- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": "founded_year", "conflict": {"value": "2014 (YCDB, Business Insider/FlashFrame origin) vs 2015 (Reforgers)", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycdb.co/company/trac", "https://reforgers.com/startups/trac", "https://www.businessinsider.com/flashframe-race-photography-coming-to-new-york-city-marathon-2016-11"]}}, {"field": "headquarters", "conflict": {"value": "Chicago, IL (YC) vs Evanston, IL (YCDB)", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/trac", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/trac"]}}, {"field": "founders", "conflict": {"value": "YC company page lists Griffin Kelly only; Elliot Hevel documented as co-founder in YC blog and press", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/trac", "https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/trac-yc-w16-brings-race-timing-and-analytics-into-the-21st-century"]}}, {"field": "funding", "conflict": {"value": "Startup Intros attributes $2.5M pre-seed (Apr 2022) and 2019 founding with Steve Marek/Joseph Aaron to slug 'trac' while reusing YC W16 TRAC description; likely conflates a different entity with Griffin Kelly name collision", "source_urls": ["https://startupintros.com/orgs/trac", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/trac"]}}, {"field": "category", "conflict": {"value": "YCDB lists Healthcare; YC lists Sports Tech", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycdb.co/company/trac", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/trac"]}}, {"field": "exit_status", "conflict": {"value": "YC marks Inactive on timing product; Business Insider/Runner's World report 2016 pivot to FlashFrame under same YC backing rather than explicit acquisition", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/trac", "https://www.businessinsider.com/flashframe-race-photography-coming-to-new-york-city-marathon-2016-11", "https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a20826566/a-chicago-tech-startup-hopes-to-be-the-uber-for-race-photos/"]}}, {"field": "website", "gap": {"value": "tracchicago.com referenced in directories but domain currently unreachable; YCDB archived snapshot dated 2017-10-11 not independently fetched", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycdb.co/company/trac", "https://reforgers.com/startups/trac"]}}, {"field": "shutdown_date", "gap": {"value": "No authoritative primary-source date for cessation of TRAC timing operations", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/trac", "https://reforgers.com/startups/trac"]}}, {"field": "wsj_coverage", "gap": {"value": "YC blog cites Deborah Gage Wall Street Journal story (March 2016) but direct WSJ URL not retrieved in this research pass", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/trac-yc-w16-brings-race-timing-and-analytics-into-the-21st-century"]}}, {"field": "post_yc_funding", "gap": {"value": "March 2016 press reports seed raise intent; no verified closed seed round amount or investors for YC W16 TRAC timing company", "source_urls": ["https://www.builtinchicago.org/articles/trac-run-timer-y-combinator-startup-tracking"]}}]]
- source urls
- ["https://github.com/tractiming", "https://github.com/tractiming/trac-gae", "https://github.com/tractiming/trac-ios", "https://reforgers.com/startups/trac", "https://startupintros.com/orgs/trac", "https://web.archive.org/web/20160105102031/www.ycombinator.com/faq", "https://www.builtinchicago.org/articles/trac-run-timer-y-combinator-startup-tracking", "https://www.businessinsider.com/flashframe-race-photography-coming-to-new-york-city-marathon-2016-11", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/joonyong-rhee-31a508134", "https://www.mychicagoathlete.com/cara-and-trac-announce-partnership-for-go-run/", "https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a20826566/a-chicago-tech-startup-hopes-to-be-the-uber-for-race-photos/", "https://www.tracchicago.com", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/trac", "https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/the-new-deal", "https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/trac-yc-w16-brings-race-timing-and-analytics-into-the-21st-century", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/trac"]