- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": "total_funding", "conflict": "CB Insights/Gaebler report $120K total; LinkedIn reports $525K across 8 rounds; Tracxn reports undisclosed across 3 rounds.", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/teabot/financials", "https://ca.linkedin.com/company/myteabot", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/teabot/__u9ERhdziVdvNaXt66bIdd6PvqwoDPcxgjN4zkHmTcfA"]}, {"field": "employee_count", "conflict": "YC lists team size 2; LinkedIn lists 4 employees; Tracxn lists 6 as of May 2026.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/teabot", "https://ca.linkedin.com/company/myteabot", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/teabot/__u9ERhdziVdvNaXt66bIdd6PvqwoDPcxgjN4zkHmTcfA"]}, {"field": "founders", "conflict": "Tracxn lists only Brian Lee as founder; YC lists only Rehman Merali as active founder; multiple sources list both Merali and Lee as co-founders.", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/teabot/__u9ERhdziVdvNaXt66bIdd6PvqwoDPcxgjN4zkHmTcfA", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/teabot", "https://www.gaebler.com/Funded-Company-AAA1A95C-6FE0-4F5C-8369-C944CF54107C-TeaBOT"]}, {"field": "seed_round_amount_and_investors", "conflict": "LinkedIn lists Aug 2015 $250K seed led by Eclipse with 4 investors; CB Insights shows only $120K YC seed; no independent corroboration of Eclipse participation found.", "source_urls": ["https://ca.linkedin.com/company/myteabot", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/teabot/financials"]}, {"field": "jolt", "conflict": "Tracxn lists JOLT as equity investor; U of T sources describe JOLT as MaRS business incubator participation; may not be same entity as Jolt Capital VC.", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/teabot/__u9ERhdziVdvNaXt66bIdd6PvqwoDPcxgjN4zkHmTcfA", "https://www.utoronto.ca/news/teabot-doing-business-one-cup-time"]}, {"field": "business_model_pivot", "conflict": "2015 model targeted cafes/college campuses with revenue-share kiosks; current model (2022–2026) targets offices/showrooms as amenity-as-a-service.", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2015/07/23/taste-testing-with-teabot-the-robot-that-brews-up-loose-leaf-tea-in-under-30-seconds/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/teabot", "https://teabot.com/teabot-info"]}, {"field": "name_collision", "conflict": "Unrelated companies use similar names (e.g., TBot Techno Systems IT services); teaBOT legal entity is TBOT Inc.", "source_urls": ["https://ca.linkedin.com/company/myteabot"]}, {"field": "revenue", "gap": "Only LinkedIn aggregator cites $1.0M annual revenue; no primary-source financials available.", "source_urls": ["https://ca.linkedin.com/company/myteabot"]}, {"field": "valuation", "gap": "No public valuation disclosed; CB Insights and Tracxn show undisclosed/redacted figures.", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/teabot/financials", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/teabot/__u9ERhdziVdvNaXt66bIdd6PvqwoDPcxgjN4zkHmTcfA"]}]]
- source urls
- ["https://ca.linkedin.com/company/myteabot", "https://foundertrace.com/companies/teabot/", "https://news.engineering.utoronto.ca/engineering-student-brews-business-one-cup-at-a-time/", "https://teabot.com", "https://teabot.com/teabot-info", "https://teabot.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/teaBOT-Info.pdf", "https://techcrunch.com/2015/07/23/taste-testing-with-teabot-the-robot-that-brews-up-loose-leaf-tea-in-under-30-seconds/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/teabot/__u9ERhdziVdvNaXt66bIdd6PvqwoDPcxgjN4zkHmTcfA", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/teabot/financials", "https://www.gaebler.com/Funded-Company-AAA1A95C-6FE0-4F5C-8369-C944CF54107C-TeaBOT", "https://www.gaebler.com/VC-Funding-2F69BDFF-FE94-4720-AEB2-57991E9A0232-TeaBOT-08-19-2015", "https://www.utoronto.ca/news/teabot-doing-business-one-cup-time", "https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/teabot-yc-s15-makes-customized-cups-of-tea-with-the-touch-of-a-button", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/teabot", "https://www.zillionize.com/2015/08/25/zillionize-invests-in-teabot-robot-machine-made-cup-of-tea-from-customized-loose-leaf-blends/"]