- conflicts or gaps
- [{"items": [{"topic": "Name collision — separate VOIQ entity", "detail": "HEROZ Inc. established VOIQ Inc. (Tokyo, Japan) in July 2024 as a wholly owned subsidiary; acquired bizy telemarketing business Aug 2024. Operates at voiq.jp — not the YC S15 US startup.", "source_urls": ["https://heroz.jp/ir-files/en/20240806/Notice_of_Acquisition_of_Business_by_subsidiary_company.pdf", "https://heroz.co.jp/ir-files/en/20240913/Presentation_Material_for_FY04_2025_Q1.pdf"]}, {"topic": "Founder roster", "detail": "YC lists only Ricardo Garcia-Amaya; press cites Garcia-Amaya + Jessica Taggart; Tracxn lists Garcia-Amaya + Dana Spiegel as founders.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/voiq", "https://techstartups.com/2019/11/05/ycombinator-backed-startup-voiq-secures-5m-funding-build-future-ai-voice/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/voiq/__tKo1OmHbWDk2GxbHCcmo1rVql59e_E9-OKWYRymuO1U"]}, {"topic": "Total funding", "detail": "Sources report $4.12M (Tracxn), $5M (press/GetLatka/FinSMEs), $7M (founder bios), $9M (Startup Intros incl. alleged 2021 close). Last verified company-disclosed total is $5M (Nov 2019).", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/voiq/__tKo1OmHbWDk2GxbHCcmo1rVql59e_E9-OKWYRymuO1U", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/5m-total-funding-for-ycombinator-backed-voiq-to-build-the-future-of-ai-voice-300952048.html", "https://startupintros.com/orgs/voiq", "https://www.chatbotconference.com/speakers/ricardo-garcia-amaya"]}, {"topic": "2021 Pre-Series A", "detail": "Aug 2021 PR describes using Fundraising Voice Assistant to raise pre-Series A; does not confirm round closed. Startup Intros lists $5M Pre-Series A closed Aug 2021 — unverified against primary sources.", "source_urls": ["https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/silicon-valley-founders-put-ai-voice-assistants-in-charge-of-raising-their-next-round-301363833.html", "https://startupintros.com/orgs/voiq"]}, {"topic": "Headquarters", "detail": "YC lists Redwood City, CA; multiple press/funding sources list San Francisco, CA; SignalHire lists 825 Marshall St, Redwood City.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/voiq", "https://www.finsmes.com/2019/11/voiq-raises-5m-in-total-funding.html", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/5m-total-funding-for-ycombinator-backed-voiq-to-build-the-future-of-ai-voice-300952048.html"]}, {"topic": "Employee count", "detail": "YC team size 8 vs GetLatka peak 21 vs founder COO claim of 25 employees (+300 agents) vs Tracxn 9 in 2024.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/voiq", "https://getlatka.com/companies/voiq", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/voiq/__tKo1OmHbWDk2GxbHCcmo1rVql59e_E9-OKWYRymuO1U"]}, {"topic": "Stale third-party status data", "detail": "CB Insights and SignalHire still list company as active/alive; contradicted by YC Inactive and Tracxn Deadpooled.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/voiq", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/voiq/__tKo1OmHbWDk2GxbHCcmo1rVql59e_E9-OKWYRymuO1U", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/voiq"]}, {"topic": "Exact shutdown date", "detail": "No official shutdown announcement with date found; secondary sources cite ~2022 shutdown and farewell blog message; YC marks Inactive without date.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/voiq", "https://startups.rip/company/voiq", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/voiq/__tKo1OmHbWDk2GxbHCcmo1rVql59e_E9-OKWYRymuO1U"]}, {"topic": "Acronym collision unrelated to company", "detail": "VOIQ also used as acronym for Vividness of Olfactory Imagery Questionnaire in academic research.", "source_urls": ["https://coms.events/ecro2022/data/abstracts/en/abstract_0129.html"]}], "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/voiq", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/voiq/__tKo1OmHbWDk2GxbHCcmo1rVql59e_E9-OKWYRymuO1U", "https://heroz.jp/ir-files/en/20240806/Notice_of_Acquisition_of_Business_by_subsidiary_company.pdf", "https://startups.rip/company/voiq"]}]
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