gaebler.com/Funded-Company-EC41CC26-2952-47FD-A931-A1FEEE4D6F1D-Sourcedna"]}, "total_funding_amount": {"value": "CB Insights reports $120K total across 4 rounds; Tracxn reports undisclosed Sep 2011 seed with 7 institutional investors — likely undercount or incomplete public record", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/sourcedna/financials", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/sourcedna/__hJY6wLVqTjJxwKNaIAK1BsYhn1evB9sUQeSpeaERGb0"]}, "acquisition_date_precision": {"value": "CB Insights states 2016-01-01; AppleInsider and trial testimony say '2016' without exact date; LinkedIn lists 2021-05-06 (public disclosure date, not closing date)", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/sourcedna", "https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/05/06/apple-acquired-malware-detection-firm-sourcedna-in-2016apple-acquired-malware-detection-startup-sourcedna-in-2016-an-acquisition-that-went-unreported-until-it-was-revealed-during-testimony-in-the-epic-games-v-apple-trial", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/sourcedna"]}, "employee_count": {"value": "YC batch team size was 6; post-acquisition databases show 2 employees (2024) on nominal SourceDNA entity — likely shell/legal entity, not reflecting staff absorbed into Apple", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/sourcedna", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/sourcedna/__hJY6wLVqTjJxwKNaIAK1BsYhn1evB9sUQeSpeaERGb0", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/sourcedna"]}, "company_status_label": {"value": "YC and CB Insights label 'Acquired'; Tracxn labels 'Deadpooled'; LinkedIn shows 'active' private entity under Apple parent", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/sourcedna", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/sourcedna", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/sourcedna/__hJY6wLVqTjJxwKNaIAK1BsYhn1evB9sUQeSpeaERGb0", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/sourcedna"]}, "website_availability": {"value": "sourcedna.com and sparkland-capital.com (investor referencing SourceDNA exit) both returned 503 at fetch time; product URLs may be defunct post-acquisition", "source_urls": ["http://sourcedna.com", "https://sparkland-capital.com/"]}, "acquisition_terms_and_valuation": {"value": "No public deal size, valuation, or retention terms disclosed", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/sourcedna", "https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/05/06/apple-acquired-malware-detection-firm-sourcedna-in-2016apple-acquired-malware-detection-startup-sourcedna-in-2016-an-acquisition-that-went-unreported-until-it-was-revealed-during-testimony-in-the-epic-games-v-apple-trial"]}}]
- source urls
- ["http://root.org/", "http://root.org/~nate/", "http://sourcedna.com", "https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/05/06/apple-acquired-malware-detection-firm-sourcedna-in-2016apple-acquired-malware-detection-startup-sourcedna-in-2016-an-acquisition-that-went-unreported-until-it-was-revealed-during-testimony-in-the-epic-games-v-apple-trial", "https://mjtsai.com/blog/2021/05/10/inside-app-review/", "https://sparkland-capital.com/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/sourcedna/__hJY6wLVqTjJxwKNaIAK1BsYhn1evB9sUQeSpeaERGb0", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/sourcedna", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/sourcedna/financials", "https://www.gaebler.com/Funded-Company-EC41CC26-2952-47FD-A931-A1FEEE4D6F1D-Sourcedna", "https://www.gaebler.com/VC-Funding-7D219E5E-98FE-4AE5-B534-70607E0802B9-Sourcedna-08-19-2015", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/sourcedna", "https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/sourcedna-yc-s15-helps-developers-make-their-apps-faster-better-and-more-secure", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/sourcedna"]