- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": "founders", "conflict": "YC company page lists only Abhishek Bhargava; FounderTrace, Startup Intros, and Sharif Shameem sources list Sharif Shameem and Arbaz Khatib as co-founders.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/vectordash", "https://foundertrace.com/companies/vectordash/", "https://startupintros.com/orgs/vectordash"]}, {"field": "founded_year", "conflict": "Most sources say 2018; loot-drop.io lists founding year 2019.", "source_urls": ["https://foundertrace.com/companies/vectordash/", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/vectordash", "https://www.loot-drop.io/startup/994-vectordash"]}, {"field": "shutdown_date", "conflict": "Sharif Shameem LinkedIn shows Vectordash Jan 2018–Jan 2020; loot-drop.io lists end year 2022; no primary source confirms exact company wind-down date.", "source_urls": ["https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharif-shameem", "https://www.loot-drop.io/startup/994-vectordash"]}, {"field": "employees", "conflict": "YC lists team size 3; LinkedIn company page lists 1 employee.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/vectordash", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/vectordash"]}, {"field": "operating_status", "conflict": "YC and Reforgers list inactive/closed; LinkedIn company page still shows status active.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/vectordash", "https://reforgers.com/startups/vectordash", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/vectordash"]}, {"field": "funding", "conflict": "LinkedIn reports $150K total raised; Reforgers lists total raised as unknown; loot-drop.io reports $2.0M total cash burned (not verified funding).", "source_urls": ["https://www.linkedin.com/company/vectordash", "https://reforgers.com/startups/vectordash", "https://www.loot-drop.io/startup/994-vectordash"]}, {"field": "reforgers_shutdown_year", "conflict": "Reforgers labels shutdown event year as 2018, which matches founding year elsewhere and appears to be a data error.", "source_urls": ["https://reforgers.com/startups/vectordash", "https://foundertrace.com/companies/vectordash/"]}, {"field": "product_pivot", "gap": "BeInCrypto reported an earlier AI-research GPU focus and a cloud game launcher; BeInCrypto page was not directly fetchable (403) during research.", "source_urls": ["https://beincrypto.com/google-stadia-a-death-blow-to-blockchain-cloud-gaming-startup-vectordash/", "https://www.latent.space/p/sharif-shameem"]}, {"field": "loot_drop_reliability", "gap": "loot-drop.io case study is AI-assisted and self-disclaims accuracy; treat end year and cash-burn figures as unverified.", "source_urls": ["https://www.loot-drop.io/startup/994-vectordash"]}]]
- source urls
- ["https://beincrypto.com/google-stadia-a-death-blow-to-blockchain-cloud-gaming-startup-vectordash/", "https://foundertrace.com/companies/vectordash/", "https://reforgers.com/startups/vectordash", "https://sharif.io/", "https://startupintros.com/orgs/vectordash", "https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/16/vectordashs-cloud-gaming-service-brings-crypto-miners-a-new-revenue-stream/", "https://www.latent.space/p/sharif-shameem", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/vectordash", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharif-shameem", "https://www.loot-drop.io/startup/994-vectordash", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/vectordash"]