- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"type": "name_mismatch", "description": "YC lists former_names ['Propable']; Demo Day 2009 press used Propable; YC profile now uses Spaces Life.", "source_urls": ["https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2009/spaces-life.json", "https://techcrunch.com/2009/03/18/y-combinator-demo-day-spring-2009/"]}, {"type": "product_description_conflict", "description": "BizzBucket describes Propable as 'a suite of online management and investment analysis tools for property investors'; TechCrunch and San Diego Union-Tribune describe a rent-to-rent co-living property operations model.", "source_urls": ["https://bizzbucket.co/dead-startups-of-y-combinator-in-the-world/", "https://techcrunch.com/2009/03/18/y-combinator-demo-day-spring-2009/", "https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2009/03/19/despite-economy-new-startups-retain-optimism/"]}, {"type": "homonym_confusion", "description": "Not the same company as Spaces coworking (Amsterdam, founded 2008 by Frederique Keuning; acquired by IWG/Regus 2015).", "source_urls": ["https://thecheckin.substack.com/p/-checking-in-with-spaces-co-founder"]}, {"type": "homonym_confusion", "description": "Not the same company as LifeAt Spaces (Seattle productivity app, YC-backed, founded 2021, ~$3.5M raised).", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/lifeat-spaces"]}, {"type": "founder_continuity_ambiguity", "description": "Founder Shazz Bhunnoo separately built a UK property business branded 'Spaces' from 2006 onward (propco/opco); unclear whether YC Spaces Life/Propable evolved into that entity or was a distinct venture.", "source_urls": ["https://linkedin.com/in/shazz", "https://www.escapethecity.org/organisation/spaces", "https://www.abode2.com/co-living-changing-the-property-market-of-a-millennial-world/"]}, {"type": "employee_count_unverified", "description": "YCDB reports 180 employees; YC OSS reports team_size 0; no primary employee count source found.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycdb.co/company/spaces-life", "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2009/spaces-life.json"]}, {"type": "domain_reuse_risk", "description": "spaceslife.com domain associated with YC company; current web presence includes unrelated/scam retail listings per Trustpilot reviews; not verified as original YC product.", "source_urls": ["https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/www.spaceslife.com", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/spaces-life"]}, {"type": "funding_gap", "description": "Demo Day investor interest reported but no named angels, VCs, or disclosed follow-on round amounts found in public sources.", "source_urls": ["https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2009/03/19/despite-economy-new-startups-retain-optimism/"]}, {"type": "exit_timeline_gap", "description": "No sourced shutdown date for the YC-era company; only YC 'Inactive' status and later unrelated UK entity dissolution in 2020.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/spaces-life", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11767689"]}]]
- source urls
- ["https://b2bhint.com/en/officer/105085798", "https://bizzbucket.co/dead-startups-of-y-combinator-in-the-world/", "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11767689", "https://linkedin.com/in/shazz", "https://nocap.blog/founder/mike-laming/", "https://techcrunch.com/2009/03/18/y-combinator-demo-day-spring-2009/", "https://thecheckin.substack.com/p/-checking-in-with-spaces-co-founder", "https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/www.spaceslife.com", "https://www.abode2.com/co-living-changing-the-property-market-of-a-millennial-world/", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/lifeat-spaces", "https://www.escapethecity.org/organisation/spaces", "https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2009/03/19/despite-economy-new-startups-retain-optimism/", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/spaces-life", "https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/a-new-standard-deal", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/spaces-life", "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2009/spaces-life.json"]