- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": "yc_batch", "conflict": "YC company page and Launch HN say Winter 2020 (W20); company funding blog and founder LinkedIn profiles say Summer 2020 (S20)", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/startplaying-games", "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24827162", "https://startplaying.games/blog/posts/announcing-our-6-5m-series-seed-funding-round", "https://linkedin.com/in/devonchulick"]}, {"field": "founded_date", "conflict": "Origin story places co-founder meeting March 2020; PR and blog cite September 2020 founding/launch; YC lists only 2020", "source_urls": ["https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24827162", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/startplaying-announces-6-5m-seed-round-funding-from-andreessen-horowitz-301546624.html", "https://startplaying.games/blog/posts/dungeon-masters-earned-over-17-million-running-online-d-d-games"]}, {"field": "employees", "conflict": "YC lists 6; Built In SF 67; GetLatka 83; Growjo 89; LinkedIn 150 — no single authoritative current headcount", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/startplaying-games", "https://www.builtinsf.com/company/startplaying", "https://getlatka.com/companies/startplaying.games", "https://growjo.com/company/StartPlaying", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/startplaying"]}, {"field": "total_funding", "conflict": "LinkedIn $6.625M; CB Insights $6.63M; PitchBook $6.65M — minor discrepancy (~$25K)", "source_urls": ["https://www.linkedin.com/company/startplaying", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/startplayinggames/financials", "https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/454802-32"]}, {"field": "legal_entity_spelling", "conflict": "Terms of Service uses 'Qualleta'; Privacy Policy uses 'QUALLETA, INC.'; LinkedIn alias 'qualleta, inc'", "source_urls": ["https://intercom.help/startplaying/en/articles/8719202-terms-of-service", "https://intercom.help/startplaying/en/articles/8938354-privacy-policy", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/startplaying"]}, {"field": "website", "conflict": "YC lists startplayinggames.com; primary live site and LinkedIn use startplaying.games", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/startplaying-games", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/startplaying"]}, {"field": "founders", "conflict": "Official sources name 3 founders (Nate, Devon, Jared); FounderTrace lists 4th founder Spriha Baruah Tucker with no corroboration on company site or Launch HN", "source_urls": ["https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24827162", "https://startplaying.games/blog/about", "https://foundertrace.com/companies/startplaying/"]}, {"field": "ceo", "conflict": "YC page does not reflect 2025 CEO succession; PR (2022) and The Org still reference Nate Tucker as CEO; current CEO is Devon Chulick per LinkedIn and company about page", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/startplaying-games", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/startplaying-announces-6-5m-seed-round-funding-from-andreessen-horowitz-301546624.html", "https://theorg.com/org/startplaying/org-chart/k-nathaniel-tucker", "https://linkedin.com/in/devonchulick", "https://startplaying.games/blog/about"]}, {"field": "gm_earnings", "conflict": "Company blog cites $17M (Dec 2023) and $18M (Mar 2024); 2026 podcast cites $50M+ — large gap, likely different cutoff dates or inclusion criteria", "source_urls": ["https://startplaying.games/blog/posts/dungeon-masters-earned-over-17-million-running-online-d-d-games", "https://startplaying.games/blog/posts/dungeon-masters-faq-startplaying-x-dnd-event-50", "https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e23-balancing-intuition-and-discipline-with-nate-tucker/id1765262269?i=1000757201175"]}, {"field": "revenue", "conflict": "LinkedIn $4.1M annual; GetLatka $11.5M ARR (2023); Growjo $27.6M estimated — all third-party estimates, unverified", "source_urls": ["https://www.linkedin.com/company/startplaying", "https://getlatka.com/companies/startplaying.games", "https://growjo.com/company/StartPlaying"]}, {"field": "about_page_founders", "conflict": "Company about page highlights only Devon Chulick as founder/CEO; does not mention Nate Tucker or Jared Gollhardt despite both being active co-founders", "source_urls": ["https://startplaying.games/blog/about", "https://linkedin.com/in/jaredgollhardt", "https://linkedin.com/in/nate-tucker-543b4872"]}]]
- source urls
- ["https://devonchulick.substack.com/p/how-startplaying-started", "https://foundertrace.com/companies/startplaying/", "https://getlatka.com/companies/startplaying.games", "https://growjo.com/company/StartPlaying", "https://intercom.help/startplaying/en/articles/8719202-terms-of-service", "https://intercom.help/startplaying/en/articles/8938354-privacy-policy", "https://linkedin.com/in/devonchulick", "https://linkedin.com/in/jaredgollhardt", "https://linkedin.com/in/nate-tucker-543b4872", "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24827162", "https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/454802-32", "https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e23-balancing-intuition-and-discipline-with-nate-tucker/id1765262269?i=1000757201175", "https://startplaying.games/blog/about", "https://startplaying.games/blog/posts/announcing-our-6-5m-series-seed-funding-round", "https://startplaying.games/blog/posts/dungeon-masters-earned-over-17-million-running-online-d-d-games", "https://startplaying.games/blog/posts/dungeon-masters-faq-startplaying-x-dnd-event-50", "https://startplaying.games/blog/posts/startplaying-dungeons-dragons-dnd-50-anniversary-find-game", "https://talks.natetucker.com/p/formidable", "https://theorg.com/org/startplaying/org-chart/k-nathaniel-tucker", "https://www.builtinsf.com/company/startplaying", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/startplayinggames/financials", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/startplaying", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/startplaying-announces-6-5m-seed-round-funding-from-andreessen-horowitz-301546624.html", "https://www.rascal.news/dungeons-dragons-2024-players-handbook-celebration/", "https://www.rascal.news/startplaying-joins-forces-with-wizards-of-the-coast-to-celebrate-50-years-of-dungeons-and-dragons/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/startplaying-games"]