- conflicts or gaps
- [{"items": [{"conflict": "Product description mismatch", "detail": "Contemporary 2007 TechCrunch/HN coverage describes a 3D-from-photos startup; YC company page and YCDB now describe a fiber-optic fusion splicer using INNO Instrument marketing language.", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2007/03/09/demo-day-y-combinators-spring-chicks/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/view3", "http://www.ycdb.co/batch/w07"]}, {"conflict": "Wrong location in YCDB", "detail": "YCDB lists Aue, Sachsen, Germany—likely conflated with unrelated German VIEW3 GmbH (virtual-tour/panorama platform), not the YC W07 Stanford team.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycdb.co/company/view3", "https://linkedin.com/in/lorenz-rings-b4962092"]}, {"conflict": "Startup Intros data errors", "detail": "Startup Intros lists founding year 2014, $0 raised, 1–10 employees, and fusion-splicer product copy—contradicts YC W07 batch and 2007 Demo Day reporting.", "source_urls": ["https://startupintros.com/orgs/view3", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/view3", "https://techcrunch.com/2007/03/09/demo-day-y-combinators-spring-chicks/"]}, {"conflict": "Reforgers metadata errors", "detail": "Reforgers lists founded 2012, fusion-splicer description, shutdown 2012—conflicts with W07 batch and 2007 product narrative.", "source_urls": ["https://reforgers.com/startups/view3", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/view3", "https://techcrunch.com/2007/03/09/demo-day-y-combinators-spring-chicks/"]}, {"conflict": "Name collision with INNO Instrument VIEW3", "detail": "INNO Instrument manufactures an active 'VIEW 3' arc fusion splicer (520x magnification marketing)—separate entity from YC W07 View3.", "source_urls": ["https://innoinstrument.com/product/view3/", "https://www.tvclatinamerica.com/test-equipment/inno-view3/eng", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/view3"]}, {"gap": "Third founder unidentified", "detail": "TechCrunch cites three Stanford grad students; only Saxena and Michels named in YC records.", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2007/03/09/demo-day-y-combinators-spring-chicks/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/view3"]}, {"gap": "Exact funding amount unverified", "detail": "No View3-specific dollar figure found; only YC batch membership and era-standard YC deal terms documented.", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2007/03/09/demo-day-y-combinators-spring-chicks/", "https://reforgers.com/startups/view3"]}, {"gap": "Patent numbers not verified", "detail": "TechCrunch claims 2 patents; specific patent numbers/titles for View3 entity not confirmed in sources reviewed.", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2007/03/09/demo-day-y-combinators-spring-chicks/"]}, {"gap": "Shutdown timeline unverified", "detail": "Inactive status confirmed by YC/YCDB; precise shutdown date/year not documented in primary sources.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/view3", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/view3", "https://reforgers.com/startups/view3"]}], "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2007/03/09/demo-day-y-combinators-spring-chicks/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/view3", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/view3", "https://startupintros.com/orgs/view3", "https://reforgers.com/startups/view3", "https://innoinstrument.com/product/view3/"]}]
- source urls
- ["http://ai.stanford.edu/~asaxena/reconstruction3d/", "http://make3d.cs.cornell.edu/", "http://make3d.cs.cornell.edu/contact.html", "http://www.ycdb.co/batch/w07", "https://innoinstrument.com/product/view3/", "https://linkedin.com/in/lorenz-rings-b4962092", "https://mlanthology.org/icml/2005/michels2005icml-high/", "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3098", "https://reforgers.com/startups/view3", "https://startupintros.com/orgs/view3", "https://startupintros.com/people/ashutosh-saxena", "https://startupintros.com/people/jeff-michels", "https://techcrunch.com/2007/03/09/demo-day-y-combinators-spring-chicks/", "https://www.tvclatinamerica.com/test-equipment/inno-view3/eng", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/view3", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/view3"]